Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN)–The fiancée of the late Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Khadija Cengiz, claimed on Monday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had submitted a petition through his lawyer regarding the lawsuit she filed against him in the United States over Khashoggi’s murder. He said that he has immunity from prosecution because … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN)–The US State Department has commented on President Vladimir Putin’s granting Russian citizenship to a former contractor with the US National Security Agency, Edward Snowden. “Our position has not changed. Mr. Snowden must return to the United States where he must face justice as any American,” State Department spokesman Ned Price … Read more
(CNN) — On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s agenda is “busy with international contacts such as the meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tashkent, as well as bilateral meetings.” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Lavrov would “take care” of the US … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – On Thursday, the US State Department congratulated the Tunisian tennis player, Anas Jaber, who achieved a historic achievement and became the first Tunisian and Arab player to reach the final of a “Grand Slam” tournament after reaching the Wimbledon final. “Congratulations to Anas Jaber on qualifying, as you have … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, on Thursday, that it had summoned the Acting Chargé d’Affairs of the United States Embassy, Jim Hollistider, “against the embassy’s publication on its social media accounts of references and tweets supporting homosexuality.” The ministry said, in a statement via its Twitter account: … Read more
(CNN)–The US State Department announced, on Friday, the removal of 5 foreign terrorist organizations as well as 6 deceased individuals from the list of global terrorists, and the ministry stressed that “the United States will remain committed to combating terrorist activities around the world.” The US State Department said in a statement, “The Basque ETA, … Read more
(CNN) — US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Friday that his country was “extremely disturbed to see photos of the Israeli police interfering with the funeral of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday.” According to a US State Department statement, Blinken stated that “every family deserves to bury their loved ones in … Read more
AA / Washington / Michael Hernandez The United States announced on Monday that it will ensure that the UN General Assembly votes to exclude Russia from the Human Rights Council (HRC). “We cannot allow a Member State that flouts all the principles we hold dear to continue to sit on the Human Rights Council. Nor … Read more