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A year after Jamal Khashoggi's murder, rights groups demand justice for slain Washington Post columnist
• 5 years agoJamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was killed and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, in an operation that reportedly involved 15 agents sent from Riyadh. His body was never found.
Suspected Saudi operatives of killing Jamal Khashoggi made 'chilling' jokes before murder, say reports by UN investigators
• 5 years agoSaudi operatives suspected of killing the journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the country's Istanbul consulate were heard joking and talking about dismemberment before his arrival, according to secret tapes heard by UN investigators
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman denies ordering Jamal Khashoggi's murder, says slaying was 'a mistake'
• 5 years agoSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a television interview that he takes 'full responsibility' for the grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but denied allegations that he ordered it
Jamal Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch', says Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman
• 5 years agoSaudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 by Saudi operatives 'because it happened under my watch,' according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week.
'They will pay the price,' Recep Tayyip Erdogan hits out at Saudi Arabia after UN report blames kingdom for Jamal Khashoggi's murder
• 6 years agoShortly upon the release of a UN report regarding Jamal Khashoggi's killing, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that late journalist's killers "will pay the price."
Mike Pompeo says no 'direct' evidence linking Saudi crown prince role to Khashoggi murder; storm brews over CIA boss Gina Haspel's absence from US Senate briefing
Fp Staff • 6 years agoUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefed Senators in the US Congress Wednesday ahead of a vote they're expected to take on military aid to Saudi Arabia, saying there's "no direct reporting linking the Saudi crown prince to the brutal killing of <em>Washington Post</em> columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October that set off global outrage.
Mike Pompeo, James Mattis brief US Senate on Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia and Yemen; Donald Trump issues veto threat
• 6 years agoUS President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to veto a Senate resolution that would halt U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The White House is issuing the veto threat as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis are on Capitol Hill briefing senators who are increasingly uneasy with the U.S. response to Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Donald Trump's dilemma over Jamal Khashoggi's murder: Preserve US-Saudi alliance or declare crown prince a murderer?
• 6 years agoUS President Donald Trump has refrained from attacking Prince Mohammed bin Salman ever since Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who had written articles critical of Riyadh for The Washington Post, was killed at a Saudi consulate on 2 October.