It reiterated that pilgrims require a Haj visa and it can be obtained through recognised official channels
US light crude for September delivery fell $1.10 to $113.91 a barrel by 0409 GMT, extending a loss of 99 cents on Thurday.
London Brent crude for the new front-month October contract tumbled $1.05 to $112.63 a barrel.
Oil has lost a fifth of its value in just over a month, after a record peak of $147.27 a barrel hit in mid-July, in part because of weaker demand.
‘The demand side is a major concern. Supplies from OPEC countries are rising but there is a shortage of buyers. The industrial use in China has been cut back,’ said Gerard Burg from National Australia Bank.
There was further proof that the economic malaise that had affected the United States was spreading globally, with the economy of the 15-nation euro zone contracting 0.2 percent in its worst second quarter since 1995.
The data, along with news that US inflation had hit a 17-year high, saw the euro extend losses to a new six-month low against the dollar below $1.48 on Friday.
The weak economic news adds to fears that high crude prices and slowing economies will mean less purchases of gasoline and other oil products, after the world's number one and two consumers, the United States and China, reported slowing oil demand in data out earlier this week.
The situation in Georgia remained tense, with Russian troops deployed around three towns. The United States will urgently press Russia to ensure free access to Georgian ports and the unfettered movement of ships from the ex-Soviet state, senior US envoy Matthew Bryza said on Thursday.
British oil group BP resumed gas exports from Azerbaijan to Turkey via Georgia, but the oil pipeline to the Black Sea port of Supsa remained closed.
It reiterated that pilgrims require a Haj visa and it can be obtained through recognised official channels
The 18-year-old was taken to hospital in a serious condition
The brothers, who say they are innocent, are accused of having formed an organised criminal network in early 2021 in Romania, as well as in the US and Britain
The left-handed batter scored 3369 runs in 136 one-day internationals and 2893 in 140 Twenty20 internationals — both Pakistan records
Food supplies were distributed to 80 households
On January 31, a heart was airlifted from Delhi to Chennai, paving the way for Ayesha Rashid's life-saving surgery
The online retailer, which is headquartered in Singapore, has said it has around 108 million monthly active users in the 27-nation EU
The baby girl named Rouh, meaning Soul, suffered respiratory problems and a weak immune system, a doctor at the Emirati Hospital in Rafah said