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UK lawyers to seek Saudi suspension from UN rights body 31 Jan 2018 - 03:37 pm
Flags outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva
Tillerson, Mattis call for calming tensions in GCC crisis 30 Jan 2018 - 07:09 pm
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (R) looks on as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (L) and Defense Minister Khalid bin Muhammad al-Attiyah at the opening session of the ina
Saudi Arabia seizes more than $100bn in settlements 30 Jan 2018 - 06:00 pm
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Saudi corruption purge winds down but scars will linger 28 Jan 2018 - 10:20 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
Deadly clashes between Saudi and UAE backed fighters as rift deepens in Yemen war 28 Jan 2018 - 07:23 pm
Fighters from Yemen's southern separatist movement gather in a street of the country's second city of Aden on January 28, 2018, during clashes with forces loyal to the Saudi-backed president. AFP / SALEH AL-OBEIDI
Activists say Bahrain human rights deteriorate as world looks away 27 Jan 2018 - 05:07 pm
Authorities have cracked down hard on dissent in Bahrain. (Reuters / file photo)
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal released: Family sources 27 Jan 2018 - 01:56 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, Saudi Arabia January 27, 2018, REUTERS/Katie Paul
Detained Saudi billionaire Alwaleed says he expects to be released in days 27 Jan 2018 - 08:26 am
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, Saudi Arabia January 27, 2018, REUTERS/Katie Paul
Kuwait protests after Saudi adviser insults minister 24 Jan 2018 - 10:37 pm
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Etihad grounds 5 cargo planes, pilots asked to take unpaid leave 24 Jan 2018 - 04:57 pm
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UAE officials under investigation in UK for torture of Qatari nationals 23 Jan 2018 - 10:36 am
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UAE annexes Oman territory on Louvre Abu Dhabi museum map 22 Jan 2018 - 03:06 pm
A file photo of a part of the Musandam governorate. Wikipedia
Detained Saudi cleric hospitalised: Amnesty 18 Jan 2018 - 10:41 am
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Despite reforms, Saudi women still silenced: rights groups 17 Jan 2018 - 11:30 pm
Saudi women walk past an empty coffee shop in Riyadh, July 12, 2007 (Reuters / Ali Jarekji)
Ritz-Carlton to re-open after holding royals in Saudi purge 15 Jan 2018 - 02:50 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 21, 2017 shows the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Saudi Ritz-Carlton to re-open after holding royals in govt purge: sources / AFP / GIUSEPPE CACACE
Saudi Arabia begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted 15 Jan 2018 - 10:48 am
People arrive to first Saudi Arabia cinema in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia January 13, 2018. REUTERS/Reem Baeshen
Saudi Prince Alwaleed in settlement talks with government -sources 14 Jan 2018 - 11:14 am
File photo of Saudi billionaire Prince AlWaleed bin Talal. Reuters
First women-only car showroom opens in Saudi 11 Jan 2018 - 09:06 pm
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Peninsula Iranian airliner crashes at Mehrabad airport, no injuries
A Palestinian woman cries as she embraces a loved one who was released from Israeli jail in the early hours of January 20, 2025. (Photo by Zain Jaafar / AFP) Joy as 90 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel
Supporters and relatives of Israeli detainees Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher, watch a live television broadcast on their release on January 19, 2025.(Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) Hamas hands over three Israeli detainees to Red Cross in Gaza
Scores of displaced Palestinians walk along a road in the Saftawi area of Jabalia, as they leave areas near Gaza City where they had taken refuge, toward the further northern part of the Gaza Strip, shortly after a ceasefire deal was expected to be implemented. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP) UN races to feed one million Gazans after truce

Asia

Peninsula China's power use up 6.8 pct in 2024
Policemen stand guard in front of the main gate at the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on January 20, 2025, after supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed the building on January 19. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) S Korea's central bank slashes forecasts over political crisis
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A Seoul Regional Corrections inmate transport vehicle believed to be carrying the South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at Seoul Western District Court on Saturday. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Washington Post) South Korean president arrested, accused of leading insurrection

Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin pets his Akita dog Yume at the Russian presidential office in Moscow in December 2016 / The Japan News 12-yr-old Akita dog Japan gifted to Putin 'in good health'
French police secure an area in Villejuif near Paris, France, January 3, 2020 after police shot dead a man who tried to stab several people in a public park. File Photo: Reuters/Charles Platiau French mother on trial accused of starving teen daughter to death
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is running for a second term, attends the second day of the parliamentary investiture debate to vote for a premier at the Spanish Congress (Las Cortes) in Madrid on July 23, 2019. / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO Spain PM urges Europe to resist 'caste' controlling social media
A fireman inspects damages caused by a fire at a retirement home, on the outskirts of Serbia's capital Belgrade on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic / AFP) Fire at Belgrade retirement home kills eight

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