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Abu Dhabi fund deposits $250M in Sudan central bank

The state-financed Abu Dhabi Fund for Development deposited $250 million in Sudan's central bank as part of a previously-announced grant, state news agency WAM said Sunday. The deposit was part of the $3 billion grant to Sudan announced by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia earlier...

Saudi royal advisor in Khashoggi trial no-show

Two top Saudi royal advisors have been linked to journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder. One has been labeled the "ringleader" but questions are swirling over the absence of the other in the closed-door trial of 11 suspects, multiple sources told AFP. Saudi prosecutors have said deputy...

Yemen's Al-Qaeda branch vows revenge over Saudi executions

Al-Qaeda in Yemen vowed on Friday to avenge beheadings carried out by Saudi Arabia this week – an indication that some of the 37 Saudis executed on terrorism-related charges were members of the Sunni militant group. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as the branch is called, posted a...