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Saudi, Turkey, US clash over journalist's killing

Saudi - US

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 16, 2018.

Saudi, Turkey, US clash over journalist's killing

Syrian War

Syrians walk at a local market in the rebel-held northern Syrian city of Idlib on November 17, 2018.

US-led coalition strikes kill civilians in Syria

Gulf Crisis

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018.

Saudi Arabia defies US pressure to end Gulf row

Israeli political crisis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu battles to save his weakened ruling coalition

Netanyahu battles to keep government afloat

Algeria Economy

A Naftal billboard shows prices at the entrance of the fuel station in the highway of Algiers, Algeria February 3, 2016.

Algeria backtracks on subsidy reforms before elections

Gulen extradition

US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen

US studying Gulen extradition to appease Erdogan

Turkey crackdown on activists

Since the attempted putsch in July 2016, Turkey has jailed 77,000 people as they face trial

Turkey detains academics, rights activists

Khashoggi killing

Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 after a struggle by lethal injection

US sanctions 17 Saudis over Khashoggi murder

Khashoggi probe

Jubeir rejected the Turkish demand for an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi FM rejects international probe into Khashoggi death

Yemen War

Yemenis divided by war share hope for peace

Yemen War

Yemenis ride a motorbike past historical buildings in the old quarter of the capital Sanaa on November 14, 2018.

Yemenis divided by war share hope for peace

Cinema

Director Talal Derki poses for a portrait to promote the film, "Of Fathers and Sons, at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Park City, Utah.

Syrian filmmaker's bleak look at children training for jihad

Saudi Reforms

Saudi women jog in the streets of Jeddah's historic al-Balad district on March 8, 2018.

Saudi women mount 'inside-out' abaya protest

Racism

Race crimes are now punishable by three years in prison and a 5,000 euro (5,600 dollar fine).

Minority black Tunisians hope for greater equality

Sports

Decades ago, all of Iraq's 18 provinces had thriving female athletic scenes, with active clubs in different sports.

Iraq's Kurds pedal country’s top female athletes

Women

The Japanese side triumphed 2-0 on aggregate, after a goalless draw in Tehran, but for the reformist Etemad newspaper the clear winners were Iranian women.

Iranian women real winners at football final

Syria - Jordan

Damascus hopes the reopening of Nassib will boost its war-ravaged economy.

Jordanians dash into Syria for bargain shopping

Archaeology

gyptian archaeologists work inside a tomb in the Saqqara necropolis.

Ancient Egyptian tombs yield rare finds

Art

A picture taken at the Museum of Modern Art in Kuwait City on October 4, 2018, shows a sculpture by Kuwaiti artist Sami Mohammed.

Kuwaiti sculptors resist accusations of idol worship

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