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Qatar to fly 4,000 cows to address its milk demand
Jul 09, 2017 08:42Qatar is preparing to launch an audacious plan to airlift thousands of dairy cows from Germany, the US and Australia to address its domestic milk demand in face of a Saudi-led blockade which is expected to remain in place for an unspecified time.
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Activist jailed for driving says women treated like slaves in Saudi Arabia
Jul 09, 2017 02:07A female activist jailed for driving in Saudi Arabia says women are “treated as slaves” in the kingdom.
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Explosive projectile wounds two cops in Saudi Arabia’s Qatif
Jul 09, 2017 01:41At least two Saudi police officers have been wounded following an attack on their patrol vehicle in the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province amid the ruling regime’s heavy-handed crackdown there.
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Egypt blocked UN sanctions against Saudi branch of Daesh: Report
Jul 07, 2017 08:41Through two successive objections, Egypt reportedly managed to keep the Daesh terror group’s Saudi offshoot off a United Nations terrorism-related sanctions list.
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Cholera hits all Yemeni provinces, kills over 1,600: UN
Jul 06, 2017 09:43The United Nations (UN) warns that the cholera outbreak has spread to all 21 provinces across Yemen, saying the disease has claimed more than 1,600 lives the war-torn country since late April.
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Saudi gives Iran written assurances over pilgrims’ security: Minister
Jul 06, 2017 09:06Iran’s culture minister says Saudi Arabia has provided “written assurances” that it will meet all of Tehran’s conditions with regard to ensuring security for Iranian pilgrims in the upcoming Hajj ceremony.
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Saudi police officer killed in Qatif
Jul 05, 2017 02:14Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister says a police officer been killed and three others injured in a “terrorist act” in the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Qatif region in Eastern Province.
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Saudi led-bloc extends Qatar demands deadline by 48 hours
Jul 03, 2017 04:31Saudi Arabia says it has decided along with its allies to extend a deadline for Qatar to accept a list of its demands by 48 hours.
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Yemeni forces kill 6 of Saudi's mercenaries in Jawf, Ta'izz
Jul 01, 2017 12:29Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees loyal to the Ansarullah movement, have killed half a dozen of Saudi Arabia's mercenaries in Yemen's Jawf and Ta'izz provinces.
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Qatar lobbying with UNSC members to lift Saudi-led bans
Jul 01, 2017 08:46Qatar has been lobbying with the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against a Saudi-led embargo of the country.