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Saudi bans Lebanese fruit and vegetable shipments increasingly used to smuggle drugs.
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NZ military export review to be led by former MBIE head
NZ's military exports have come under scrutiny for potentially fuelling Yemen's civil war.
Saudi Arabia executes three soldiers for 'high treason'
The kingdom carried out the world's third-most executions in 2019.
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Financial Times: Saudi Arabia wants to see business headquarters moved to the kingdom.
Editorial: There are no easy answers in the Middle East
EDITORIAL: The most significant foreign moves Biden has made have been in the region.
Crushing dissent: The Saudi kill team behind Khashoggi's death
New York Times: The killing of Khashoggi was but one particularly egregious operation.
US implicates Saudi crown prince in Jamal Khashoggi's murder
The Biden administration strikes a diplomatic tone despite damning findings.
Yemen crisis demands review of NZ-Saudi links
New Zealand can no longer deny any potential complicity in this humanitarian abyss.
Govt approved military exports to Saudi Arabia
The approval from NZ's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade raises human rights concerns.
A difficult road to peace in Yemen
The warring parties in Yemen have not held substantive negotiations since 2019.
'We have fallen short:' Air NZ top brass apologises to MPs for 'Saudi issue'
A subsidiary of the airline had been servicing military equipment for the Saudi military.
Air NZ pinpoints when Saudi Navy deal was signed, details review
Christopher Luxon was in charge when deal was done but it was not signed off at the top.
Air NZ contract with Saudi military has been terminated - CEO
Greg Foran did not confirm whether there would be a financial penalty.
'No recollection:' Ex-Air NZ boss turned Nat MP distances himself from Saudi saga
The PM has ordered Mfat to look into the issue; saying it 'does not pass NZ's sniff test'.
The Green Party slams Air NZ after Saudi Arabian military revelations
'It needs to be established how that was allowed to happen,' says Golriz Ghahraman.
Biden ending US support for Saudi-led war in Yemen
Biden sees the US "playing a more active and engaged role" to end the war with diplomacy.
'I'm still in trauma': Khashoggi's fiancée on his brutal murder
Times: There can be few crimes more horrific than the butchering of the Saudi journalist.
Saudi Arabia jails woman who lobbied for right to drive
Loujain Al-Hathloul was found guilty on charges of agitating for change.
Threat of execution: In danger because of what they believe
Imran's sister claimed the Prophet Mohammad had appeared to her and ordered he be killed.
G20 leaders urge united response to virus
Covid-19 offers G20 members chance to cooperate for greater good - but will they?
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Why Bahrain recognising Israel matters
For the gulf states, Israel is a hedge against the declining role of the US
Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi: Court's final verdicts for cold-blooded killers
Executions waived for killers of Washington Post journalist after pardons from his son.
US examines whether Saudi nuclear programme could lead to bomb effort
New York Times: Agencies looking if kingdom is on a path to developing nuclear weapons.
Analysis: Who will win the global oil price war?
Have the end times finally come for oil, asks the Telegraph's Ed Clowes.
Khashoggi's son says family pardons his father's killers
New York Times: Pardon ends prospect that men who killed Khashoggi will be executed.
Liam Dann: Why oil crashed ... and why petrol prices haven't
Last week's oil crash was a history-making twist in a time of already epic events.
Coronavirus fears terrify and impoverish migrants in Persian Gulf
New York Times: Migrant workers have found themselves locked down, laid off and stranded.
Families clash over Saudi women's new freedoms
New York Times: Women are having to negotiate over newly granted permissions.
Coronavirus photo sparks global outrage
Images show migrant worker dressed as a giant box of hand sanitiser.
Liam Dann: Coronavirus crash exposes ugly politics of oil
Saudi Arabian politics may have collided with coronavirus shock to form a perfect storm.
Coronavirus crash: US stocks plummet amid oil fears
The New York Stock Exchange came to a grinding halt as US stocks plummeted.
Editorial: Blurred lines between family and state
Editorial: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has moved swiftly to consolidate power.
'Going into full price war': Oil plunges, fuel prices to follow
Oil prices have crashed further after Opec and Russia failed to reach a deal on supply