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Saudi Arabia sentences five people to death for Khashoggi murder
Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death and three others to jail terms over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi,…
Twitter takes down thousands of accounts linked to Saudi Arabia
Twitter has removed thousands of accounts linked to Saudi Arabia on the grounds they were violating the social media's platform manipulation policies,…
Qatar FM says early talks with Saudi Arabia have broken stalemate
Qatar’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said recent talks have broken a protracted stalemate with Saudi Arabia and that Doha…
Desert crops in Saudi Arabia thrive as the aquifer shrinks
A handout photo made available by NASA Earth Observatory of a satellite image showing the spread of agriculture around the town of…
Iran says it’s defused another cyberattack, the second in less than a week
Iran's telecommunications minister announced on Sunday that the country has defused a second cyberattack in less than a week, this time “aimed…
Saudi Aramco shares up sharply on market debut
Saudi Arabia listed state oil company Aramco on the stock exchange on Wednesday in what became the world's biggest-ever initial public offering.…
No Christmas decorations in Iraq in solidarity with protesters
Leaders of Iraq’s Christians unanimously cancelled Christmas-related celebrations in solidarity with the protest movement — but the aims of their stance go…
Saudi Arabia lifts ban on segregation of women in restaurants
Women will no longer have to be segregated from men in restaurants in Saudi Arabia, according to the country's government. The announcement…
Iran nuclear deal signatories meet in Vienna as accord nears collapse
The remaining signatories to the faltering 2015 Iran nuclear deal will meet in Vienna on Friday with the survival of the landmark…
France, Germany and the United Kingdom say Iran has nuclear-capable missiles
France, Germany and the United Kingdom say “Iran’s developments of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles” go against a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on…
Fresh intelligence points to Iranian threat against US forces and interests in Middle East
CNN is reporting that there is fresh intelligence of a potential Iranian threat against US forces and interests in the Middle East,…
Al-Baghdadi’s ‘deputy’ captured in northern Iraq
A senior Daesh militant close to the former leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has been captured in northern Iraq. Police in Huwaijah, Kirkuk…