Sep 23 WATCH: Saudi king’s rare address to U.N. showcases monarch in charge By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press His speech marks only the second time in more than six decades that a sitting monarch from the kingdom addresses the gathering. Continue reading
Sep 16 WATCH: State denies improper inspector general firing, defends Saudi arms sales By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press The State Department on Wednesday rejected Democrats' charges of improperly firing its independent inspector general and defended its weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 2:29 News Wrap: Saudi Arabia sentences 8 in Khashoggi killing In our news wrap Monday, eight people in Saudi Arabia were sentenced to prison for their roles in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. A UN investigator had criticized the trial, which… Continue watching
Jul 30 Pilgrims pray on peak day of hajj in shadow of coronavirus By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Masked pilgrims arrived Thursday at Mount Arafat, a desert hill near Islam's holiest site, to pray and repent on the most important day of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Continue reading
Jul 27 Pilgrims arrive in Mecca for downsized hajj amid pandemic By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Muslim pilgrims have started arriving in Mecca for a drastically scaled-down hajj as Saudi authorities balance the kingdom’s oversight of one of Islam’s key pillars and the safety of visitors in the face of a global pandemic. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 4:50 News Wrap: Istanbul trial begins for Saudi suspects in Khashoggi murder In our news wrap Friday, a trial is underway in Istanbul for 20 Saudis charged in the October 2018 slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. None of the accused were in court, as Saudi Arabia rejected demands for their… Continue watching
Jun 22 Saudi Arabia to hold ‘very limited’ hajj due to virus By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Saudi Arabia has never canceled the hajj in the nearly 90 years since the country was founded. Continue reading
May 11 Saudi Arabia triples taxes, cuts $26 billion in costs amid pandemic By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Saudi Arabia has tripled taxes on basic goods, raising them to 15%, and has announced spending cuts of around $26 billion as it grapples with blows from the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices on its economy. Continue reading
May 05 Yemen’s south in turmoil after separatists’ self-rule bid By Maggie Michael, Associated Press A bid by separatists funded by the United Arab Emirates to assert control over southern Yemen has reopened a dangerous new front in Yemen's civil war and pushed it closer to fragmentation at a time when the coronavirus pandemic poses… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 2:28 News Wrap: U.S. Navy asks that Crozier be reinstated as Roosevelt captain In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Navy wants Brett Crozier to be reinstated as captain of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. Crozier was fired after he appealed to evacuate the ship as COVID-19 broke out on board. Also, the… Continue watching