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Silicon Valley financiers are recoiling from Saudi money
For years, Saudi money has flooded into California’s Silicon Valley tech industry. The Saudi sovereign wealth fund and ultra-rich members of the royal family have lavished billions on small tech start-ups and established companies.
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Khashoggi killing a ‘political murder’: Erdogan
Turkey, Istanbul - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul was planned by Saudi officials days in advance. Addressing legislators from his Justice
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Turkish President Erdogan begins speech on Jamal Khashoggi case
Erdogan: KSA took ‘important step’ in revealing Khashoggi’s killing, but more answers needed DUBAI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech to parliament on Tuesday regarding the Turkish account of the case of
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Iran arrests groups planning attacks on pilgrims
LONDON: Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested 15 militants planning attacks on Shiite Muslims making an annual pilgrimage to Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians travel to the Iraqi city of Kerbala each
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Car bomb kills four, wounds 15 near Iraq’s Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq: At least four people were killed and 15 wounded in a car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi town of Qayyara on Tuesday, police and medical sources said.A vehicle packed with explosives
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Khashoggi’s killing planned, says Turkish President Erdogan
Turkey, Istanbul - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned by Saudi officials days in advance. Addressing the ruling AK party lawmakers in the
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Business hopes and refugee woes after Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal
Adi Quala, Eritrea and Rama, Ethiopia - Teklehaimanot Tesfazigi is 103 years old and has witnessed Eritrea's many stages, from the Italian colonial period to the British administration, which ended in 1951, when Eritrea joined
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Two tropical storms to make landfall in Mexico on Tuesday
Mexico's Pacific coast is set to be pounded on Tuesday by two storms headed its way, both of them having distinct characteristics. The larger of the two storms is Hurricane Willa, currently about 300km
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Iraq: Deadly car bomb hits market near Mosul
At least four people have been killed and 15 others wounded in a car bomb blast south of Mosul city, police and medical sources said. A vehicle packed with explosives was parked near a
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Saudi investment forum opens under Khashoggi shadow
Saudi Arabia has brushed off an outcry over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and went forward with an investment conference boycotted by Western political figures, leading international bankers and A-list executives. The three-day


