Erdogan to help Pakistan stay off terrorism financing blacklist
rt.com | 2020-02-14
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he would help Pakistan stay off a terrorism financing blacklist at a meeting of a global finance watchdog. The move, he said, would counter "political pressure" from Islamabad's critics. | The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which tackles money laundering, told Islamabad late last year that it could face blacklisting if it continued to apply inadequate controls over terrorism financing. The FATF is meeting next week in France. Support from Turkey and longtime allies like China, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia could help Pakistan remain off the blacklist, Reut…
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Yemen: UN Medical Air Bridge Little More Than Saudi PR Stunt Say Desperate Patients
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-14
Many Yemenis have described the much-lauded UN medical air bridge as little more than a public relations stunt aimed at improving Saudi Arabia's image in the world.
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Russia and Saudi Arabia fight for share of India's huge oil market
rt.com | 2020-02-14
Russia has put India on top of its priority list as it looks to ramp up crude exports and expand its downstream presence. | One of the last bulwarks of global crude demand, India has been in the thick of national NOCs' attention

Hospitals in Yemen attacked, disrupting healthcare for thousands of vulnerable civilians
news.un.org | 2020-02-10
Attacks on health facilities in Yemen's Marib province, East of the capital Sana'a, have left some 15,000 people