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Arafat’s Assassination Approved by Saudis: Senior Adviser Death of the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat, was not natural and he was actually assassinated, with Saudi Arabia approving the decision to assassinate him, a former senior adviser to Arafat revealed.

Turkey Calls for Intl Probe into Khashoggi Killing as Saudis Refuse Extraditing Suspects Turkey urged on Monday the world to seek justice for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after the US-backed kingdom refused to extradite two senior Saudi officials suspected of planning his murder in Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October.

Yemen’s Ansarullah, Former Govt Reach Prisoner Swap Deal Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the country’s former Saudi-backed government have reached a mass prisoner swap deal during UN-facilitated negotiations in Sweden.

Israeli Regime Raids Official Palestinian News Agency in Ramallah Israeli regime security forces have raided offices of the official Palestinian news agency in the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

Russia Helps Syrian Army Target Militants’ Bases in Hama, Idlib Syrian army, backed by Russian military intelligence, targeted militants bases inside northern Hama and southern Idlib on Sunday night.

Unrest Triggered in Kashmir as Indian Troops Kill 3 Pro-Independent Fighters Army Forces killed three pro-independence militias in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city, Srinagar, triggering new protests against New Delhi.

Khashoggi Hit Squad Was Briefing Riyadh: Tape One of the assassins of Jamal Khashoggi was briefing someone on the phone as the dissent Saudi Journalist’s dismembering progressed, the full transcript of his murder in Kingdom’s consulate in Turkey shows.

US Support for Saudi-Led Coalition Caused Human Catastrophe in Yemen: Iran Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman blamed the US for providing arms and financial support for Saudi-led coalition that is wreaking havoc in Yemen, Press TV reported.

Israeli Regime Seeking Formal Ties with Saudi Arabia within Months: TV Israeli regime is seeking full diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabian regime and wants to make ties official within the next few months, main Israeli TV station revealed on Saturday.

Trump Taunts Macron about Paris Deal, Yellow Vests As protesters poured into central Paris streets on Saturday for the fourth week running, the US president Donald Trump has blamed the climate change agreement for sparking protests, and claimed the "Yellow Vests" are chanting his name.

Yemen’s Ansarullah Rejects Hudaydah Handover to Regime Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has rejected demands by the country’s former Saudi-backed regime to hand over the port city of Hudaydah and to inspect flights to Sana’a airport.

Oil Prices Soars as OPEC, Allies Agree 1.2m bpd Output Cut Oil Prices soared on Friday after member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and 10 other oil-producing nations have agreed to cut crude output by 1.2 million barrels a day.

Saudi Warplanes Attack Yemen Despite Sweden Peace Talks Saudi-led warplanes launched airstrikes across Yemen despite claims by Riyadh that it had stopped attacks with the beginning of peace talks in Sweden.

France to Deploy Some 100,000 Police, Troops to Counter Massive Protests French authorities are preparing to deploy 8,000 additional officers in Paris and 89,000 nationwide to counter massive protests.

Blow to US as UN General Assembly Refuses to Condemn Hamas The United Nations General Assembly has rejected a United States-sponsored resolution seeking to condemn the Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement, Hamas.

Lebanon to Report Israeli Regime at UN over Territorial Violations - Lebanese Caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil has ordered the preparation of a complaint to the UN over the Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty.

Yemen Peace Talks Commence in Sweden Yemeni delegations on Thursday started talks aimed at ending more than three years of Saudi-leg aggression on the impoverished state.

Terrorist Attack in Iran’s Chabahar Leaves Two Dead -A deadly car bomb has exploded near a police post in Iran’s southeastern port city of Chabahar, leaving two people confirmed dead and several injured.

Turkish Persecutor Files Arrest Warrants for Saudi Crown Prince Allies over Khashoggi Murder A Turkish prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for two Saudi princes close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.