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Saudi Arabia denies 'secret visit' by Israeli PM
Israeli media report that Benjamin Netanyahu made an unprecedented visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
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Saudi Arabia denies 'secret visit' by Israeli PM
Israeli media report that Benjamin Netanyahu made an unprecedented visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Qatar 'identifies parents of baby found at airport'
During a search for the mother last month officials ordered invasive exams of women passengers.
'Sweet relief’ to be home, says US boy in IS video
An American boy made to appear in an IS propaganda video in Syria is back in the US and doing well.
Surgeon dies at work in hospital operating room
The Saudi man was in theatre when colleagues began to fear he was suffering heart problems.
Gaza health system 'days from being overwhelmed'
The Palestinian enclave is running out of ventilators as Covid-19 cases soar, experts warn.
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Shamima Begum: Justice and the jihadi bride
Why this case - which returns to court today - is bigger than the fate of one teenage runaway.
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Saudi minister dismisses G20 boycott calls
Saudi Arabia is facing questions over human rights as it hosts a summit of leading economic powers.
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Saudi Arabia denies 'secret visit' by Israeli PM
Israeli media report that Benjamin Netanyahu made an unprecedented visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Qatar 'identifies parents of baby found at airport'
During a search for the mother last month officials ordered invasive exams of women passengers.
'Sweet relief’ to be home, says US boy in IS video
An American boy made to appear in an IS propaganda video in Syria is back in the US and doing well.
Surgeon dies at work in hospital operating room
The Saudi man was in theatre when colleagues began to fear he was suffering heart problems.
Gaza health system 'days from being overwhelmed'
The Palestinian enclave is running out of ventilators as Covid-19 cases soar, experts warn.
Video 3 minutes 57 seconds
Shamima Begum: Justice and the jihadi bride
Why this case - which returns to court today - is bigger than the fate of one teenage runaway.
Video 3 minutes 54 seconds
Saudi minister dismisses G20 boycott calls
Saudi Arabia is facing questions over human rights as it hosts a summit of leading economic powers.
Qatar 'identifies parents of baby found at airport'
During a search for the mother last month officials ordered invasive exams of women passengers.
'Sweet relief’ to be home, says US boy in IS video
An American boy made to appear in an IS propaganda video in Syria is back in the US and doing well.
Surgeon dies at work in hospital operating room
The Saudi man was in theatre when colleagues began to fear he was suffering heart problems.
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Video caption: Saudi FM: 'No Israel normalisation before Palestinian peace deal' The kingdom's foreign minister says Israel and the Palestinians must first agree a full peace deal.
Germany 'barred from searching' Turkish ship in Libya
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Copyright: Getty ImagesImage caption: Conflict in Libya since the killing of then-leader Muammar Gaddafi has caused widespread destruction Germany says its forces were prevented from carrying out a full search of a Turkish ship suspected of taking weapons to Libya.
The defence ministry in Berlin said its personnel got aboard the vessel, but had to abandon the operation after Turkey protested to the European Union (EU).
Germany is part of an EU naval mission that's trying to enforce an arms embargo on Libya.
Turkish security sources said the Germans had violated international law by not waiting for permission to start the search.
The Turks say it found nothing apart from aid supplies and other harmless cargo.
By Caroline Hawley
World Affairs Correspondent
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Video caption: Saudi FM Adel al-Jubeir plays down G20 summit boycott calls Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir plays down G20 summit boycott calls
Another Egyptian rights group member arrested
A senior member of an Egyptian rights group has been arrested, days after two of his colleagues were detained.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EiPR) said that its executive director, Gasser Abdel-Razek, was arrested at his home in Maadi, south of the capital, Cairo, and taken to an unknown location.
The group's office manager, Mohammed Basheer, was arrested on Sunday while a director of criminal justice, Karim Ennarah, was arrested on Wednesday.
Senior EU diplomats had visited EiPR on 3 November for a briefing on the human rights situation.
There has been growing international criticism. The US had earlier expressed concern over the first two detentions.
By Barbara Plett Usher
BBC State Department correspondent
