Saudi Arabia sends a female ambassador to the US for the first time. According to a statement from the royal house in Riyadh, Princess Rima Bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulasis...
Five of the 11 suspects of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi have demanded the death penalty against the start of their lawsuit in Riyadh, which many believe to be a show process...
The controversial Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud went abroad for the first time since the Khashoggi affair on Thursday evening. He is the first to stop an official visit to the neighboring United Arab Emirates on a journey through 'fraternal Arab countries' as the court describes it in Riyadh.
The leaders of the Republicans and Democrats in the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee urge President Donald Trump's government to investigate whether the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
US President Donald Trump does not rule out that the powerful Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had knowledge of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 'Maybe he had that, and maybe not,' says the president.
The Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman described the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the days after his disappearance as a dangerous Islamist, member of the Muslim Brotherhood. He said, according to The Washington Post, in a telephone conversation with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and safety advisor John Bolton before Riyadh admitted that the columnist had died in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Saudi King Salman by telephone to condemn the murder of critical journalist Jamal Khashoggi 'sharply.' According to a spokesperson, she demanded 'fast, clear and credible explanation' on Thursday evening. Riyadh must hold the perpetrators to account.
In a resolution, the European Parliament calls for a European arms embargo against Saudi Arabia in connection with the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The parliament 'condemns the torture and murder in the strongest possible terms' and urges the Saudi authorities to disclose where the remains of the critical journalist are.
The Spanish parliament has rejected proposals to stop arms exports to Saudi Arabia due to the alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The motions were submitted by left and regional parties. The Social Democrats of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez voted against Tuesday, as did the main opposition party, the conservative PP.
The Saudi authorities have confirmed the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to the Saudi prosecutor, there is a fight between him and people he met out there at the consulate in Istanbul that led to his death, reports Saudi state television.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sees no reason to revise relations with Saudi Arabia. He said Thursday that Russia does not have enough information about the unexplained disappearance of a Saudi journalist to justify a review of ties with Riyadh.
With a one-day delay, the Turkish authorities have now also searched the home of Saudi consul in Istanbul in the hope of finding traces of the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The state press agency Anadolu reported that a detective team entered the building on Wednesday.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Ankara on Wednesday. He will hold interviews with Turkish officials about the disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
US President Donald Trump was told by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last Tuesday that he has no idea what happened at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared there two weeks ago. The Turkish authorities think he was killed.
The American minister of Foreign Affairs, Mike Pompeo, also had a conversation with his son, crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, after a meeting with Saudi king in Riyadh. Pompeo traveled to the region because of the disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He lived in the US and disappeared at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul at the beginning of this month.
Turkey may search in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. So says the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who emphasizes that his country 'has nothing to hide.'
Hajj, the largest pilgrimage in the world, is about to begin. From Sunday evening to Friday evening, the Saudi city of Mecca will visit around three million Muslims from all parts of the world, including several thousand pilgrims from the Netherlands.
Saudi Arabia, now that women in the ultra-conservative country are increasingly allowed to participate more actively in public life, is taking stronger action against sexual harassment. Riyadh has presented a new law that makes it possible to give prison sentences to five years because of such offenses. The fines for violations also go up to a maximum of 700,000 euros.
Saudi Arabia has approved the release of about one thousand Ethiopian prisoners, who are detained in the Gulf State for various reasons. Addis Abeba said that in the media on Saturday. The Saudi decision was the desired response to a request from the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who this week paid an official visit to Riyadh.
Several polling stations in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk were besieged by armed men on Wednesday evening, four days after the parliamentary elections. That said the head of the election committee in Iraq.
Cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States will further destabilize the Middle East. That is what a senior Iranian official said on Monday. He added that Tehran will remain in the region despite pressure from Washington to limit its influence.
Security workers in Saudi Arabia have knocked down a toy drone on Saturday that flew near the royal palace in the capital Riyadh.
Over the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, three major explosions have taken place on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said that there were also smoke clouds.
Film lovers can watch the cinema in Saudi Arabia for the first time in 35 years. The Islamic kingdom has signed an agreement with American company AMC Entertainment to open forty film houses in five years.
The first Saudi Arab cinema opens its doors in Riyadh on April 18. That's what the state media announced on Wednesday. The Sunni kingdom closed an agreement earlier with the American company AMC for the establishment of thirty to forty film houses over the next five years in about fifteen cities.
The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman believes that Israelis have the right to live peacefully in their own country. The crown prince said in an interview with the American magazine The Atlantic.
The Saudi authorities expect that a large-scale investigation into corruption will certainly generate 86 billion euros. The authorities announced that they had made arrangements with businessmen and officials who had been detained.
All princes, businessmen and senior officials who were stuck in Saudi Arabia in a major investigation into corruption have been released. A Saudi official reported Tuesday that all people have left the luxury hotel in the capital Riyadh where they were held.
The Saudi authorities have released a number of Saudi princes and businessmen who were arrested in November last year. For their freedom they had to put substantial amounts on the table, although it is not known exactly how much is paid, reports the BBC.
The football team of Saudi Arabia has to do on the approaching World Cup in Russia without the management of Bert van Marwijk, but can count on a whole new phenomenon: female supporters.
