House of Saud

Saudi king leaves France after 8-day stay after controversy

The Saudi king's visit to his family's French Riviera mansion is over after weeks of controversy surrounding the closure of a public beach during his stay, the top state official in the area said on Aug. 3.

Sub-prefect Philippe Castanet said that the small, isolated beach was reopened after the Aug. 2 departure of King Salman following an eight-day stay.

CHP calls on gov't to declare national mourning over deadly Suruç bombing

The Republican People?s Party (CHP) has urged Turkey?s government to declare national mourning over the massacre of dozens of people in a devastating suicide bombing on the border with Syria, which it blamed on militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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