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UN wants international probe into 'awful' Khashoggi murder
Dec 06, 2018 02:40With more than two months into the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has stressed the necessity of an international investigation to identify those responsible for the “awful” murder at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.
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Turkey files arrest warrants for Saudi crown prince allies over Khashoggi murder
Dec 05, 2018 11:35A Turkish prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for two Saudi nationals close to heir apparent Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) over the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Saudi-backed Yemeni delegates head to Sweden for peace talks
Dec 05, 2018 11:20A delegation from Yemen’s former Saudi-sponsored government has left Riyadh for Sweden to attend UN-brokered peace talks with representatives from the Ansarullah movement as a push by the world body to end a devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen gains steam.
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Qatari monarch receives Saudi Arabian King Salman’s invitation to PGCC summit
Dec 05, 2018 04:13Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a written invitation from Saudi Arabia's King Salman to participate in the upcoming Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit, which is set to take place in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh later this month.
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Ansarullah delegation departs Yemen for peace talks in Sweden
Dec 05, 2018 03:19Delegates from the Ansarullah movement, escorted by United Nations Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, have flown from the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a to Sweden to attend UN-sponsored peace negotiations with representatives from the administration of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
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Human rights official: Khashoggi killed after Trump's greenlight
Dec 04, 2018 12:48Secretary of Iran's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani argued that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a victim of internal conflicts and feuds between the US democrats and was killed only after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman received a green light from President Donald Trump.
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Saudi crown prince snubbed in Algeria
Dec 04, 2018 10:57Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has postponed a planned visit to Jordan after getting the cold shoulder in Algeria, where President Abdelaziz Bouteflika scrapped a meeting with him, citing flu.
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CIA chief to brief US Senate leaders on Khashoggi’s murder
Dec 04, 2018 09:45US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel will brief Senate leaders on the death of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who several Senators believe was killed at the order of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
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Yemen's Ansarullah, Saudi-led coalition reach prisoner exchange deal
Dec 04, 2018 09:04An Ansarullah movement’s official says the Saudi-led coalition and militants fighting on its behalf in Yemen have signed a UN-brokered deal for exchanging prisoners with the Ansarullah movement, prior to the peace negotiations due to be launched in Sweden.
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Saudi-led coalition continues to use banned munitions in Yemen: Military official
Dec 04, 2018 06:06The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces says the Saudi-led military coalition continues to use internationally-banned weapons, particularly cluster bombs, in its aerial bombardment of residential neighborhoods in Yemen despite a global outcry against the use of such munitions by Saudi Arabia and its allies.