Saudi Arabia launched on Sunday a new logistics zone open to private investors in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, as part of a wider industrial initiative to diversify the economy away from oil and create jobs for Saudis. The al Khomra zone — ...
Saudi Arabia has lifted some restrictions on women traveling in the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, its tourism authority said Sunday, with new guidelines allowing women to rent hotel rooms without a male guardian's presence, and foreign men and women to share a room without proof ...
Jamal Khashoggi remembered outside Saudi Consulate where he was slain amid calls for U.N. probe
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos joined activists and friends of Jamal Khashoggi near the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, and demanded justice for the journalist on the first-year anniversary of his horrific death at the hands of Saudi agents. The memorial began just after ...
Slain Saudi writer's fiancee says prince must give answers now that he's accepted responsibility
The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has a duty to answer questions now that he'd accepted responsibility for the killing inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year. Hatice Cengiz told The Associated Press she is apprehensive ...
Suspects in murder of Jamal Khashoggi made 'chilling' jokes before killing, U.N. investigators say
Saudi operatives suspected of killing 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 U.N. investigators. Helena Kennedy, a British lawyer assisting the U.N. probe into Khashoggi's death, said recordings ...
U.N. expert blasts Saudi prince over denial of Jamal Khashoggi 'state killing'
A U.N. human rights expert who led a probe into the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi criticized Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Monday for trying to create "distance" between himself and the execution. Agnes Callamard, the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, was ...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a television interview that he takes "full responsibility" for the grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi but denied allegations that he ordered it. "This was a heinous crime," the 34-year-old crown prince told "60 Minutes" in ...
Trump loyalist Sen. Lindsey Graham calls attack on Saudi oil installations an 'act of war'
Several U.S. lawmakers urged caution Tuesday in countering recent attacks on Saudi oil installations, but Trump loyalist Sen. Lindsey Graham branded the incident an "act of war" that merits a decisive response. Graham said it was "clear" that such a sophisticated attack — drones firing ...
Prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has rejected a proposal to secure her release from prison in exchange for a video statement denying reports she was tortured in custody, her family said on Tuesday. Hathloul, along with at least a dozen other women's rights ...
Facebook says it dismantled covert influence campaign tied to Saudi government
People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook to promote state propaganda and attack regional rivals, the social media giant said on Thursday. Facebook said it had suspended more than 350 accounts and pages ...
SoftBank to be top investor in $108 billion second Vision Fund, with CEO Son silent on Saudi role
The conglomerate aims to raise $108 billion for a second Vision Fund, replacing Saudi Arabia as the largest investor as its targets opportunities in cutting-edge technologies.
Next G20 summit shouldn't happen in Riyadh, U.N. Khashoggi investigator says
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi officials in Istanbul was a "state killing" that should prompt world leaders to reconsider having the Group of 20 summit in Riyadh next year, according to the U.N. expert who investigated the columnist's death. "The killing of Mr. ...
