Saudi Arabia
Riyadh deports French official over alcohol possession

Despite hopes of Westerners working in the Saudi kingdom, the legalisation of alcohol remains largely hypothetical. A French embassy official in Riyadh recently found out the hard way and was sent out of the country. [...]
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