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People hold a banner demanding justice for Jamal Khashoggi during a protest outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in central London, October 2018
SIR TONY BLAIR’S institute has continued to advise and receive money from the Saudi Arabian government since the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, it emerged today.
The Sunday Times reported that the former prime minister’s eponymous institute is involved in a multimillion-pound partnership helping with a “modernisation” drive in the Gulf state dominated by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
The unelected de facto leader was accused of ordering the assassination of dissident Washington Post journalist Mr Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
The plot to build a lavish Dubai-style luxury development where the rich can sun themselves on top of the mass graves of thousands is one of the most bizarre and twisted ideas to come out of the genocide in Gaza, writes ROGER McKENZIE
The US’s bid for regime change in the Islamic Republic has become more urgent as it seeks to encircle and contain a resurgent China, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ