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GCC structure may have to change: Kuwait Emir 05 Dec 2017 - 08:26 pm
Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah presides over the annual summit of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Assad Hani
GCC summit cut short by a day 05 Dec 2017 - 02:26 pm
Kuwaiti and foreign journalists gather in the media centre hall during the GCC summit in Kuwait City on December 5, 2017. / AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat
UAE and Saudi form new partnership separate from GCC 05 Dec 2017 - 12:04 pm
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Yemen's Houthi group says fires missile toward Abu Dhabi nuclear reactor 03 Dec 2017 - 12:47 pm
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Senior Saudi prince Miteb freed from detention: family members 28 Nov 2017 - 08:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabian Prince Miteb bin Abdullah at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France June 18, 2014. Reuters/Philippe Wojazer
Saudi 'Matchstick' TV host takes over state broadcaster 28 Nov 2017 - 11:05 am
A picture taken on October 24, 2017, shows MBC TV personality Dawood Shirian during an interview with AFP at the MBC headquaters in Riyadh. AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE
Saudi Crown Prince calls Iran leader "new Hitler" - NYT 24 Nov 2017 - 10:59 am
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
US warns citizens against risks of travel to Saudi Arabia 22 Nov 2017 - 08:50 am
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Floods paralyse Saudi city of Jeddah 22 Nov 2017 - 08:11 am
Saudi drivers take a flooded street in Jeddah on November 21, 2017. / AFP / Amer HILABI
Erdogan in Kuwait for talks on regional issues 14 Nov 2017 - 06:39 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by Kuwaiti Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah at Bayan Palace in Hawally, Kuwait on November 14, 2017. Kayhan Özer - AA
Kuwait assures earthquake left no damage 13 Nov 2017 - 08:03 am
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Swiss journalists accredited to cover Louvre museum arrested in Abu Dhabi for filming marketplace 12 Nov 2017 - 07:01 pm
A general view shows part of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum designed by French architect Jean Nouvel on November 11, 2017 during its official opening to public on Saadiyat island in the Emirati capital. AFP / Giuseppe Cacace
Bahrain calls pipeline blast "terrorism" linked to Iran 12 Nov 2017 - 10:15 am
Emergency and rescue workers are seen blocking the road leading to a fire in at oil pipeline in Buri village south of Manama, Bahrain, November 10, 2017. Picture taken November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Saudi easing of Yemen blockade not enough: UN 11 Nov 2017 - 02:44 pm
People look at the damage in the aftermath of an air strike in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on November 11, 2017. AFP
Saudi Arabia expels 8 clerics to Sudan for opposing the ruling family 11 Nov 2017 - 12:27 pm
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Bahrain investigates nighttime oil pipeline blast, fire 11 Nov 2017 - 08:16 am
Emergency and rescue workers are seen blocking the road leading to a fire in at oil pipeline in Buri village south of Manama, Bahrain, November 10, 2017. Picture taken November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Saudi purge, Lebanon raise US concerns 10 Nov 2017 - 07:33 pm
A pictiure depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, November 10, 2017. Reuters/Aziz Taher
A house divided: How Saudi Crown Prince purged royal family rivals and frightened investors 10 Nov 2017 - 06:20 pm
A man speaks on the phone as he walks past posters depicting Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 9, 2017. Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser

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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

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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

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
People gather at the entrance of Ryogoku Kokugikan for the arrival of sumo wrestlers during the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP) Sumo to stage event in Paris as part of global push

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