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Iran: Saudi military expenditure turned West Asia into powder keg
Oct 21, 2020 06:47Iran has hit out at Saudi Arabia for shedding “crocodile tears” over the lifting of the UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic, noting that it is hypocritical of Riyadh to voice alarm at the ban’s removal while its own purchases of American weapons have turned West Asia into a powder keg.
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Khashoggi's fiancée, human rights group sue Saudi crown prince in US for murder
Oct 21, 2020 04:22The fiancée of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a human rights group he founded have filed a lawsuit at a US court against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), accusing him of ordering the dissident’s murder at Riyadh’s consulate in Turkey.
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Human Rights Watch calls on Saudi Arabia to halt eight imminent executions
Oct 21, 2020 03:07Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to stop the imminent execution of eight men charged with activities related to a wave of anti-government protests while they were under the age of 18.
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European legislators want downgrade of EU presence at G20 Saudi-hosted summit
Oct 20, 2020 04:20Dozens of lawmakers of the European Parliament have called on the European Union (EU) to downgrade its presence at the next month’s G20 summit in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh over human rights concerns, a document says.
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Saudi Arabia restructures Supreme Court, religious, advisory bodies
Oct 19, 2020 10:43Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a raft of royal decrees, restructuring the country’s Supreme Court as well as its highest religious and advisory authorities.
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Yemeni fighters hit positions of Saudi Arabia’s mercenaries, fatalities reported
Oct 19, 2020 04:32Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied the Popular Committees, have reportedly mounted an offensive in the southwestern Province of Dhale, where dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi were killed.
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New Saudi-led attacks martyr 2 Yemeni children, injure others
Oct 18, 2020 06:00At least two children have been martyred and several other civilians wounded in Saudi-led shelling and rocket attacks against residential areas in Yemen’s Ta’iz and Sa’ada Provinces.
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US urges Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing ties with Zionist entity
Oct 14, 2020 13:02US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with illegal Zionist entity after Bahrain and the UAE.
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UN rejects Saudi bid for joining human rights council over abuses
Oct 14, 2020 03:44Saudi Arabia has failed to join the United Nations Human Rights Council after an international non-governmental organization called on the United Nations (UN) to refuse Riyadh’s bid.
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World must press Saudi Arabia to implement IAEA Safeguards: Iran's envoy
Oct 14, 2020 03:20Iran has called on the international community to press Saudi Arabia to immediately implement the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in full.