Saudi Arabia: Saud Al-Faisal: Laughs off rumours

Foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal has apparently laughed off the latest rumours of his death. On 25 April, head of the foreign ministry’s media directorate Osama Nugali tweeted that he had informed the prince about the rumours by telephone. “He laughed and told me with his renowned modesty: ‘The news of my death should not be a huge story or exaggerated’,” Nugali wrote. It is not the first time there have been rumours of his death. In August 2012, hackers infiltrated the blogging platform of the Reuters website to post a false report that the prince had died from post-surgery complications.