Saudi Arabia conducts mass execution of 81 people

81 people were executed in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. It is the largest mass execution in the kingdom's modern history.

The kingdom has a human rights record.

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Iraq will host another round of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the foreign ministry in Baghdad said on Saturday. Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein revealed the development during remarks at a diplomatic forum in Turkey. A foreign ministry spokesman confirmed the comments.

A senior minister said on Monday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was trying to get Saudi Arabia to increase its oil production. Saudi Arabia and the U.S. have so far refused to use their spare output capacity to tame rampant crude prices which threaten a global recession after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Saudi ties with the West are strained over a range of rights issues including the Yemen war and the killing of Saudi journalist.

Iran has suspended talks with Saudi Arabia, a website affiliated to Iran's top security body reported on Sunday, without giving a reason, as a fifth round of negotiations was due to start this week. Activists said that there were 41 Shi'ite Muslims executed in Saudi Arabia. Talks on an Iranian nuclear deal have stopped.

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