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Expectations mixed as Iraq, Saudi announce security deal
Apr 19, 2019 09:33Riyadh and Baghdad have agreed to promote their security and intelligence cooperation after several years of mutual distrust over Saudi Arabia's support for terrorists in Iraq.
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Pakistani PM calls for closer ties ahead of Sunday visit to Iran
Apr 19, 2019 02:14Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says his country attaches great importance to its ties with Iran, and he will seek closer relations between the two neighbors during his upcoming visit to the Islamic Republic.
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Lebanon FM lodges compliant against Saudi online newspaper over fake news
Apr 18, 2019 11:00Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil has filed a complaint against a Saudi Arabic-language online newspaper after it falsely claimed that he had held a clandestine meeting with a high-ranking Israeli official in the Russian capital city of Moscow.
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Saudi Arabia torturing detained Rohingya Muslims on hunger strike: Report
Apr 18, 2019 07:48Saudi regime is torturing hundreds of Rohingya detainees to force them to end a hunger strike they have staged to oppose their indefinite detention or potential deportation from Saudi Arabia.
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Yemen agreement should be implemented without delay: UNSC
Apr 18, 2019 02:37The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on warring parties in Yemen to withdraw from the embattled port city of Hudaydah “as soon as possible” in line with a ceasefire deal reached in December 2018.
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Iraq's prime minister meets with Saudi King Salman on first visit to Riyadh
Apr 18, 2019 02:15Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has arrived in Saudi Arabia on his first official visit since he took office six months ago.
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Saudi court postpones hearing in trial of female activists
Apr 18, 2019 02:10A Saudi court has postponed a fourth hearing in the trial of eleven women rights activists, in a case that has ratcheted up scrutiny of the kingdom's human rights record.
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Preposterous! Pompeo ‘setting the stage for war with Iran,’ says Bush-era official
Apr 18, 2019 01:52US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “setting the stage for a war with Iran,” says a Bush-era official, claiming he sees the same pattern that developed ahead of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Ansarullah condemns Trump’s veto to end US involvement in Yemen war
Apr 17, 2019 11:29The Yemeni Ansarullah movement has strongly censured US President Donald Trump's veto of a Congress resolution directing him to end support for the Saudi-led war against Yemen, describing the measure as a proof that Washington was behind the conflict.
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Trump vetoes resolution on ending US involvement in Yemen war
Apr 17, 2019 01:18US President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution to end American support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has so far claimed thousands of innocent lives and left the impoverished nation struggling with the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world.