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Yemen’s war must end to address starvation, UN food aid chief says
In Yemen, 10,000 are estimated to have been killed in the war that's been raging for three and a half years. But millions are suffering from an acute hunger crisis and the United Nations warns that Yemen is on the…
Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi’s killing
The announcement by the kingdom's top prosecutor, Saud al-Mojeb, appears aimed at distancing the killers and their operation from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose decision-making powers have placed in the center of global outcry over the killing.
Saudi coalition in Yemen, under pressure, ends US refueling
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early Saturday it had “requested cessation of inflight refueling” by the U.S. for its fighter jets after American officials said they would stop the operations amid growing anger over civilian casualties from the…
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News Wrap: New wave of U.S. sanctions hit Iran
In our news wrap Monday, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani sounded defiant in the face of new sanctions from the U.S., targeting everything from oil exports to shipping to finance. Also, Taliban fighters killed at least 17 Afghan soldiers and police…
In the wake of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, the opaque government of Saudi Arabia is under extreme international scrutiny, extending to criticism of the country’s ongoing military action in Yemen. The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Robin Wright and Mamoun Fandy, director of…
Saudi journalist 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 it was removed, a top Turkish prosecutor said Wednesday.
On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 28, grief and prayers in Pittsburgh after this weekend's deadly rampage at a Jewish synagogue, and the catastrophic human cost of the ongoing war in Yemen. Also, poverty on Skid Row of Los Angeles…
In addition to thousands of civilians in Yemen who have already died in a war between a Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthi rebels, less documented war tactics may also push the poorest Arab country into a catastrophic famine. Declan Walsh…
The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “undermines regional stability” and the U.S. State Department plans to take further action in response to the killing, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday.
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