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Thai court to hear Bahraini extradition request for footballer 01 Feb 2019 - 10:34 am
File photo of Hakeem Al Araibi, a former member of Bahrain's national soccer team who holds a refugee status in Australia arrives at court after he was arrested last month on arrival at a Bangkok airport based on an Interpol notice issued at Bahrain's req
Saudi Arabia closes 15-month anti-corruption campaign 30 Jan 2019 - 10:30 pm
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, January 27, 2018. Reuters/Katie Paul
Wife of jailed Bahraini footballer begs Thai PM for his release 30 Jan 2019 - 02:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Hakeem AlAraibi, a former member of Bahrain's national soccer team who holds a refugee status in Australia arrives at court after he was arrested last month on arrival at a Bangkok airport based on an Interpol notice issued at Bahrain's reques
Saudi Arabia frees Ethiopian-born tycoon amid flurry of releases 27 Jan 2019 - 09:29 pm
Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi (Photo courtesy: tesfanews.net)
Saudi cleric dies in prison: Activists 21 Jan 2019 - 07:06 pm
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Canada PM renews calls for Saudi blogger's release 19 Jan 2019 - 05:44 pm
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US Senator Graham says US-Saudi cannot move on until prince is "dealt with" 19 Jan 2019 - 12:30 pm
US Senator Lindsey Graham holds a media conference at JW Marriott Hotel in Ankara, Turkey on January 19, 2019. (Murat Kaynak / Anadolu Agency)
Kuwait shuts three ports in bad weather, oil ports unaffected 17 Jan 2019 - 10:34 am
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UN Security Council approves up to 75 Yemen truce monitors 16 Jan 2019 - 05:51 pm
Retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert (C), who is leading a joint committee, which includes both government and rebel representatives, tasked with overseeing a truce in the Red Sea port city and the withdrawal of both parties, arrives at the Yemeni port
Art exhibit featuring Saudi flag to be removed from World Trade Center 15 Jan 2019 - 03:12 pm
A sculpture with the flag of Saudi Arabia, part of an exhibit called 'Candy Nations' is pictured outside next to the Oculus, one of the buildings that replaced the original World Trade Center on January 14, 2019 in New York City. AFP / Johannes EISELE
Australia union seeks help for detained Bahraini refugee player 14 Jan 2019 - 04:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Hakeem AlAraibi in Bangkok, Thailand December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Yemen, Iran, Khashoggi murder top Pompeo's talks in Saudi 14 Jan 2019 - 11:40 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) lands in Riyadh on January 13, 2019, during his extensive Middle East tour. / AFP / POOL / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Woman who fled Saudi Arabia reaches her new home in Canada 13 Jan 2019 - 07:23 pm
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun (C) accompanied by Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland (R) and Saba Abbas, general counsellor of COSTI refugee service agency, arrives at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January
Saudi teen asylum seeker expected in Canada 12 Jan 2019 - 12:57 pm
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family, is pictured in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) building Bangkok, Thailand, January 11, 2019, before leaving for the airport, after she was granted asylum in
Eleven Sports doesn't want Super Cup played in Saudi Arabia 12 Jan 2019 - 11:52 am
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Saudi teen to depart Thailand for Canada asylum 11 Jan 2019 - 06:59 pm
Immigration chief Lt-General Surachate Hakparn speaks during a news conference about 18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her, at the Immigration Head office in Bangkok, Thailand, Ja
Australia considering resettlement for fleeing Saudi woman 09 Jan 2019 - 06:27 pm
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, a Saudi woman who claims to be fleeing her country and family, is seen in Bangkok, Thailand January 7, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. Twitter/@rahaf84427714/via Reuters
Jailed Saudi cleric’s health deteriorating: Activists 09 Jan 2019 - 02:53 pm
Prominent Saudi Muslim cleric Awad Al Qarni

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Palestinians drive their vehicles past the carcass of a car that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP) One Palestinian martyred, two others injured in drone strike on Jenin in West Bank
A former Palestinian prisoner is cheered upon his arrival in Ramallah on buses of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Ahmad Gharabli / AFP) 183 Palestinian prisoners released under ceasefire agreement
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Hamas secures an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP) Hamas releases three Israelis in exchange for 183 Palestinians

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India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) along with minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary (C, left) poses as she leaves the ministry of finance to present the annual budget at the parliament in New Delhi on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP) India unveils income tax cuts to boost slowing economy
A worker controls the traffic as rescue operations continue for the truck driver in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP) Rescuers build slope to reach man in Japan sinkhole

Europe

Britain's King Charles III speaks to dignitaries as he arrives at Apia Airport for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, capital of Samoa, on October 23, 2024. (Photo by POOL / AFP) King Charles III teams up with Amazon for documentary
Police and emergency crews search through the debris of a crushed wagon for second day after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 2, 2023. (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP) Greece awards first compensation over Tempi train disaster
(Files) United Nations (UN) envoy for the Western Sahara Horst Koehler attends a press briefing on December 6, 2018 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) German ex-president Horst Koehler dead at 81
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Transport Minister at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) Putin approves Goldman Sachs' Russia exit

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