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Saudi spying case: Who is Ahmad Abouammo, the ex-Twitter employee who’s been sentenced to 42 months in US prison?
Fp Explainers •Ahmad Abouammo, 45, has been convicted of passing along sensitive information, including phone numbers and birth dates of dissidents, to Saudi Arabia. Investigations show that the former Californian native had received a $42,000 watch and $200,000 for his spying activities
Why has Mohammed bin Salman been appointed prime minister of Saudi Arabia?
Fp Explainers •Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s being named prime minister does not change the internal power equation of the Kingdom, where he remains de facto ruler. But experts say the move comes to cloak MBS in legal immunity ahead of a lawsuit in connection with the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Why US president Joe Biden’s upcoming Saudi Arabia trip is creating a stir
Fp Explainers •Joe Biden called Saudi Arabia a ‘pariah state’ in the aftermath of the murder of dissident Jamal Khashoggi. Now, he will meet a delegation that includes Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – whom his agencies identified as the mastermind of the operation
Saudi Arabia to provide $4.2 billion aid to cash-strapped Pakistan; Imran Khan thanks MBS
•Information minister Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter to announce the assistance which came just two days after Imran paid a three-day visit to the Kingdom
S Jaishankar meets Saudi counterpart: A look at how Narendra Modi improved India's relationship with the Kingdom
Fp Staff •India’s ties with Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s leading oil producers and host to nearly three million Indians, have generally been on an upswing
US to release report linking Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to Jamal Khashoggi murder
•Former US president Donald Trump's administration had avoided making the classified report public or naming Prince Mohammed in the case in order to strengthen relations with Riyadh
'Forgive those who killed our father': Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's sons write on Twitter
•Salah Khashoggi said of the December verdict that “it has been fair to us and that justice has been achieved.”
Jamal Khashoggi murder case: Saudi Arabia court sentences five people to death, three others to prison for killing scribe
•A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents
A year after Jamal Khashoggi's murder, rights groups demand justice for slain Washington Post columnist
•Jamal 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
•Saudi 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