UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard said slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a "deliberate, premeditated execution, an extrajudicial killing for which the state of Saudi Arabia is responsible."
The US-India relationship is not mutually beneficial as India seems to be making all the concessions while the US disregards India's interests.
US-Iran tensions have led some to speculate that a weakened Iran could mean good news for those who want Iran out of Syria but the fact is that every stakeholder is a counter-revolutionary force.
The drone was aimed at a populated area in Khamis Mushait, which houses a major airbase used as a launchpad for the coalition's bombing campaign in Yemen, says a coalition spokesman.
The Trump administration is dangerously out of touch with the Middle East, and it's beginning to show.
US imposes financial sanctions on Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a string of military chiefs. Iran's ambassador to the UN says the sanctions showed that Washington does not respect international law.
The scathing report from the UN and the calls for the FBI to get involved in the Jamal Khashoggi murder investigation fell on deaf ears in the US. Why? Because money trumps morals.
Michelle Bachelet said her office wants access to the country where more than 100 pro-democracy protesters were killed and many more injured during an assault by security forces on a sit-in on June 3.
Houthis attacked Abha airport in southern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi-led coalition battling the rebel group in Yemen said. Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported the movement targeted Abha and Jizan airports with drones.
Tehran warns "the region will be set on fire" if the US fires one bullet towards Iran, as US President Trump says he aborted Iran strikes "to avoid any deaths" but warns Iran could face "obliteration" in the event of a war.
Human rights organisations report widespread abuses in prisons across the region, including torture, extended solitary confinement and a lack of medical care, not to mention the use of the death penalty for minors in Saudi Arabia.
It’s no longer matters whether Iran carried out the tanker attacks or not. The result is that it has given Tehran an advantage, compounded by the downing of the drone, which Trump did not calculate.
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