Jul 15 WATCH: Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with Saudi crown prince By Aamer Madhani, Aya Batrawy, Ellen Knickmeyer, Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden held a carefully choreographed meeting Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the man he had once shunned for human rights abuses. Continue reading
Jul 15 Biden lands in Saudi Arabia to meet king, crown prince By Aamer Madhani, Ellen Knickmeyer, Chris Megerian, Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Biden met Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the man he once pledged to shun for human rights violations, and shared a cordial fist bump as he tried to reset a diplomatic relationship… Continue reading
Jul 14 Fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Khashoggi criticizes Biden visit By Ayse Wieting, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, is describing Joe Biden's decision to visit Saudi Arabia as "heartbreaking," accusing the U.S. president of backing down from his pledge of prioritizing human rights. Continue reading
Feb 26 U.S. implicates Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi’s killing By Eric Tucker, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Saudi Arabia's crown prince approved an operation to kill or capture a U.S.-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. That's according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 6:02 How slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s call for reform is still heard today By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran It's been two years since the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents at the Kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. At the end of his life, Khashoggi was among Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s highest-profile critics. The new Showtime… Continue watching
Apr 02 Trump says he expects Russia and Saudi Arabia to cut oil production By Associated Press President Trump says he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia will end an oil war and dramatically cut production. Continue reading
Jan 23 What we know, and don’t, about the alleged Bezos phone hack By Frank Bajak, Associated Press According to a report overseen by a former longtime FBI agent and top cybersecurity official in the Obama administration, evidence on the phone suggests it was infected by spyware in May 2018 via a WhatsApp message from the account of… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 8:18 Why the UN thinks Saudi crown prince helped to hack Jeff Bezos’ phone United Nations investigators have unveiled an extraordinary charge: that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia may have been personally involved in hacking Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest men. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Agnès… Continue watching
Dec 06 U.S. digs into Saudi suspect’s motive in deadly Navy shooting By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press On Friday, President Donald Trump said he got a call from Saudi King Salman, who expressed “his sincere condolences" and sent sympathies to the families of those involved. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 8:21 How Khashoggi’s murder ‘haunts’ Saudi Arabia’s crown prince In a new Frontline documentary, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addresses, for the first time, his role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Frontline’s Martin Smith, who tracked the crown prince down for the film, says Khashoggi’s murder… Continue watching