Energy CEO said he canceled a $100M contract with Neom when he realized the Saudis were bulldozing villages to make space

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The site of NEOM in Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia.

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Exiled Saudi colonel says forces were authorized to kill villagers who refused to make way for The Line in Neom

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Neom in Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2021.
Saudi Arabia has high hopes for its Neom megaproject.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels are seizing on the Israel-Hamas war to recruit more child soldiers, watchdog reports

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A soldier loyal to Yemen's Houthi group guards supporters Feb. 6 in Sana'a, Yemen.
A soldier loyal to Yemen's Houthi group guards supporters Feb. 6 in Sana'a, Yemen. Human Rights Watch warns that the group is recruiting hundreds or thousands of more child soldiers as part of its confrontation with Israel and the US.

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COMIC: How a brutal dictatorship rose in Chechnya, and what my family had to do to survive it

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Sheryl Sandberg, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and others issue a global call to action to denounce sexual violence at UN Summit

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Sheryl Sandberg, the former Meta COO, joined other luminaries at a UN summit and denounced Hamas' gender-based violence in the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel.

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A man was shoved out of campaign event after asking John Fetterman why he doesn't support a ceasefire in Gaza

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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania

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How Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman went from pariah to pragmatic diplomat

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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