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Saudi Arabia hands 16-year jail term to elderly US citizen over critical tweets
Oct 19, 2022 05:01The Saudi government has sentenced a 72-year-old American citizen to 16 years in prison over his tweets criticizing the ultra-conservative regime in Riyadh, with the son of the elderly critic saying his father has been “tortured” in jail.
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American officials not invited to upcoming Saudi investment conference
Oct 18, 2022 04:07An upcoming Saudi investment conference has not invited US officials as a rift is widening between Washington and Riyadh, which appears to be gravitating toward Russia amid a worsening energy crisis in the West.
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Iranians will not stand idly by in face of US hostile acts: Pres. Raeisi
Oct 17, 2022 12:17President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Iranian nation will not stand idly by in the face of US’ hostile acts and will take the initiative against Washington's hostility.
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IRGC warns Riyadh of consequences over media campaign against Iran
Oct 17, 2022 11:37The Chief Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, warns Saudi Arabia that its media campaign aimed at stoking tensions in the recent riots in Iran will backfire on the Riyadh regime.
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OPEC+ members back Riyadh amid US-Saudi tensions
Oct 17, 2022 08:04Several member states of OPEC+, the producer group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries plus its allies, have expressed their endorsement of a recently agreed upon production cut, after the United States accused Saudi Arabia of coercing others to support the move.
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White House: Biden has no plans to meet with Saudi crown prince at G-20 summit
Oct 17, 2022 02:37US President Joe Biden “has no plans” to meet with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at next month’s Group of Twenty (G-20) summit in Indonesia, the White House has said.
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Sana’a signs last list for prisoner swap with Riyadh
Oct 17, 2022 02:31The Prisoners Affairs Committee of Sana’a has signed the last list for a prisoner swap with Saudi Arabia under which inmates will be exchanged between Sana’a and Riyadh.
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Senators call for halting arms sales to Riyadh, pulling US weaponry out of Saudi Arabia
Oct 16, 2022 03:30US senators have called for halting sales of American weaponry to Riyadh, and pulling out what arms were already there to “right-size [the] relationship with Saudi Arabia.”
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US to send Ukraine $725mn in new military aid
Oct 15, 2022 04:48The US will ship to Ukraine $725 million more in military assistance, the country’s Departments of State and Defense have announced, citing Russia’s recent retaliatory strikes on Ukrainian targets.
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Riyadh delegation thanks Yemen for good treatment of Saudi prisoners
Oct 14, 2022 15:06The head of a Saudi team visiting Yemen’s capital as part of a prisoners swap agreement has thanked the Sana’a government’s authorities for their good treatment of Saudi inmates captured during the Riyadh-led war against Yemen.