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Saudi FM rejects ‘ridiculous’ allegations of royals’ plot to depose bin Salman
Nov 22, 2018 02:33Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has dismissed as “ridiculous” a report by Reuters that members of the Saudi royal family want to overthrow Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, saying that the kingdom is united around its leadership.
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Trump statement on Khashoggi murder comic: Turkey
Nov 21, 2018 10:25Turkey has described US President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi as “comic,” saying Washington is trying to turn a blind eye to the murder.
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Almost 85,000 Yemeni kids died from malnutrition amid Saudi war
Nov 21, 2018 09:39A UK-based charity says more than 84,700 children under the age of five may have starved to death in Yemen since the Saudi regime and a coalition of its allies launched a brutal war on the already-impoverished nation over three years ago.
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Detained Saudi activists tortured by electrocution, flogging: Amnesty International
Nov 21, 2018 09:23Amnesty International says detained political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in Saudi Arabia face sexual harassment, torture and other forms of ill-treatment during interrogation, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against human rights defenders and intellectuals continues unabated in Saudi Arabia.
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Yemen at critical juncture in its fight against Saudi-led aggression: Houthi
Nov 21, 2018 05:43The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says his country is now at an “important and decisive stage” in the fight against Saudi-led military aggression as the “unjust onslaught is targeting the national dignity, identity and sovereignty” of the conflict-ridden Arab country.
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Trump under bipartisan fire over backing MbS after Khashoggi killing
Nov 21, 2018 03:59American lawmakers have blasted US President Donald Trump for siding with Saudi leaders and refusing to blame Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of Virginia-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s diplomatic mission in Turkey’s Istanbul early last month.
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Ansarullah fighters ambush, kill pro-Saudi cmdr, aides in Yemen’s Ma’rib
Nov 21, 2018 03:52Fighters from the Ansarullah movement have reportedly ambushed and killed a Saudi-backed field commander loyal to Yemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur in the country’s central province of Ma'rib.
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US will remain steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia to ensure Israel’s interests: Trump
Nov 21, 2018 02:45President Donald Trump has said Washington intends to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia to ensure interests of the United States, Israeli regime and regional partners.
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Saudi king throws his weight behind his son, Judiciary on Khashoggi murder
Nov 20, 2018 02:41Saudi King Salman has thrown his weight behind his son, Crown Prince Mohammed, and lavished praise on the Saudi Judiciary in his first public remarks since the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who is said to have been murdered at bin Salman’s order.
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UN draft resolution calls for Yemen truce, two weeks to unblock aid shipments
Nov 19, 2018 16:42A United Nations draft resolution has called for an immediate truce in Hudaydah, Yemen’s strategic port and its only conduit to the outside world, setting a two-week deadline for removing all barriers to humanitarian aid for the impoverished state.