Tag: Jamal Khashoggi
Qatar to quit Saudi-dominated OPEC in 2019
AFP | Qatar will leave OPEC next month in order to focus on gas production, the Gulf state's new Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi announced Monday,...
MBS lands in UAE on first foreign tour since Khashoggi murder
AFP | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embarked Thursday on a regional tour starting with the United Arab Emirates, his first official trip abroad...
Trump to the rescue: Calls Saudi Arabia “spectacular ally”
News Analysis | President of the United States of America Donald Trump has termed Saudi Arabia as a “spectacular ally” brushing away CIA’s report as...
Suffering: Trump runs away from Khashoggi tape
AFP | US President Donald Trump says he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder but does not want...
US tells Saudi prince Khashoggi killers to be held accountable
AFP | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday the US will hold accountable all those involved in...
US to Saudi Arabia: No more ‘bombings in Yemen’
News Analysis | The United States of America has announced to halt the refueling operation of coalition jets and bombers, the only active part in...
Saudi sent ‘cover-up team’ to dispose of Khashoggi body: report
AFP | Saudi Arabia deployed a chemist and toxicology expert to Istanbul after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in an attempt to cover up...
Saudis vow ‘complete’ probe of Khashoggi murder: Mattis
AFP | Saudi Arabia has promised a "full" investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday following talks...
Macron rejects calls to halt Saudi arms sales over Khashoggi
AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday brushed off pressure to halt lucrative arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal...
Qatar may benefit from Khashoggi fallout: analysts
AFP | Global diplomatic fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate may help Qatar in its political stand-off with...
Erdogan keeps Saudi under pressure but shuns confrontation
AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's key speech on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi shows that Turkey wants to shun confrontation with Saudi Arabia...
Turkey vows to reveal ‘naked truth’ over Khashoggi death
AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday vowed to reveal within days the "naked truth" over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as...
Saudi Arabia admits critic Khashoggi killed in Istanbul consulate
AFP | Saudi Arabia on Saturday admitted that critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed during a "brawl" inside its Istanbul consulate, an explanation that President Donald...
Don’t be surprised if Saudis get away with murder
Jacob G Hornberger | While many people are decrying the possibility that the Saudi regime orchestrated and carried out the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, they...
What’s the goal behind the US ‘cleanup operation’ in Saudi Arabia?
AFP | The top American diplomat Mike Pompeo appears visibly satisfied with his mission to Riyadh, dubbing it "incredibly successful." But to what end? So...
World economy to jolt if Saudi Arabia retaliates against US
News Analysis | One of the strangest news in the global media is the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist who worked for the Washington...
Saudi alliance doesn’t mean US ‘downplaying’ Khashoggi question: official
AFP | The US alliance with Saudi Arabia does not mean Washington is "ignoring or downplaying" the disappearance and suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,...
Pompeo holds crisis talks in Riyadh on missing journalist
AFP | US top diplomat Mike Pompeo held talks with Saudi King Salman on Tuesday seeking answers about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, amid...
Fearing Saudi wrath the West treads cautiously on Khashoggi case
AFP | Donald Trump claims he is being "very tough" with Saudi Arabia and Britain has warned of "serious consequences". But besides demanding the truth...
Jamal Khashoggi changes the Middle East at potentially horrible cost –...
James M. Dorsey | The fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, assuming that his disappearance was the work of Saudi security and military officials,...
Saudi Arabia to let Turkey search consulate over missing journalist
AFP | Saudi Arabia agreed to let Turkish authorities search its Istanbul consulate as part of the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,...
Journalist’s disappearance forces Trump hand on Saudi Arabia
AFP | Allegations that Saudi Arabia killed a journalist inside its Istanbul consulate have forced Donald Trump into a position he never expected -- raising...
“Arab Media War at the heart of Saudi Purges?”
James M. Dorsey | Long-standing Saudi efforts to dominate the pan-Arab media landscape appear to have moved into high gear with Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
