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  "id": 15959263,
  "title": "Washington orders US embassy staff, families to leave Saudi Arabia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/washington-orders-us-embassy-staff-families-to-leave-saudi-arabia-15959263",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-10-21T21:30:32.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/washington-orders-us-embassy-staff-families-leave-saudi-arabia"
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  "summary": "Washington has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacks by Yemen's Houthis. It came after a diplomatic source told AFP that \"all American staff and their families have been ordered to depart from the US embassy\" in the Gulf kingdom.",
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Washington orders US embassy staff, families to leave Saudi Arabia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/washington-orders-us-embassy-staff-families-to-leave-saudi-arabia-15961028",
        "published": "2026-10-21T21:20:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Washington orders US embassy staff, families to leave Saudi Arabia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/washington-orders-us-embassy-staff-families-to-leave-saudi-arabia-15975426",
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