State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Thursday the sanctions imposed against 17 Saudis linked to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi will not be the Trump administration’s final word on the subject.
The U.S. State Department and officials in the government of Turkey both rejected reports Thursday suggesting that Ankara is attempting to tie the investigation into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to its crusade against Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, who has resided in the United States for decades.
Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor announced on Thursday the government will seek the death penalty against five of the suspects charged in the slaying of Wall Street Journal contributor Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had absolutely no involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom’s public prosecutor said Thursday, adding that five Saudi officials face the death penalty if found guilty of the crime.
WASHINGTON — A retired four-star general is President Donald Trump’s pick to be US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, filling a key diplomatic vacancy at a time when US-Saudi relations are being tested by the slaying of a journalist critical of the Saudi royal family.
Istanbul – Luggage carried by a 15-member Saudi team dispatched to Istanbul included scissors, defibrillators and syringes that may have been used against journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi consulate, a pro-government Turkish daily said Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to stop refueling Saudi Arabian warplanes bombing Iran-allied Shiite Houthi terrorists in Yemen, the Pentagon and Sunni kingdom declared this weekend.
Brennan lauded Trudeau, Macron, and Merkel for their contributions to “global peace” and said he longs for the day when the U.S. presidency is “respected” again.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering branding the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), the Washington Post (WaPo) reported on Thursday.
ANKARA, Turkey — The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has expressed “shock and sadness” over reports suggesting that his body may have been dissolved with chemicals.
Contents: Yemen war violence intensifies as 30-day ceasefire deadline approaches; The Jamal Khashoggi murder changes the direction of the Yemen war
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday laid the foundation stone for the kingdom’s first nuclear research reactor, state media said, as the kingdom seeks to diversify its energy mix.
Jamal Khashoggi’s sons Salah and Abdullah asked Saudi authorities to release the murdered journalist’s remains on Sunday, while 82-year-old Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz planned an unprecedented “domestic tour” to shore up support for the monarchy.
TEL AVIV – Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz traveled to Oman overnight Sunday to present a plan to his Omani counterpart that includes a rail link between Israel and the Gulf.
Investigators suspect suicide killed two Saudi sisters found dead 10 days ago along the rocky banks of the Hudson River in New York.
Three related American foreign-policy goals—security for Israel, peace in the Middle East, and a new Middle Eastern alliance against Iran—have just scored major breakthroughs. And if you haven’t heard about these successes, maybe that’s because the Main Stream Media are so busy attacking President Trump that they’ve lost interest in foreign reporting.
In a new sign of growing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman hosted a delegation of Evangelical Christians on Thursday in Riyadh led by a prominent pro-Israel advocate who also lives in the Jewish state.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad on Wednesday to discuss border issues, energy, and greater cooperation on regional matters such as the conflicts in Yemen and Afghanistan.
U.S. colleges and universities are now under scrutiny in the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder for having received hundreds of millions of dollars from the Saudi Arabian government. MIT and George Washington University lead all other schools, receiving more than $75 million each from the Saudis.
Mattis and Pompeo signaled Tuesday that U.S. patience has run out on supporting a Saudi-led coalition in a war in Yemen.
Slain Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz spoke at a memorial service in London on Monday where she called on U.S. President Donald Trump to “help reveal the truth and ensure justice be served.”
Saud al-Mojeb, the public prosecutor of Saudi Arabia, arrived in Istanbul on Sunday night for meetings with Turkish officials over the investigation of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said Saturday that the global outcry and media focus on the killing of a Saudi journalist earlier this month has become “hysterical” as he urged the public to wait for the results of an investigation before ascribing blame to the kingdom’s top leadership.
An Iranian lawmaker suggested “trying” Saudi Arabia in an international court over its alleged involvement in the October 2 killing of journalist and Sunni kingdom critic Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) reported Friday, citing the semiofficial Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).
Skepticism of Saudi Arabia’s claims in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has flourished around the world, but the Kremlin took pains on Friday to assure the Saudis their credibility is undamaged in Moscow.
Salah bin Jamal Khashoggi, son of murdered Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, was finally allowed to leave Saudi Arabia this week after a travel ban imposed several months ago.
Turkish media outlets reported on Friday that Istanbul police are receiving a not-insignificant number of calls from “clairvoyants” around the world claiming they have information about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi presumably provided by Khashoggi’s ghost.
Pakistan is serving as a mediator between regional enemies Saudi Arabia and Iran in efforts to end their proxy war in Yemen currently fueling a humanitarian crisis that has killed at least 10,000 people, Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed on Wednesday night.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his call Wednesday for reforming the United States Security Council and ending permanent membership, emboldened by his heightened international status following the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Conflicting reports emerged Wednesday about whether CIA Director Gina Haspel was given an opportunity by Turkish officials to hear the audio recording that allegedly captured Jamal Khashoggi’s death on October 2 inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger, running against Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) in Virginia’s Seventh District, worked at a Saudi Arabia-owned school known as “terror high,” which had a curriculum that included the promotion of violence against non-Muslims.
Contents: Pakistan’s ‘desperate’ Imran Khan attends Saudi investment summit amid Khashoggi crisis; Imran Khan considers the options in asking the IMF for a loan
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia’s financial clout among the Arab media has given it an influential tool as it grapples with the international outcry over the death of Saudi writer and dissident Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Wednesday denounced the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi as a “heinous crime,” insisting the kingdom was cooperating with Turkish authorities and “justice will prevail.”
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday claimed Saudi Arabia murdered Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi with the approval and “protection” of the United States.
CIA Director Gina Haspel is currently in Turkey to investigate the death of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but Turkish authorities reportedly refused to let her listen to an audio recording that supposedly captured Khashoggi’s violent death at the hands of Saudi agents.
The Jamal Khashoggi affair is no mere “whodunnit” murder mystery. It is an event that has the potential to endanger all of America’s core interests in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke in public about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday, telling an investment conference in Riyadh that Khashoggi’s murder was a “heinous crime” and the perpetrators will be “put before the courts.”
An adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote an opinion article Wednesday declaring that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) has “blood on his hands” for the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Reuters reported.
Saudi Arabia agreed to loan Islamabad $6 billion to help Pakistan stabilize its struggling economy on Tuesday. Pakistan is currently also seeking a critical loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
