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Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Türkiye, on October 2.
Recent tour of region by US President Joe Biden spurred by demand for oil and aim not to leave ‘vacuum’ of influence that could be filled by China.
Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Salman are responsible for wars – Ukraine and Yemen respectively – that have displaced millions and killed tens of thousands. As the United States castigates the one, it is making nice with the other. How does Washington choose?
Yonden Lhatoo reflects on the horror of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi’s killing and laments there will be no justice for him because of the vast influence the kingdom buys with oil money.
- Officials said the visa restriction policy can apply to citizens of any country found to have misused or facilitated the malign use of spyware
- Announcing the policy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the misuse of commercial spyware ‘threatens privacy and freedoms of expression’
The shop – which caters to non-Muslim diplomats – sits next to a supermarket in Riyadh and stocks liquor, wine and only two types of beer for the time being.
Riyadh won the right to host the event, which attracts millions of visitors and billions of dollars in investment, with 119 votes to Rome’s 17 and Busan’s 29.
The kingdom’s de facto ruler also warned that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, his country will have to ‘get’ one.
The US president warmly greeted the kingdom’s de facto leader at the G20 summit in India, in sharp contrast with the last time the two met.
As Britain seeks to develop trade and investment relations with the Saudis, critics oppose Sunak’s plans to meet a man whom Western leaders believe ordered the murder in 2018 of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The deposit shows just how far relations have improved between the kingdom and Turkey after years of tensions between the nations, particularly after the 2018 killing and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Riyadh looks elsewhere to buy arms after the Yemen war, journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and the Opec+ decision to cut oil output by 2 million barrels a day affect US-Saudi defence deals.
The government said in a court filing that the prime minister title held by the monarch should give him immunity in the lawsuit filed by the slain journalist’s fiancée.
Saad Ibrahim Almadi, 72, was visiting relatives in the kingdom when he was arrested for social media posts he made while in the US.
The coalition of oil-producing nations has decided to slash output by 2 million barrels a day, in a diplomatic snub to the US president.
The royal, who is facing a US lawsuit over the journalist’s killing in 2018, was appointed prime minister by his father, the king, last week.
The new title was bestowed on the kingdom’s de facto ruler ahead of a deadline for President Biden to weigh in on whether the monarch qualifies for legal immunity.
The royal is on his first trip to Europe since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the US says was sanctioned by the prince.
Mohammed bin Salman owns the 7,000sqm Chateau Louis XIV mansion which has a nightclub, a gold-leafed fountain and a cinema.
US citizen Asim Ghafoor was a close friend of Jamal Khashoggi – the dissident journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
The president’s meeting with Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah came under sharp criticism, with many seeing it as undermining rights pledges he made in the past.
President Biden’s fist bump with Prince Mohammed will serve as the defining image of the trip – but he failed to secure a pledge by Saudi to boost oil output, or support for a regional security axis that would include Israel.
The US is using a meeting of Arab nations to lay out its Middle East strategy, with Biden saying Washington would remain engaged in the region and not cede influence to other world powers.
Joe Biden’s short-lived boycott of Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has come at an end. Will Washington find the benefits outweigh the moral costs?
The US president’s interaction with the royal – including a fist bump – signals a contentious bid to reset relations with the kingdom he once vowed to snub.
The US president’s body language will be closely watched as he meets the leader of a country he previously vowed to snub over Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman recently called Israel a ‘potential ally’, while Saudis have taken to social media to express their support for normalisation.
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler paid his first visit to Türkiye since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate.
The US President will have a bilateral meeting with King Salman and his team next month, which will include crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Washington DC’s local government changed street signs in honour of the Saudi dissident who was strangled to death and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
US President Joe Biden confirmed that he will visit Saudi Arabia next month for talks with its leaders, a dramatic change in his stance on the kingdom.
Biden reportedly planned to go ahead with the long-rumoured Saudi stop during an upcoming overseas tour at the end of June.
