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Saudi Arabia executed over 100 people this year: AFP tally

Saudi Arabia executed two people convicted of drug trafficking, the interior ministry said Thursday, bringing the total number of executions carried out this year to at least 106, according to an AFP tally. The official Saudi Press Agency reported the ministry's announcement, saying one was a Saudi national executed for trafficking amphetamines, and the other a Pakistani for trafficking heroin, both in Mecca. Saudi authorities resumed executions […]

July 18, 2024 56

Health / Medical

Senegal tightens anti-Covid controls after Mecca deaths

Senegal said today it had implemented voluntary Covid-19 screening tests and reimposed the wearing of masks at Dakar's international airport for returning pilgrims fearing the virus was linked to the deaths of some Mecca pilgrims. Dakar suspects that a number of the some 1,300 deaths -- according to a Saudi tally -- are down to a respiratory syndrome ailment such as Covid-19, Health Minister Ibrahima Sy […]

June 24, 2024 19