Jailed Iranian journalist faces new ‘absurd’ charge

By VOA,

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest "absurd charge" brought against jailed Iranian journalist and human rights advocate Narges Mo...

Iranian journalist , Narges Mohammadi , reporters without borders

Why the ‘British Trump’ could be next UK Prime Minister

By CNN,

Even if you don't pay much attention to what goes on in the UK, there's a good chance you'll have heard the name Boris Johnson before. A former May...

Boris Johnson , brexit

Brother of Saudi crown prince named deputy defense minister

By Reuters,

Saudi Arabia appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s full younger brother as deputy defense minister on Saturday and named a princess as the ki...

Crown Prince , Saudi Arabia

Leaked files reveal Iran’s post-revolution crackdown on journalists

By Reuters,

The Iranian government arrested, imprisoned or executed at least 860 journalists in the three decades between the Islamic revolution in 1979 and 2009,...

Iranian government , Journalists

Iranian Journalist Marzieh Hashemi has been released from US custody

By CNN,

An Iranian journalist whose arrest in the United States this month under mysterious circumstances drew rebukes from the highest levels of the Iranian ...

Hashemi , Iranian , journalist , Marzieh

Yemen’s warring parties to convene for fragile peace talks in Sweden

By Reuters,

Yemen’s warring parties convene in Sweden on Thursday for U.N.-led peace talks for the first time since 2016 in a small victory for special envoy Ma...

Martin Griffiths , Saudi Arabia , United Nations , Yemen

Activists on two continents work to disrupt Saudi Crown Prince’s face-saving tour

By CNN,

Activists on two continents are trying to disrupt Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's first global tour since the murder of journalist Jamal Kha...

Turkey’s top diplomat slams Trump for turning ‘blind eye’ to Khashoggi murder

By CNN,

Turkey's foreign minister has accused President Donald Trump of turning a blind eye in the high-profile murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a ...

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Turkey accuses U.S. of turning blind eye to Saudi killing of Khashoggi

By Reuters,

Turkey accused the United States on Wednesday of trying to turn a blind eye to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, and dismiss...

Trump says not considering extraditing US-based Muslim cleric Erdogan foe

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump said Saturday he was not considering extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric to Turkey as part of an effort to ease pressure on ...

extradition , Fethullah Gulen

Saudi-led coalition halts Hodeidah assault as West presses for Yemen ceasefire

By Reuters,

The Saudi-led coalition has ordered a halt in its offensive against Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, three sourc...

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Turkey’s Erdogan says Khashoggi recordings ‘appalling’, shocked Saudi intelligence

By Reuters,

President Tayyip Erdogan said recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which Turkey has shared with Western allies, are “appalling” a...

Jamal Khashoggi , President Tayyip Erdogan , Turkey

US to stop air refueling of Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

By CNN,

The US will no longer refuel Saudi aircraft conducting strike missions over Yemen, US and Saudi officials said Friday. The move is expected to ha...

Jamal Khashoggi , Saudi Arabia , USA , Yemen

Fighting escalates in key Yemeni port city despite ceasefire call

By CNN,

Violence in Yemen's key port city of Hodeidah is at its worst in months, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator has warned, as a leader of the Ho...

Netanyahu condemns killing of Saudi journalist but keeps focus on Iran

By Reuters,

Israel on Friday condemned the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but said cooperating with Riyadh agains...

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Mattis says Khashoggi killing undermines regional stability

By Reuters,

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday that the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi undermined Middle Eastern stability and that W...

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29 killed in attack on Iranian Military parade

By CNN,

At least 29 people were killed and 70 others wounded in an attack on a military parade in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday, Iran's semi-o...

Iran , Iranian Military , Military Attack

Iran threatens to cut cooperation with nuclear body after Trump move

By Reuters,

Iran could reduce its co-operation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, President Hassan Rouhani told the body’s head on Wednesday, after he warned U.S. ...

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More than 40 dead in IS-claimed attack targeting Shiites in Kabul

By AFP,

More than 40 people were killed and dozens wounded in a suicide blast targeting Shiites in Kabul Thursday, officials said, with chaotic scenes at the ...

Iran hunts for survivors as quake kills 300 near Iraq border

By AFP,

Iranian rescue workers dug through rubble in a hunt for survivors on Monday after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border, killing more than 30...

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