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Arab allies and Middle East organizations voice support, solidarity with Saudi Arabia

  • Arab world affirms their full solidarity with Saudi Arabia
  • The statements, issued by each country’s official news agency, came following accusations against the Kingdom in the case of the missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
By Arab News ·

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Saudi Arabia is world’s energy ‘shock absorber’ says Energy Minister Al-Falih

  • Al-Falih told an energy event in India that it was time this balancing role was respected and acknowledged by the international community.
  • He added that the Kingdom wanted to continue playing the global balancing role that it currently plays.
By Arab News ·

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Tanween festival: Seeking the unusual? You’ll find it at Ithra

  • Tanween encourages people to see something in a new way, try something they had not done before and explore their relationship to disruption
By Arab News ·

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Turkey suspends over 250 local officials for ‘terror links’

  • Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu removed 259 local neighborhood heads
  • Turkey has suspended or sacked over 140,000 public sector employees because of alleged links to the US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen blamed for the July 2016 failed coup
By AFP ·

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Flash floods kill at least 13 people in southwest France

  • People had to be helicoptered to safety from the roofs of their homes as overnight storms dumped
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Riyadh Future Investment Initiative summit on schedule for next week

  • Future Investment Initiative to go ahead despite ‘disappointing’ withdrawals.
  • It will be held in Riyadh from Oct. 23 to 25.
By Ghazanfar Ali Khan ·

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ICC charges Sri Lankan legend Jayasuriya in anti-corruption probe

  • Jayasuriya, 49, was reportedly asked to cooperate with an inquiry from ACU chief Alex Marshall who visited Sri Lanka last month
  • Sri Lankan legend charged for not cooperating with a match-fixing probe and concealing information
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Nepal blocks 25,000 websites in pornography crackdown

  • The government issued new criminal and civil codes this year that include regulations against the use, broadcast and publication of pornography
  • Media rights groups have expressed concern at the blanket ban of website
By AP ·