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Saudi Arabia blacklisted for lax control on terror financing
Jan 26, 2019 08:26Saudi Arabia has reportedly been included in an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc due to their alleged lax control on money laundering and terrorism financing.
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Rights groups demand access to political prisoners in Saudi Arabia
Jan 26, 2019 03:28Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have demanded that Saudi Arabia allow independent monitors access to political prisoners in the country, amid new reports of torture.
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Saudi Arabia building its first ballistic missile factory: Report
Jan 25, 2019 10:36Saudi Arabia, already known as the world’s top importer of foreign-made ballistic missiles, has started building its first missile production factory near the central town of Al-Watah, The Washington Post has quoted experts as saying.
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Thousands of Yemenis rally to honor 'martyrs' of Saudi war
Jan 25, 2019 09:45Thousands of Yemenis have rallied on the streets of Yemen's northern city of Sa'ada to commemorate fallen soldiers on Martyrs' Day.
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Berlin set to sell weapons to Doha amid tension with Riyadh
Jan 25, 2019 04:55Germany has approved exporting military equipment to Qatar amid deepening tensions with Riyadh, Doha’s rival.
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UN envoy to travel to Turkey for probe into Khashoggi murder
Jan 25, 2019 03:13A UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions will travel to Turkey next week to head an "independent international inquiry" into the gruesome killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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‘Terms of Yemen prisoner exchange to be thrashed out in coming days’
Jan 24, 2019 03:24Delegates from Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement and representatives loyal to former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi are expected to agree on the terms of a prisoner exchange within the next 10 days.
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Accidental mines explosion kills 5 Saudi-hired foreign mine experts in Yemen
Jan 23, 2019 02:56Five foreign nationals working as mine clearance experts for the Saudi-led military coalition have been killed in a mine defusing operation in war-torn Yemen.
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Fleeing Saudi Arabia: Asylum seeker numbers triple
Jan 22, 2019 11:34The number of asylum seekers from Saudi Arabia has tripled, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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Detained Saudi cleric dies after 'poisoning'
Jan 22, 2019 02:51A prominent Saudi cleric dies at a hospital in the port city of Jeddah, where he had been transferred from detention after a reported poisoning that had rendered him brain-dead.