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Iran hits back at Persian Gulf states over ‘destructive’ PGCC statement
Dec 11, 2019 09:26The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) released the statement in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday at the end of its 40th summit, urging a united front against the Islamic Republic, calling for global action targeting the country’s nuclear energy program, and disputing the Iranian sovereignty over a threesome group of islands in the strategic body of water.
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Ship likely carrying Saudi arms flees Spanish port after protest
Dec 11, 2019 07:50Spanish peace groups have staged a protest at an eastern port against the presence of a Saudi ship they suspect was carrying weapons from the United States to be used in Yemen.
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US bars former Saudi diplomat from entering country
Dec 11, 2019 04:53The United States has barred from entering the country Mohammed al Otaibi, who was the Saudi consul general in Istanbul in October 2018 when dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was slaughtered there.
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Saudi gunman 'legally' purchased pistol used in US terror attack
Dec 11, 2019 04:03The Saudi gunman purchased the pistol used in an attack on a US airbase legally from the country, the FBI has revealed.
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UN ‘unable’ to verify claims Iran was behind Saudi Aramco attacks
Dec 11, 2019 03:56United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world body’s investigators are “unable to independently corroborate” the US and Saudi claims that Iran was behind attacks on the kingdom's Aramco oil facilities in September.
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Yemeni army forces, allies shoot down another Saudi-led reconnaissance drone
Dec 10, 2019 13:36Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition while flying in the skies over Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Najran.
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Qatari emir turns down Saudi invitation to join PGCC summit in Riyadh
Dec 10, 2019 08:01Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has turned down an invitation by Saudi Arabia to attend the annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) in Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia projects 2020 budget deficit to grow to $50bn
Dec 10, 2019 02:43Saudi Arabia says its budget deficit for the coming year will increase as the Arab kingdom, the world's top oil exporter, faces falling oil prices and production reductions.
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Suspend, slow Saudi training program after deadly attack: Lawmaker
Dec 09, 2019 07:04An ally of US President Donald Trump in the Republican-held Senate says the country needs to “suspend” the training program for Saudis after a shooting rampage at a US naval base by a Saudi officer leaving three American sailors dead.
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Suspend, slow Saudi training program after deadly attack: Lawmaker
Dec 09, 2019 07:04An ally of US President Donald Trump in the Republican-held Senate says the country needs to “suspend” the training program for Saudis after a shooting rampage at a US naval base by a Saudi officer leaving three American sailors dead.