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Trump to meet Erdogan but not bin Salman at G20 amid Khashoggi fallout
Nov 28, 2018 03:06US President Donald Trump will not formally meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at an upcoming G20 summit in Argentina.
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UN concerned over falling imports at Yemen’s lifeline port
Nov 28, 2018 02:55The United Nations has warned that operations at the strategic Yemeni port of Hudaydah have plunged by nearly 50 percent over the past two weeks, making it difficult for local residents to afford their basic commodities in the wake of the recent wave of violence there.
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince arrives in Tunisia as 100s protest his visit
Nov 28, 2018 02:40Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived in Tunisia as hundreds of people staged protest rallies across the North African country, denouncing the kingdom's de facto ruler as a murderer of prominent dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed after visiting the Saudi consulate in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul last month.
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Yemeni ballistic missiles hit military targets in Saudi regions of Asir, Jizan
Nov 27, 2018 15:25Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have hit two military targets in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern regions of Asir and Jizan with domestically-manufactured ballistic missiles in retaliation for the regime's campaign of military aggression against the impoverished nation.
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Argentina mulling charges against Saudi crown prince over Yemen war, Khashoggi murder
Nov 27, 2018 07:35Human Rights Watch (HRW) has formally requested Argentine judicial authorities to use a domestic constitutional clause to arrest and prosecute Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MbS, for war crimes in Yemen and the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he enters Argentina later this week to attend a G20 summit.
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Kushner pushed to inflate Saudi arms deal to $110 billion: Sources
Nov 27, 2018 04:05US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law pushed American officials to pump up numbers for a supposed $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, sources tell ABC News.
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Tunisia: Protesters decry MBS visit in aftermath of Khashoggi killing
Nov 27, 2018 02:35Dozens of protesters rallied in central Tunis on Monday to decry Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's scheduled visit.
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Israeli firm offered Saudi Arabia hacking system ahead of royal purge: Report
Nov 26, 2018 05:39A recent report reveals Saudi Arabia had negotiated with a secretive Israeli technology firm the purchase of a system that hacks into cellphones, months before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unleashed a purge of the country’s rival royals and businessmen.
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Saudi-led attacks on Yemen’s Hudaydah will destroy UN peace efforts: Ansarullah
Nov 26, 2018 04:05The spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement says the uptick in Saudi-led airstrikes on the strategic port city of Hudaydah will eventually frustrate efforts by United Nations Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to rekindle peace talks in Sweden next month.
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More US Republican lawmakers challenge Trump over murdered Saudi journalist
Nov 26, 2018 03:31Several US Republican senators have again rejected President Donald Trump’s defense of Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, with some lawmakers from his party saying Congress must take additional action.