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CIA still investigating killing of Khashoggi, Pompeo says
Dec 13, 2018 03:11US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has noted that CIA investigations regarding the death of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi still continued.
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US Senate votes to end US support for Saudi war on Yemen
Dec 13, 2018 02:16The US Senate has voted to end President Donald Trump’s support for the Saudi war on Yemen.
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Ansarullah, Saudi-backed groups agree to reopen Sana'a airport as talks continue
Dec 12, 2018 14:20Yemen's warring parties have reportedly agreed to reopen the airport in the capital Sana'a, which was shuttered last year after numerous attacks by Saudi Arabia.
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UN asks warring parties to leave Hudaydah, proposes interim entity to rule Yemeni port
Dec 12, 2018 13:40The United Nations has proposed that both parties to the Yemen conflict pull out of Hudaydah, and that an interim entity be set up to run the embattled port city, a lifeline for millions of people in the war-torn country.
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Qatar's economy 'stronger than before', Central Bank governor says
Dec 12, 2018 01:45The governor of the Qatar Central Bank says the country’s economy has shown resilience in the face of an ongoing diplomatic and trade boycott, which Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on the energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom in June 2017.
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Foreign minister says Turkey in talks with UN about Khashoggi murder investigation
Dec 12, 2018 01:37Turkey says it is in talks with the United Nations regarding an investigation into the gruesome murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Arab kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul more than two months ago.
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A long time coming: Saudi-made famine in Yemen
Dec 11, 2018 10:17The world needs to act now because according to a new report by the World Food Program, Yemeni civilians are enduring a famine.
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Iran’s Rouhani voices support for intra-Yemeni peace talks
Dec 11, 2018 08:22President Hassan Rouhani has expressed Iran’s support for intra-Yemeni negotiations, saying the invaders have come to the realization that making peace with the Yemeni nation is the only option available to them.
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A Requiem in Riyadh for PGCC
Dec 11, 2018 05:46The recent meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) presented a pathetic picture of disunity amongst countries pulling in different directions and might well spell the end of the 6-nation organization, which is neither a Council nor Cooperation.
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Democratic House panel may investigate ties between Kushner, Saudi crown prince
Dec 11, 2018 04:33Future United States House Foreign Affairs Committee leader, Senator Eliot Engel, has planned to launch an investigation about US policy on Saudi Arabia, including ties between senior White House adviser Jared Kushner and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.