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Lebanon FM lodges compliant against Saudi online newspaper over fake news
Apr 18, 2019 11:00Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil has filed a complaint against a Saudi Arabic-language online newspaper after it falsely claimed that he had held a clandestine meeting with a high-ranking Israeli official in the Russian capital city of Moscow.
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Saudi Arabia torturing detained Rohingya Muslims on hunger strike: Report
Apr 18, 2019 07:48Saudi regime is torturing hundreds of Rohingya detainees to force them to end a hunger strike they have staged to oppose their indefinite detention or potential deportation from Saudi Arabia.
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Yemen agreement should be implemented without delay: UNSC
Apr 18, 2019 02:37The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on warring parties in Yemen to withdraw from the embattled port city of Hudaydah “as soon as possible” in line with a ceasefire deal reached in December 2018.
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Iraq's prime minister meets with Saudi King Salman on first visit to Riyadh
Apr 18, 2019 02:15Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has arrived in Saudi Arabia on his first official visit since he took office six months ago.
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Saudi court postpones hearing in trial of female activists
Apr 18, 2019 02:10A Saudi court has postponed a fourth hearing in the trial of eleven women rights activists, in a case that has ratcheted up scrutiny of the kingdom's human rights record.
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Preposterous! Pompeo ‘setting the stage for war with Iran,’ says Bush-era official
Apr 18, 2019 01:52US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “setting the stage for a war with Iran,” says a Bush-era official, claiming he sees the same pattern that developed ahead of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Ansarullah condemns Trump’s veto to end US involvement in Yemen war
Apr 17, 2019 11:29The Yemeni Ansarullah movement has strongly censured US President Donald Trump's veto of a Congress resolution directing him to end support for the Saudi-led war against Yemen, describing the measure as a proof that Washington was behind the conflict.
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Trump vetoes resolution on ending US involvement in Yemen war
Apr 17, 2019 01:18US President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution to end American support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has so far claimed thousands of innocent lives and left the impoverished nation struggling with the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world.
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HRW demands prominent Saudi human rights lawyer’s release
Apr 17, 2019 00:51Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi authorities to immediately release prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers, members of the press and intellectuals widens in the conservative oil-rich kingdom.
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Yemeni army unveils new domestically-built Badr-F ballistic missile
Apr 16, 2019 12:28The Yemeni army has unveiled a domestically designed and manufactured Badr-F ballistic missile intended to rain shrapnel over a vast area upon explosion in mid air to ensure maximum lethality against designated targets, amid Saudi Arabia's atrocious aerial bombardment campaign against impoverished Yemen.