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Jordan Thursday received $1 billion in form of aid package from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait to support its lame-duck economy. Finance ministers of the three regional donors signed the agreements with Jordan on Thursday in capital Read more
Saudi ambassador to Turkey was summoned Thursday at the Turkish Foreign Ministry to provide information on the whereabouts of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist who disappeared Tuesday after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for some paperwork. Ambassador Waleed Read more
In a ruling issued on Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, ordered the United States to lift some of the economic sanctions it has imposed on Iran, which effect the importation Read more
Bahrain’s regional close allies, namely Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait, are expected to approve an assistance package worth up to $10 billion for the Gulf country, which is grappling with a financial deficit that has slowed down Read more
President Donald Trump Tuesday told supporters that he had told the Saudi monarch Salman he would not stay in power for two weeks without America’s protection and that he should pay. “We protect Saudi Arabia. Would you say they’re rich. Read more
Russian Defense Minister has announced that his country completed the delivery of surface-to-air missile systems as promised following the downing last month of a Russian spy aircraft manned by 15 servicemen who all died. A Syrian defense force hit the Read more
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who fled the country last year after emerging as a critic of the government, has gone missing after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, for paperwork on Tuesday. Khashoggi, according to his Turkish fiancée Read more
Saudi forces Sunday said they intercepted and destroyed two boats filled with explosives remotely controlled by Yemen Houthi rebels who were planning to attack Jazan city port. The navy destroyed the boats, state-owned news agency SPA reported. Colonel Turki Al-Malki, Read more
Germany had approved export to Saudi Arabia of weapons worth $295 million, in violation of the German government’s own rules not to supply arms to parties involved “directly” in the Yemen conflict. A total of 87 export permits were approved Read more
Egyptian writer and leading feminist figure Nawal El Saadawi has accused former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of giving in 2012 bribe to young voters in Egypt to elect Muslim Brotherhood-linked candidate Mohamed Morsi who was removed from power Read more