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Roman Abramovich injected himself into the Ukraine peace talks to curry favor with the governments sanctioning his business empire, experts say
The UK and the EU sanctioned Roman Abramovich last month. The Russian oligarch is now working for p…
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China is studying the West's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine for clues on how it might be punished for invading Taiwan, experts say
Western powers sanctioned Russian entities after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, cripplin…
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Saudi Arabia's king has been quietly holed up in his desert palace for more than 480 days, as his heir MBS lies in wait for the throne
Mohammed bin Salman is heir to the Saudi throne and his father, King Salman, is in ill health, havi…
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The suspicious disappearance and return of Peng Shuai is straight out of China's playbook for forcing rogue celebrities into submission
On Nov. 2, Peng accused a former Chinese official of sexual assault. She's not been heard from sinc…
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An influential Saudi banker moved to the US to pitch his country and crown prince to DC. Here's how his mission suddenly derailed.
Ali Shihabi shuttered his Washington, DC-based Arabia Foundation with no warning. Here's the untold…
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Travel influencers are flocking to Syria and hyping the war-torn country for tourists. Critics say they're normalizing the Assad regime and parroting its narrative of the war.
YouTubers are touring Syria, praising its people — and avoiding giving opinions about the ongoing w…
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2 years ago, a Saudi princess was kidnapped and jailed without charge. Her family say they're being stonewalled, and are urging Biden to step in.
Princess Basmah was kidnapped and imprisoned in February 2019. She tried begging her cousin, Crown …
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Saudi Arabia imprisoned an aid worker for running an anti-government Twitter page. His sister says it shows MBS is testing Biden's pledge to be tough on the kingdom.
Areej al-Sadhan told Insider her brother's 20-year sentence shows Saudi Arabia has no intention of …
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The 'brilliant legal mind' defending Saudi Arabia and its crown prince against claims of murder, hacking, and terrorism
Michael Kellogg is defending the Saudi government and its royals in US courts at a time when the ki…
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Saudi Arabia's release of a prominent activist shows Mohammed bin Salman knows his blank check from the US is over
Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent detainees, was freed Wednesday after 1,00…
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Inside the evangelical mission to build the first church in Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam where preaching the Bible can land you in jail
Saudi Arabia has outlawed churches and punished Christian worship for decades. A group of prominent…
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Freed Saudi Princess Basmah is back living at the penthouse where she was kidnapped 3 years ago, source says
The Saudi royal was taken from her penthouse in 2019 and imprisoned. She was released Wednesday due…
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Nonwhite Americans are being misidentified as white on their death certificates
Thousands of Americans are given the wrong race on their death certificates each year. Three famili…
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Families of a jailed Saudi activist and a princess call on Biden to get tough with MBS over human rights abuses which Trump ignored
Loujain al-Hathloul was arrested in May 2018 and accused of spying. Princess Basmah bin Saud was ki…
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Magnus Carlsen won the $2.3m chess world championship in a match filled with drama and intrigue
Magnus Carlsen's win in the World Chess Championship 2021 comes hot on the heels of the success of …
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Franklin Graham, the Trump ally who says homosexuality is a sin, is relaunching his UK tour after LGBT-led protests. Venues say he's promised not to be discriminatory.
A string of venues dropped the evangelical pastor's UK tour last February after protests by LGBT ac…
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Britain, France, and Germany said they will sanction Russia over Alexei Navalny's poisoning. Putin won't care.
Just as in the 2018 poisoning of the Skripals in England and the 2019 killing of a Chechen leader i…
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Exiled Saudi Arabian dissidents have launched a political party they hope will dethrone MBS and open the door to democracy
National Assembly Party spokesperson Madawi al-Rasheed told Business Insider that Saudi Arabia dese…
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Inside the resurgent, often deadly craze of 'lift surfing,' where thrill seekers sneak into skyscrapers to ride on top of speeding elevator cabs
The craze of standing atop elevators as they rose and fell swept the UK and US in the 1990s, but do…
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Americans fired for ignoring vaccine mandates are posting on GoFundMe to ask for money, and many say they don't regret it
Insider found two dozen GoFundMe posts from Americans who refused the vaccine and are asking for he…