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Pilot, co-pilot die as UAE helicopter goes down in Yemen
Jun 14, 2016 02:23The pilot and copilot of a United Arab Emirates military helicopter have been killed after their aircraft crashed in Yemen.
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S. Korea to construct nuclear plants in Saudi Arabia
Jun 13, 2016 01:54South Korea and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the kingdom, a Saudi daily reports.
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Some 3,000 ‘Hezbollah-tied’ accounts await freeze
Jun 11, 2016 07:27As many as 3,000 more bank accounts, allegedly tied to the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah, reportedly await freeze in the coming days under pressure from the United States.
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Jailed Saudi activist stages hunger strike
Jun 10, 2016 03:59A prominent human rights activist imprisoned in Saudi Arabia has gone on hunger strike in protest at his ill-treatment by regime authorities.
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UN chief slams ‘undue pressure’ by Saudis over child abuse list
Jun 10, 2016 02:26UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly criticized Saudi Arabia and its allies for putting “undue pressure” on the world body in order to seek their removal from a blacklist for overwhelmingly violating children’s rights in Yemen.
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Iran to sue Saudi Arabia over Mina tragedy: Justice Minister
Jun 09, 2016 15:44Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi on Thursday said the country is intent on filing a lawsuit at international courts against Saudi Arabia for the deaths of hundreds of Iranian pilgrims in a deadly crush in Mina, near Mecca, last year.
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Rights Groups Urge UN to Put Saudi Arabia Back on Blacklist
Jun 09, 2016 15:30Twenty human rights groups urged United Nations Chief Ban Ki-moon to put a Saudi Arabia back on a UN blacklist for killing and maiming children in its aggression against Yemen because the evidence against it was "overwhelming."
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UN blacklist U-turn bearing fruit for Saudis: 24 US gunships by month-end
Jun 09, 2016 01:38Saudi Arabia’s remaining on the UN’s violators of children rights blacklist would have jeopardized the delivery of 24 US AH-6i Little Bird attack helicopters to Riyadh.
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Rights groups urge UN chief to put Saudi Arabia back on blacklist
Jun 09, 2016 01:32Twenty prominent human rights groups have urged United Nations Chief Ban Ki-moon to put Saudi Arabia back on a blacklist for overwhelmingly violating children's rights in Yemen.
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British police training Saudis amid torture fears: Documents
Jun 08, 2016 12:03British police are training Saudi officers to use high-tech detection skills despite concerns that they have led to suspects being tortured.