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Amnesty to join legal fight against UK arms sales to Saudi amid Yemen atrocities
Apr 09, 2019 12:27Amnesty International says it is joining a fresh legal fight to end Britain’s weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom continues to kill Yemeni women and children in its years-long war against the impoverished southern neighbor.
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Qatar files lawsuits against UAE, Saudi banks over currency intervention
Apr 09, 2019 01:57Qatar has filed three lawsuits in London and New York against Saudi and Emirati banks, accusing them of using what it called overseas currency manipulation to sabotage its economy amid an ongoing Riyadh-led diplomatic and trade boycott against Doha.
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UN urges investigation into Saudi martyring of Yemeni schoolchildren
Apr 09, 2019 01:26The United Nations has called for a thorough investigation into the martyring of over a dozen civilians, including several schoolchildren, in an airstrike carried out by Saudi warplanes on a residential area in Yemen's west-central province of Sana'a.
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Countries arming Saudi Arabia, partners in crimes against Yemenis: Iran
Apr 08, 2019 10:38Iran has strongly condemned the latest deadly airstrikes by Saudi warplanes in Yemen that maryred more than a dozen civilians, most of them schoolchildren, saying countries that are arming the aggressors are complicit in the crimes.
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Saudi Arabia's nuclear plant designed for training scientists: CNN
Apr 08, 2019 07:51A CNN report has revealed new details about Saudi Arabia’s first nuclear plant, saying it is a small, experimental nuclear reactor which is designed for training scientists.
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Gunmen raid checkpoint in Saudi Arabia, report claims
Apr 08, 2019 02:01Two Saudi security forces have sustained injuries following an attack by four assailants on a checkpoint in eastern Saudi Arabia, a Saudi report says.
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New Saudi airstrikes martyr 13 civilians, including schoolchildren, in Yemen
Apr 08, 2019 01:53More than a dozen civilians, most of them schoolchildren, have been martyred in the latest round of airstrikes by Saudi warplanes on residential areas in Yemen's West-Central Province of Sana'a and the Southwestern Province of Ta'izz.
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Secrecy in nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia angers US lawmakers
Apr 08, 2019 01:02US lawmakers are infuriated over the Trump administration’s secret talks with the Saudi kingdom over a nuclear deal.
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IAEA's Amano asks Saudi Arabia to provide safeguards for 1st nuclear reactor
Apr 06, 2019 01:16The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has asked Saudi Arabia to implement safeguards for its first nuclear reactor under construction near the Saudi capital Riyadh that could complete by the end of the year.
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Saudi Arabia reopens consulate in Iraq
Apr 05, 2019 08:08Saudi Arabia has reopened its consulate in Iraq as Riyadh seeks closer ties with Baghdad amid Iran’s growing relations with his neighboring Arab country following the defeat of Daesh.