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Macron arrives in Riyadh on surprise visit 09 Nov 2017 - 10:49 pm
Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 9, 2017. Dubai Media Office/ Reuters
Macron warns looming military defeat of IS 'not the end' 09 Nov 2017 - 11:08 am
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a visit to a naval base in Abu Dhabi on November 9, 2017. AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN
UAE asks banks for information on 19 Saudis' accounts 09 Nov 2017 - 10:31 am
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Saudi arrests could be more about power politics: HRW 08 Nov 2017 - 03:40 pm
The Kingdom Centre Tower is seen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 5, 2017. Picture taken November 5, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
Saudi Arabia makes further anti-graft arrests: sources 08 Nov 2017 - 02:40 pm
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presides over a meeting of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 7, 2017. Saudi Press Agency
Yemen rebels threaten Saudi, UAE ports and airports 07 Nov 2017 - 04:18 pm
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Lebanon's Hariri leaves Saudi Arabia for UAE trip 07 Nov 2017 - 01:01 pm
FILE PHOTO - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri presides a cabinet meeting at the governmental palace in Beirut, Lebanon September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Riyadh Ritz Carlton now a luxury prison for Saudi tycoons as economy vulnerable than ever 06 Nov 2017 - 11:08 pm
A view shows the Ritz-Carlton hotel in the diplomatic quarter of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 5, 2017. Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser
Purge of Saudi princes, businessmen widens, travel curbs imposed 06 Nov 2017 - 07:53 pm
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud poses for a photo with National Guard Minister Khaled bin Ayyaf and Economy Minister Mohammed al-Tuwaijri during a swearing-in ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 6, 2017. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reute
Saudi king hosts Lebanese PM after shock resignation 06 Nov 2017 - 01:14 pm
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on November 6, 2017, shows King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (R) meeting with former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri in Riyadh. AFP / Saudi Royal Palace
Saudi helicopter crash reportedly kills high-ranking prince 06 Nov 2017 - 08:25 am
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Saudi Arabia to freeze accounts of those arrested in crackdown 05 Nov 2017 - 06:36 pm
A man speaks on the phone as he walks past the Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 5, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
Bahrain warns citizens against travel to Lebanon 05 Nov 2017 - 05:07 pm
A picture taken on November 5, 2017 shows a banner bearing a portrait of Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah in the capital Beirut. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Prince Miteb, once a contender for the throne, among dozens arrested in Saudi sweep 05 Nov 2017 - 02:59 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 15, 2008 shows Prince Miteb bin Abdul Aziz, son of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, gesturing in Janadriyah in the outskirts of the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP / HASSAN AMMAR
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed, former ministers detained in corruption probe 05 Nov 2017 - 10:25 am
FILE PHOTO - Then Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf speaks to the media after a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/File Photo
Saudi Arabia arrests princes, ministers in sweeping purge 05 Nov 2017 - 07:51 am
FILE PHOTO - Saudi billionaire Prince AlWaleed bin Talal looks on during a news briefing in Manama, May 8, 2012. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
Saudi national guard chief, economy minister out in reshuffle 04 Nov 2017 - 11:35 pm
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud File picture / Bandar al-Jaloud/AFP
Yemen's Houthis fire missile at Saudi Arabia's Riyadh 04 Nov 2017 - 10:26 pm
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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

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

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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