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Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu stands by Saudi prince, despite Khashoggi

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu stands by Saudi prince, despite Khashoggi

The Prime Minister has been dealing quietly with Saudi Arabia against Iran, and has argued that Saudi stability is important for the region.

  • by Jonathan Ferziger

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Order to kill Khashoggi came from top of Saudi government: Turkey's Erdogan
Khashoggi case

Order to kill Khashoggi came from top of Saudi government: Turkey's Erdogan

The order to kill Jamal Khashoggi "came from the highest levels of the Saudi government," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an opinion piece published on Friday by The Washington Post.

Deadly IS attack on Christian pilgrims in Egypt
Islamic State

Deadly IS attack on Christian pilgrims in Egypt

All but one of those killed were members of the same family.

Khashoggi's body cut into pieces and 'dissolved'
Khashoggi case

Khashoggi's body cut into pieces and 'dissolved'

The claims by a Turkish official come as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the order to kill Khashoggi came from the "highest levels" of the Saudi government.

  • by Ece Toksabay
Despite Khashoggi killing, Saudi Crown Prince set to keep power
Khashoggi case

Despite Khashoggi killing, Saudi Crown Prince set to keep power

The crown prince owes his apparent impunity partly to the nature of power in Saudi Arabia's absolute monarchy and to his own proven ruthlessness. But he also owes it to the Trump administration.

  • by David Kirkpatrick & Ben Hubbard
'Dangerous Islamist': Saudi prince slammed Khashoggi in White House call
Khashoggi case

'Dangerous Islamist': Saudi prince slammed Khashoggi in White House call

Mohammed bin Salman is reported to have urged Trump advisers Jared Kushner and John Bolton to save the US-Saudi alliance after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

  • by John Hudson
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US, Britain push for Yemen ceasefire as relations with Saudis cool
Saudi Arabia

US, Britain push for Yemen ceasefire as relations with Saudis cool

The moves come as a top Turkish prosecuter said Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before being disposed of.

  • by Gardiner Harris
Turkish prosecutor says Khashoggi was strangled, dismembered in embassy
Khashoggi case

Turkish prosecutor says Khashoggi was strangled, dismembered in embassy

The Saudi journalist was "strangled and killed immediately after entering" the Saudi consulate, Turkey's prosecutor said.

  • by Mehmet Guzel & Suzan Fraser
Israeli strike kills three Palestinian youths
Gaza Strip

Israeli strike kills three Palestinian youths

Gaza border area has been a hotspot of clashes since Palestinians started staging protests there in March.

The devastating dilemma facing Yazidi mothers of children by IS
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The devastating dilemma facing Yazidi mothers of children by IS

Her family is preparing to emigrate from Iraq to Australia, but there is someone she can't bear to leave behind: her two-year-old daughter.

  • by Hamza Hendawi, Qassim Abdul-zahra & Salar Salim
Salvaged from war: Syria's National Museum of Damascus reopens
Syria

Salvaged from war: Syria's National Museum of Damascus reopens

Syria's National Museum of Damascus has opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again, seven years after war forced it to close.