Tag: Saudi Arabia
Israelis barred from Saudi chess tournament demand action from world chess body
Two Israeli nationals are requesting that the international chess governing body—the Fédération lnternationale des Échecs (FIDE)—guarantee nondiscrimination after they were prevented from taking part in a chess tournament in Saudi Arabia last year because...
US, Israel express concern over whether bin Salman can deliver on Mideast peace
After a backlash over the alleged Saudi killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the United States and Saudi Arabia have reportedly expressed concern regarding whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman can help deliver stability...
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Saudi role in Yemen more brutal than Khashoggi murder
The cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen. The Saudis are deliberately preventing food and medicine from...
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Khashoggi shakes up the Middle East at a horrible cost
The death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on the premises of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul threatens to upend the fundaments of fault lines across the Middle East. In fact, his killing threatens to...
The story behind the story of Jamal Khashoggi
The disappearance and presumed murder of the Saudi exile Jamal Khashoggi has caused a crisis of relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to sign some papers...
Israel remains cautious amid global fury at Saudi Arabia over journalist’s suspicious death
Saudi Arabia appears to have severely miscalculated its ability to quietly silence critics after it has come under strong suspicion over the disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a fierce critic...
The price of Saudi friendship
In one sense, the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Kashoggi after he entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, last week is pretty much business as usual for the Riyadh regime. Saudi Arabia is a...
Trump administration reportedly ramping up Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
The Trump administration is reportedly ramping up preparations for the unveiling of an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, although a timetable for its release remains unclear.
The National Security Council began approaching other government agencies, including the...
Saudi ban on female drivers to be lifted on Sunday
The last and only nation in the world that bans female motorists will lift the restriction, as women are expected to be allowed to take the wheel in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The move is...
Kenyan Airways asks Sudan for permission to fly over its airspace to reach Israel
International cooperation and tacit recognition of Israel has received a boost, with Kenyan Airways submitting a formal request to fly commercial planes from Kenya to Israel over Sudanese airspace.
Israel and Sudan currently have no...