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Oil prices soar after attack on Saudi oil facilities
President Trump has declared the United States is “locked and loaded” and ready to respond over the drone strikes on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, as US officials blamed Iran for the attack, revealing satellite images they claimed contained evidence to support it. Iran has continued to deny any involvement The price of…
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US blames Iran for Saudi drone attacks
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Iran for yesterday’s drone attacks on two key Saudi oilfields – calling it an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.
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Saudi Arabia relaxes travel restrictions for women
Women in Saudi Arabia will in future be able to apply for a passport or travel without the permission of a male guardian. It is a victory for women’s rights in the kingdom. But many restrictions remain.
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Exclusive: Saudi sisters on run from authorities – and father they say abused them
Women, throughout their lives, are always treated as minors.
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UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia ‘unlawful’
The government is to halt the granting of new licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia for the time being after a Court of Appeal ruling that it had not followed the correct legal procedure in the past.
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‘Credible evidence’ Saudi crown prince liable for Khashoggi killing
It was an “a deliberate, premeditated execution… for which the state of Saudi Arabia is responsible”. That’s the conclusion of a report into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October by UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard.
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Dissident takes legal action against Saudi government over spyware claim
Lawyers for a Saudi dissident have told the Saudi embassy that they intend to begin legal action, after accusing the government in Riyadh of spying on his mobile phone.
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Saudi sisters flee to Georgia
Two Saudi sisters have made an online appeal for help after fleeing their country. In a video filmed in Georgia, the sisters say they are escaping abusive members of their family and that their father and brothers are already tracking them down.
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Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists on trial
A privately-funded rocket has taken a major step towards once-again sending American astronauts into space from US soil.
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Concern grows for female activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia
A cross-party group of MPs and lawyers have called on the Saudi government to allow them to visit the eight female activists, after reports emerged that they had been tortured and sexually assaulted while in detention.
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Saudi activist: ‘One tweet is enough to ruin your life’
In the fallout from the Khashoggi murder case, some Saudi activists in the US and Canada have told Channel 4 News they believe they’ve been actively targeted by Saudi authorities
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman on Yemen: ‘Stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia’
Five of the world’s leading charities have urged the US to abandon support for a coalition – led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – fighting rebel forces in Yemen, saying it would save millions of lives. Shocking images reveal the extent of the starvation amongst Yemeni civilians, as the charities warned that…
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Trump under fire after Saudi Arabia comments
President Trump has thanked Saudi Arabia for the slide in oil prices, amid an outcry over his failure to punish the country over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Hunt presses Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi death
The Saudi-led coalition’s air strikes on Yemen resumed this afternoon, just as the UK’s Foreign Secretary was trying to persuade the Saudis to commit to a political settlement and a ceasefire.
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Saudi-led airstrikes hit aid projects, say Oxfam
The charity Oxfam says some of the aid projects which it funds in Yemen have been hit by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, including a cholera treatment centre, accusing Britain of an “irresponsible and incoherent” policy in the country by continuing to sell arms to the Saudis.
