Abdullah Al-Shihri, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2019 file photo, a Turkish police officer walks past a picture of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi prior to a ceremony, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, marking the one-year anniversary of his death. A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 by a team of Saudi agents. Saudi Arabia's state TV reported...

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Five get death for Khashoggi’s killing

by Abdullah Al-Shihri Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressDecember 23, 2019

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, whose grisly slaying in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul drew international…

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2017 file photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi men and women attend national day ceremonies at the King Fahd stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi women will for the first time be allowed to enter a sports stadium on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, to watch a soccer match between two local teams — though they will be segregated from the male-only crowd with designated seating in the so-called "family section." The move is Saudi Arabia's first social reform...

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Saudi stadiums open for women in a first to watch soccer

by Abdullah Al-Shihri Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressJanuary 12, 2018

United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley stands in front of the remains of an Iranian rocket which was fired by Yemen into Saudi Arabia during a press briefing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling,Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington.

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Saudis intercept Yemen rebel missile targeting royal palace

by Abdullah Al-Shihri Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressDecember 19, 2017

In this July, 23, 2017, photo, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman poses while meeting with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Billionaire prince among dozens arrested in Saudi sweep

by Abdullah Al-Shihri Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressNovember 5, 2017

In this Saturday, March 29, 2014,photo, a woman drives a car on a highway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving. Saudi Arabia authorities announced on Sept. 26, 2017, that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom from next summer, fulfilling a key demand of women's rights activists who faced detention for defying the ban. AP Photo/Hasan Jamali

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Saudi women allowed to drive in latest reform push by prince

by Abdullah Al-Shihri Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressSeptember 27, 2017

This photo made available Wednesday, June 21 , 2017, by the Saudi official Twitter account for its religious police, known as the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, shows the new 33-year-old Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud. (Al-Ekhbariya via AP)

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Saudi king names 31-year-old son heir

by Abdullah Al-Shihri Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressJune 21, 2017

In this Wednesday, June 21 , 2017, photo, Mohammed bin Salman, newly appointed as crown prince, left, kisses the hand of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef at the royal palace in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi king starts generational shift, names son as heir

by Abdullah Al-Shihri Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressJune 21, 2017