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Qatar slams Saudi Arabia’s refusal to negotiate ending its crippling embargo
Doha (AFP) - Qatar on Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia's refusal to negotiate the demands of the kingdom and its allies for ending a crippling embargo on the emirate.Speaking from Washington, where he...
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Rex Tillerson and James Mattis are cleaning up Jared Kushner's Middle East mess
On March 25, 2011, a Qatar Air Force Mirage 2000-5, took off from Souda Air Base, in Crete, to help enforce a no-fly zone protecting rebels being attacked by Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi. Qatar was...
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Mattis and Tillerson are trying to sooth a crisis in the Persian Gulf, but...
In early June, several Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, cut diplomatic ties with neighboring Qatar over its alleged funding of terrorist groups and intention of "destabilizing the region."The split...
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Only $60 oil can save the Aramco IPO
The OPEC deal is in crisis. All oil price gains derived from the 1.2 million-barrel cut’s initial announcement and implementation have been wiped out, and No. 1 OPEC producer Saudi Arabia’s attempt to...
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Qatar has been given another 48 hours to comply with a list of 13 demands
Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia and its allies said early Monday they had decided to extend by 48 hours the deadline for Qatar to accept their list of demands to lift a de facto blockade.With the deadline...
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Theresa May is refusing to publish a report into how terrorism in the UK is...
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May has been keeping an official report into the funding of terrorism in the UK secret since last year, according to a report in the Guardian.The report — which the...
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Saudi Arabia is the 'foremost' funder of terrorism in the UK, according to a...
Suadi Arabia accused of promoting an interpretation of Islam which lends itself to violent extremism.The Henry Jackson Society says the kingdom is funding the distribution of "hardline and illiberal...
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What to expect from Trump's big trip to Europe
A president usually never gets a second chance to make a first impression, but President Donald Trump intends to test that proposition over the next few days in Europe.Trump’s first overseas tour was a...
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Saudi bloc expresses "surprise" that Qatar has rejected its demands
LONDON – The Saudi-led group that imposed sanctions on Qatar has expressed surprise at the country's rejection of its list of demands.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed...
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G20: May promises to tackle terror funding while keeping silent on Saudi links
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to make combatting the financing of terrorism a priority at the G20 but is facing calls of hypocrisy over the UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia.May...
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What to expect from Trump's big trip to Europe
A president usually never gets a second chance to make a first impression, but President Donald Trump intends to test that proposition over the next few days in Europe.Trump’s first overseas tour was a...
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Saudi Arabia just executed 6 people in a single day
Saudi Arabia executed six people for murder and drug offences on Monday, thought to be the highest number in a single day since the year began.The deaths are thought to bring the number of executions...
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Britain's financial regulator is paving the way to bring Saudi Aramco's IPO —...
LONDON — The Financial Conduct Authority proposed on Thursday a series of new rules around stock market listings in the UK that could pave the way for Saudi state oil giant Aramco to bring part of its...
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Top Republican senator: Saudi terrorism support 'dwarfs' Qatar's
An influential US Republican senator has criticised the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, over a blockade on Qatar by the kingdom and three other Arab states.The comments by Bob Corker, chairman...
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How an oil company created an American suburb in Saudi Arabia
Much of the world's oil comes from Saudi Arabia, and it now accounts for 92% of the country's budget. It began in the 1930s, when Standard Oil of California began breaking ground for oil in the...
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Technical problems in Saudi Arabia could wipe out the world's oil glut in weeks
OPEC exports have come under pressure this week from technical threats to oil fields, with Saudi Arabia’s Manifa problems grabbing the headlines.Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser, while addressing the World...
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Police in Saudi Arabia arrest a young woman who posted a Snapchat of her...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested a young woman who wore a miniskirt in public and who had posted the video online, sparking an outcry from people who say she...
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Saudi-led coalition blocks UN aid flight carrying journalists to Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen prevented a UN flight carrying aid agency staff from traveling to the Houthi-controled capital Sanaa on Tuesday because three international...
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9/11 survivors are urging Theresa May to release a report on Saudi Arabia's...
Survivors of the 9/11 attacks have written to Prime Minister Theresa May – urging her to make public a British government report into the extent of Saudi Arabia’s funding of Islamist extremism in the...
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Inside the Saudi palace coup: How the new prince reportedly became first in...
On Tuesday, June 21, Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia's security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was summoned to meet King Salman bin...
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