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A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say

Oct. 15, 2024 10:04 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, an activist group says. The sentence for Mohammed al-Ghamdi marks the latest in a widening judicial...

Rulings signal US courts may be more open to lawsuits accusing foreign officials of abuses

Oct. 15, 2024 07:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. court has given two top associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman until early November to start turning over any evidence in a lawsuit from a former senior Saudi intelligence official who says he survived a plot by the kingdom to silence him. ...

Former Saudi official alleges Prince Mohammed forged king's signature on Yemen war decree

Aug. 19, 2024 20:31 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former Saudi official on Monday alleged that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman forged his father's signature on the royal decree that launched the kingdom's yearslong, stalemated war against Yemen's Houthi rebels. Saudi Arabia did...

Jordan's royal court announces the birth of Princess Iman, King Abdullah's first grandchild

Aug. 03, 2024 07:08 AM EDT

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Princess Rajwa, wife of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan, gave birth to a baby girl Saturday, the couple's firstborn and first grandchild of King Abdullah II, the country's royal court said In a brief statement, The Royal Hashemite Court said the baby was named...