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 says there are many options short of war with Iran after attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there were many options short of war with Iran after U.S. ally Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in a crippling attack on its oil sites that was "unquestionably sponsored" by ...
Saudi Arabia says Iranian missiles and drones attacked oil sites but stops short of blaming Tehran
Saudi Arabia alleged Wednesday an attack by drones and cruise missiles on the heart of the kingdom's oil industry was "unquestionably sponsored by Iran," naming but not directly accusing Tehran of launching the assault. Iran denies being involved in the attack claimed by Yemeni ...
Saudi king replaces energy minister with one of his sons amid strains of oil price slump
Saudi Arabia's King Salman replaced the country's energy minister with one of his own sons Sunday, naming Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman to one of the most important positions in the country as oil prices remain below what is needed to keep up with government ...
Yemen quagmire shows weakness of impulsive Saudi 'shoot-first' foreign policy
Saudi Arabia is confronting the perils of its combative foreign policy as it slides further into a military quagmire in Yemen, one of a series of strategic missteps under the ambitious crown prince, analysts say. The Sunni kingdom, locked in a battle for regional supremacy ...
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 ...
