Saud al-Qahtani, a Saudi royal adviser fired over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is not among the 11 suspects on trial at secretive hearings in Riyadh despite Saudi pledges to bring those responsible to [ More … ]
Turkey requested notice for 20 Saudis suspects wanted in relation to Khashoggi killing A red notice was issued for 20 suspects related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall in the Saudi [ More … ]
There was much to celebrate last spring when Ariel Emanuel, the chief executive of the talent agency Endeavor, helped throw a splashy Hollywood party for Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. The soiree, with [ More … ]
King Salman said to have been angered by recent moves by Prince Mohammed against him There are growing signs of a potentially destabilizing rift between the king of Saudi Arabia and his heir, according to [ More … ]
Before he was murdered inside a Saudi Consulate in October, the Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi questioned why Saudi Arabia had detained a prominent doctor, Walid Fitaihi, a dual Saudi-U.S. citizen seized in a November [ More … ]
Moroccan-Saudi relations have never been as cool and strained as they have become in the past week, By Hassan Aourid* following a report on Western Sahara disputed broadcast on Al-Arabiya, a television channel close to decision-making circles [ More … ]
European Commission broadens list of nations falling short in thwarting financing of terrorism and organized crimes. The European Commission has added seven countries including Saudi Arabia, Panama, and Nigeria to a blacklist of nations that [ More … ]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia wants the death penalty for my father, and its judiciary is being pushed far from any semblance of the rule of law and due process, Abdullah Alaoudh* says in an [ More … ]
It is said that the report claims Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ‘had taken back the Israeli-Palestinian file back from his son’ Saudi Arabia’s king Salman bin Abdulaziz is said to have sidelined his son Crown [ More … ]
A United Nations-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Thursday that evidence pointed to a brutal crime “planned and perpetrated” by Saudi officials. Khashoggi’s killing by a team of Saudi [ More … ]
A year before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told an aide he would use “a bullet” on the journalist if he did not return home and end his criticism [ More … ]
Government officials seeking to permanently delay Mohammed bin Salman’s planned part-flotation of Saudi Aramco, WSJ reports Saudi bureaucrats have been working to stall the ambitions of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman behind the scenes, as [ More … ]
Loujain al-Hathloul, a leading Saudi women’s activist detained since May, has been nominated for global honor A Canadian parliament member has put Loujain al-Hathloul’s name in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, a [ More … ]
Three British lawmakers on Monday endorsed reports that women activists detained in Saudi Arabia have been tortured, and said responsibility for what is likely a violation of international law could lie with “Saudi authorities at [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s campaign to restore its international reputation kicked into high gear this last week – a New York Times report. On Sunday, Saudi authorities released one of the most prominent businessmen it had been [ More … ]
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