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UN court rules in Qatar’s favor in aviation boycott case

Associated Press

&quot; Sugar&quot;, a lovebird, stands over an empty cup of tea in front of the laptop of Associated Press photographer Amr Nabil displaying images in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

VIRUS DIARY: In Saudi Arabia, a photographer finds new focus

By AMR NABIL - Associated Press

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi, leaves a court in Istanbul, Friday, July 3, 2020, where the trial in absentia of two former aides of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of the Washington Post columnist had began. Turkish prosecutors have indicted the 20 Saudi nationals over Khashoggi's grisly killing at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul that cast a cloud of suspicion over Prince Mohammed and are seeking life prison terms for defendants who have all left Turkey. Saudi Arabia rejected Turkish demands for the suspects' extradition and put them on trial in Riyadh.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey: Khashoggi’s fiancee appears at absent Saudis’ trial

By SUZAN FRASER and ROBERT BADENBIECK - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, June 28, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Benjamin Netanyahu vow to annex West Bank land moves forward

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Saudi Arabia says it intercepts Yemen rebel drones, missiles

Associated Press

In this Sept. 5, 2019, file photo, supporters of southern separatists gather with the flags of south Yemen and the United Arab Emirates during a rally to show support for the UAE amid a standoff with the internationally recognized government, in Aden, Yemen. (AP Photo/Wail al-Qubaty, File)

Saudis say Yemen’s government, separatists agree to truce

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

A woman walks past a banner showing Saudi King Salman, right, and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ** FILE **

Saudis see high hopes for 2020 upended by pandemic

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Schalke's Weston McKennie gives an interview beside the pitch with distance to the camera after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, May 16, 2020. The German Bundesliga becomes the world's first major soccer league to resume after a two-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, Pool)

World Trade Organization: Saudis facilitated sports piracy

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Spain: Prosecutors probe role of former king in Saudi deal

Associated Press

In this May 21, 2020, photo, grave diggers bury a body at Radwan Cemetery in Aden, Yemen. At a cemetery in Yemen’s largest southern city, dozens of fresh graves are a testament to a spike in deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic. The cemetery workers who bury them don’t know what killed the newly deceased. But there’s no denying that there's been an increasing number of people getting sick in the port city of Aden — likely from the coronavirus. (AP Photo)

UN appeal for urgent Yemen aid falls $1B short amid virus

By AYA BATRAWY and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

This Dec. 22, 2018, file photo shows a pump jack over an oil well along Interstate 25 near Dacono, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Oil price crash alters priorities, greases skids to new world order

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., heads to a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2019, on the global Magnitsky Act investigation related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bob Menendez: Trump administration seeking to strike arms deal with Saudi Arabia

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this May 14, 2020, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Four of the five members of the Congressional Oversight Commission have been appointed, but Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have not agreed on who should chair the panel. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Nancy Pelosi seeks Steve Linick firing info after Saudi arms sale talk

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 2, 2019, file photo State Department Inspector General Steve Linick leaves a meeting in a secure area at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Eliot Engel says firing of State Department IG may be linked to Saudi arms sale

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, top centre, reviews army troops marching during the 38th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Gunmen attacked the military parade, killing at least eight members of the elite Revolutionary Guard and wounding 20 others, state media said. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran aggression to compensate for military blunders likely, analysts warn

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 7, 2020 file photo, a man walks past a banner showing Saudi King Salman, right, and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia announced Monday, May 11, 2020, it is tripling taxes on basic goods to 15% and will cut spending on major projects by around $26 billion as it grapples with blows from the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices on its economy. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia triples taxes, cuts $26B in costs amid pandemic

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, a man walks past a banner showing Saudi King Salman, right, and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. A beleaguered Saudi Arabia has begun taking modest steps to improve its human rights record as it tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices that have rankled the United States. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pressing ahead with reforms with a wary eye on Iran and is eyeing further steps that he hopes will improve the kingdom's reputation. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

LaLiga: Saudis bidding for Newcastle are ‘stealing football’

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 5, 2019, file photo, supporters of southern separatists gather with the flags of south Yemen and the United Arab Emirates during a rally to show support for the UAE amid a standoff with the internationally recognized government, in Aden, Yemen. (AP Photo/Wail al-Qubaty, File)

Yemen’s south in turmoil after separatists’ self-rule bid

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, a man walks past a banner showing Saudi King Salman, right, and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. A beleaguered Saudi Arabia has begun taking modest steps to improve its human rights record as it tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices that have rankled the United States. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pressing ahead with reforms with a wary eye on Iran and is eyeing further steps that he hopes will improve the kingdom's reputation. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia eyes more moves in time of pandemic, oil woes

By MATTHEW LEE and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

A man walks past a banner showing Saudi King Salman, right, and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

EPL’s Saudi piracy concerns as Newcastle takeover assessed

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press