Epstein Secrets

is today China's largest trading partner in the Middle East. The kingdom's closest ties remain with Pakistan. The Pakistani press has reported that Riyadh provided a $1.5 billion loan to Islamabad to help Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's effort to get Pakistan's economy out of its slump. The Saudis have

the Pakistani economy. Last month in Tokyo, the crown prince celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the first Japanese Muslim to make the hajj to Mecca, and more importantly, signed a number of bilateral agreements on investment, trade and security cooperation. Japan imports more than a million bar

o be Prince Salman, a more pragmatic and progressive prince with a half century's experience as the governor and builder of the kingdom's capital, Riyadh. Nayif, born in 1933 and interior minister since 1975, was never a proponent of reform, and advocated a tough line on human-rights issues for deca

dered closest of his brothers to the country's religious conservatives, would be mourned with religious services Sunday in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, state media said. The ruling Saudi family, like the government overall, follows the austere Wahhabi branch of Islam. It typically buries its membe

ic health WHO emergency preparedness assessment score Score Calculation 4-5 Under study Under threats per international standards — average score for Riyadh, Jeddah and Eastern In Progress study Province 12 Identify additional sources of revenues Total revenue generated from private sector for SAR bn 0.3

nd tax proceeds City Selected urban land area(sqm) White land value (SARbn) @ 2.5% (SARbn) Riyadh 1,300,000,000 494 12.4 Jeddah 1,686,000,000 481 12 Mecca 850,000,000 485 12.1 Medina 293,000,000 88 2.2 Dammam 200,000,000 48 1.2 Total 4,329,000,000 1,595 39.9 Source: SAMA, BofA Merrill Lynch estimates f