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US has demanded answers from Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Photo: File/AP)

US, Turkey press Riyadh to explain fate of missing journalist

President Trump was more forceful in his call for answers from Saudi Arabia but said he would not jeopardise arms sales...

12 Oct 2018 12:34 PM IST

Khashoggi had written a series of columns for the Washington Post that were critical of Saudi Arabias assertive Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has led a widely publicized drive to reform the Sunni monarchy but has also presided over the arrests of activists and businessmen. (Photo: AFP)

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Photos surface of 15-member assassination squad who may have killed...

Report by Sabah newspaper, which is close to Turkish President Erdogan, published images of the men apparently taken at...

10 Oct 2018 2:29 PM IST

Jamal Khashoggi is a familiar face on political talk shows on Arab satellite television networks and used to advise Prince Turki al-Faisal, ex-Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to US and Britain. (Photo: AP)

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Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed' inside consulate in Istanbul

A Saudi source at consulate denied that Khashoggi had been killed at the mission and said in a statement that ...

7 Oct 2018 6:09 PM IST

King Salman, pictured in a handout from the Saudi Royal Palace. (Photo: AFP)

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Saudi king begins holiday in still unbuilt futuristic mega-city

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans for 26,500 sq km futuristic high-tech hub in 2017 as part of...

31 July 2018 8:48 AM IST

The government has proposed a penal tax rate of 50 per cent to incentivise black money hoarders to switch to formal economy.

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Iran's rial hits record-low of 100,000 to dollar amid imminent US...

The rial has lost half its value against dollar in just four months, having broken through 50,000-mark for first time in...

29 July 2018 8:00 PM IST

The onslaught began with a triple suicide bombing in the city of Sweida, which was followed by attacks with guns and explosives on villages to its north and east. (Photo: AP)

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Death toll in IS suicide bombings, shootings in Syria rise to nearly...

In Wednesday's attacks, worst bloodshed in Sweida since civil war began in 2011, more than half the people killed were...

26 July 2018 1:41 PM IST

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Japan's ambassador Fumio Iwai: Iraq's loving social media celeb...

Iwai has been in post in Baghdad for less than 3 yrs, but his fan base reaches far beyond heavily fortified walls of...

19 July 2018 7:33 PM IST

Abu Dhabi is the capital and the richest emirate of the UAE. (Photo: AP)

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Emirati prince flees to Qatar, publicly criticizes UAE rulers: Report

Sheikh Rashid accused Emirati rulers of blackmail and money laundering but did not offer evidence to back up his claims.

16 July 2018 3:52 PM IST

Multiple ground assaults and a deluge of air strikes shrank the Islamic State groups caliphate to a rump and decimated its fighters in 2016 but the organisation remains a potential threat.

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Air strike in eastern Syria kills at least 28 people: reports

US-led coalition carried out the air strike near the town of Albu Kamal east of the Euphrates River.

13 July 2018 3:22 PM IST

$Madhusudhanan, 60, from Kerala, and his Sri Lankan wife Rohini, 55, had claimed to be \living like prisoners\ in Sharjah and sought help from the UAE government to legalise their residency status fearing arrest and deportation. (Representative image)$ World