Politics Dec 01 1991 Gulf War looms large over Bush’s Mideast legacy With Bush’s death , his legacy across the Middle East takes root in that 100-hour ground war that routed Iraqi forces.That war gave birth to the network of military bases America now operates across the Persian Gulf.
World Nov 10 Saudi coalition in Yemen, under pressure, ends US refueling The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early Saturday it had “requested cessation of inflight refueling” by the U.S. for its fighter jets after American officials said they would stop the operations amid growing anger over civilian casualties from the…
World Oct 23 Turkish president says Saudi Arabia must identify who planned Khashoggi’s death President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered a sharp rebuttal of Saudi Arabia’s widely criticized account that the writer for The Washington Post died accidentally in a brawl, saying Saudi officials had planned the killing for days.
World Oct 19 Jamal Khashoggi confirmed dead by Saudi state media State media also quotes prosecutors as saying 18 Saudi nationals are being held on suspicion of being involved in Khashoggi's death.
World Oct 16 AP: Turkish official says police found evidence of Khashoggi slaying Turkish Police searching the Saudi Consulate found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there. It comes as pressure intensifies for Saudi Arabia to explain what happened to Khashoggi, who vanished Oct. 2 while visiting the consulate to pick…
Politics Oct 16 Pompeo meets Saudi king, prince on Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance America's top diplomat met on Tuesday with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the disappearance and alleged slaying at the kingdom's hands of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at its consulate in Istanbul.
World Oct 14 Saudis reject threats as stocks plunge after Trump comments Saudi Arabia warned Sunday it will respond to any "threats" against it as its stock market plunged following President Donald Trump's warning of "severe punishment" over the disappearance of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
World Oct 13 Newspaper says Turkey has audio of Saudi writer’s slaying Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Apple Watch he wore when he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago, a pro-government Turkish newspaper reported Saturday.
World Oct 11 Turkish media says team of 15 Saudis targeted missing journalist Saudi Arabia, before going silent in recent days, called the allegation it abducted or harmed Khashoggi "baseless."…
World Oct 07 Friend: Saudi journalist ‘killed’ at consulate in Istanbul A Turkish official also told The Associated Press that authorities believe prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi Consulate.