The United States has approved massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates worth more than $5 billion, amid criticism of their ongoing military aggression in Yemen which has inflicted heavy civilian casualties. The notice of approval came on Tuesday, two weeks after US President Joe Biden ...
French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for talks in Paris on Thursday, defying criticism that the invitation is deeply inappropriate barely four years after the murder by Saudi agents of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The meeting will be seen as the latest step in ...