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Denmark halts weapons exports to Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi, Yemen bombing
Nov 22, 2018 09:03Denmark has stopped selling weapons to Riyadh in response to the assassination of prominent Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the regime’s bombing campaign in Yemen.
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Iran hosting international conference on Yemen amid Saudi war
Nov 22, 2018 05:02The International Conference on Supporting the Oppressed and Resistant Yemenis has kicked off in the Iranian capital, with dozens of intellectuals and civil rights activists from 35 countries in attendance.
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US Congress urged to probe Trump, Kushner ties to Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi’s death
Nov 22, 2018 03:03The United States Congress has been urged to investigate President Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner for ties to Saudi Arabia in the wake of Jamal Khashoggi’s death.
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French rights group sues Abu Dhabi crown prince over war crimes in Yemen
Nov 22, 2018 02:55A rights group based in France has filed a lawsuit against Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan during his visit to Paris over his complicity in war crimes committed in Yemen.
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Saudi FM rejects ‘ridiculous’ allegations of royals’ plot to depose bin Salman
Nov 22, 2018 02:33Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has dismissed as “ridiculous” a report by Reuters that members of the Saudi royal family want to overthrow Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, saying that the kingdom is united around its leadership.
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Trump statement on Khashoggi murder comic: Turkey
Nov 21, 2018 10:25Turkey has described US President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi as “comic,” saying Washington is trying to turn a blind eye to the murder.
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Almost 85,000 Yemeni kids died from malnutrition amid Saudi war
Nov 21, 2018 09:39A UK-based charity says more than 84,700 children under the age of five may have starved to death in Yemen since the Saudi regime and a coalition of its allies launched a brutal war on the already-impoverished nation over three years ago.
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Detained Saudi activists tortured by electrocution, flogging: Amnesty International
Nov 21, 2018 09:23Amnesty International says detained political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in Saudi Arabia face sexual harassment, torture and other forms of ill-treatment during interrogation, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against human rights defenders and intellectuals continues unabated in Saudi Arabia.
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Yemen at critical juncture in its fight against Saudi-led aggression: Houthi
Nov 21, 2018 05:43The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says his country is now at an “important and decisive stage” in the fight against Saudi-led military aggression as the “unjust onslaught is targeting the national dignity, identity and sovereignty” of the conflict-ridden Arab country.
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Trump under bipartisan fire over backing MbS after Khashoggi killing
Nov 21, 2018 03:59American lawmakers have blasted US President Donald Trump for siding with Saudi leaders and refusing to blame Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of Virginia-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s diplomatic mission in Turkey’s Istanbul early last month.