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  "id": 19495177,
  "title": "Why Kenyan mother sentenced in Saudi Arabia may not return home soon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/why-kenyan-mother-sentenced-in-saudi-arabia-may-not-return-home-soon",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T12:09:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Kenyan mother sentenced to 100 lashes and one year of banishment in Saudi Arabia faces an uncertain journey home, with the court’s banishment order, expired travel documents and the need for fresh clearance complicating her return with her infant son. Esther Wanja Muthoni, 40, a mother of five, was convicted by a criminal court […]",
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        "published": "2026-11-11T07:52:42.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/nigeria-saudi-arabia-sign-agreement-for-2027-hajj-exercise",
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        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/egypt-deployed-forces-to-saudi-arabia-before-sisis-public-pledge-of",
        "published": "2026-11-11T13:05:47.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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