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Jared Kushner, the U.S. president's son-in-law and senior adviser, was wooed by Saudi Arabia's controversial crown prince before Donald Trump took office, and the contacts continued in spite of the leader's links to the brutal murder of a journalist, the New York Times reported. Kushner ...
Climate talks hit standoff as battle over bid to block key science report looms
A diplomatic standoff over a single word could set the stage for a bigger showdown during the second half of this year's U.N. climate summit. Negotiators took time out Sunday to rest after the first week of talks ended on a sour note the previous ...
Regional crises cloud Gulf Cooperation Council summit hosted by Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia was hosting a summit of Arab Gulf leaders Sunday as crises brew over a bitter diplomatic dispute with Qatar, the war in Yemen and the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani was invited by Riyadh, which ...
'Just let him die': Yemeni prisoners describe rampant horrific torture in Houthi jails
Farouk Baakar was on duty as a medic at al-Rashid hospital the day a bleeding man was brought into the emergency room with gunshot wounds and signs of torture. He'd been whipped across the back and hung by his wrists for days. The patient, Baakar ...
The United Nations' refugee agency said Friday there were nearly 1,500 civilian casualties in Yemen from August through October, the latest grim tally to emerge from a four-year civil war as opposing parties hold talks in Sweden. The announcement came as Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels ...
Bipartisan U.S. senators wrestle with rebuke of Saudis for Jamal Khashoggi slaying
Senators are considering multiple pieces of legislation to formally rebuke Saudi Arabia for the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, with momentum building for a resolution to call Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman complicit in the killing. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said ...
Sean Penn working on documentary on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's slaying
A Turkish official says Sean Penn is in Turkey working on a documentary about the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Yasin Aktay, an adviser to Turkey's president, tells The Associated Press on Thursday that the two-time Oscar winner interviewed ...
Putin's Saudi bromance is part of a bigger plan
Russia and China are making moves on America's illiberal allies.
Senators leaving a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday said they are even more convinced that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said he believes ...
A Saudi dissident has filed a lawsuit against an Israeli surveillance company, claiming its sophisticated spyware targeted him and helped lead to the killing of his friend, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The suit, filed in a Tel Aviv court on Sunday, follows others previously filed ...
A high-five from Putin and that awkward photograph — Saudi prince's G20 summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin walked up to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at a summit of Group of 20 world leaders, high-fived him and then shook his hand heartily. Moments earlier the prince had been pictured on the far edge of the ...
Street by Saudi U.S. Embassy could be renamed 'Jamal Khashoggi Way'
Local officials in a Washington neighborhood have voted to rename a street outside Saudi Arabia's Embassy in honor of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. If approved by the City Council, the advisory commission's measure means a stretch of road going past the expansive embassy building ...
