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‘Saudi game of thrones’: pressure grows to release jailed prince

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SAUDI ARABIA A $2 million US lobbying effort and petitions from European lawmakers are piling pressure on Saudi Arabia...
Skynewsafrica The Pentagon announced Tuesday it was temporarily suspending operational training for Saudi military students in the United States following a shooting rampage last week by a Saudi air force officer. Saudi Arabian military students in the United States will continue classroom instruction but operational training is halted pending a security review, senior Defense Department officials said. Mohammed Alshamrani, a 21-year-old lieutenant in the Saudi Royal Air Force, opened fire in a classroom at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida on Friday, killing three American sailors and wounding eight other people before being shot dead by police. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist ordered a review to be completed within 10 days of policies for screening foreign students, Pentagon officials said. The move applies to all Saudi military students currently undergoing training in the United States. "The ones that are pilots will be grounded," an official said. Alshamrani, who was armed with a lawfully purchased Glock 9mm handgun, is reported to have posted a manifesto on Twitter before the shooting denouncing America as "a nation of evil." White House National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien has said the FBI investigation was ongoing but "to me, it appears to be a terrorist attack." The shooting struck a nerve in the United States with its echoes of the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which Saudi citizens accounted for 15 of the 19 hijackers that flew airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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Pentagon suspends training of Saudis for security review

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USA The Pentagon announced Tuesday it was temporarily suspending operational training for Saudi military students in the United States...
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Two previous Twitter workers accused for spying for Saudi Arabia

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TWITTER Two former employees of Twitter and a third man from Saudi Arabia face U.S. charges of spying for...
Tunisia's ex-president Ben Ali dies in Saudi Arabia: local media
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Tunisia’s ex-president Ben Ali dies in Saudi Arabia: local media

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TUNISIA Tunisia’s former president, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali died in exile in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, days after a...
Trump may meet Iran leader despite Saudi attacks: White House
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Trump may meet Iran leader despite Saudi attacks: White House

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USA The White House said on Sunday President Donald Trump may still meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, despite...
'Rebel' Saudi women shun obligatory abaya robe
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‘Rebel’ Saudi women shun obligatory abaya robe

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SAUDI ARABIA Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as...
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Saudi Arabia refuses to extradite Jamal Khashoggi murder suspects

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SAUDI: Saudi Arabia has refused to extradite two suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Turkey's chief...

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