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Saudi King Salman issues major royal orders

  Saudi Arabia’s newly inaugurated King Salman bin Abdulaziz has issued a series of landmark orders that ushered in fresh new faces into state institutions and awarded financial support for many Saudis. And the king ordered a total of $30...

Obama in Riyadh holds talks with King Salman

President Barack Obama arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday at the head of a heavyweight delegation including senior U.S. officials to meet the new Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz. King Salman greeted Obama, who was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, soon after Air Force One...

Houthis have released kidnapped Yemen aide, sources say

(Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi movement has freed the presidential chief of staff, whom it seized on Jan. 17 during a power struggle with then President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Houthi official Ali al-Quhoom and two government officials said on Tuesday. The seizure of the aide, Ahmed...

CIA drone strike kills al Qaeda men in Yemen

(Reuters) - A CIA drone strike on a car in Yemen killed three men believed to be al Qaeda militants on Monday, officials said, in a sign U.S. security operations would continue despite a political crisis in the volatile Arab country. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his...