Tag: Jamal Khashoggi

• Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 10:20 UTC

  Five get death sentences in Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi's assassination

  

  Five people have been sentenced to die by Saudi Arabia's judiciary system while the other three were handed down jail terms for the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Chief Prosecutor Shalaan al-Shalaan announced Monday.

• Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:35 UTC

  Greta youngest ever winner of Time Magazine's POY Award

  

  Swedish climate change teenage activist Greta Thunberg was chosen Wednesday as Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year (POY) award, the New York-based publication announced, thus becoming the youngest person ever to receive the accolade.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Saudi's oil company Aramco plans to borrow US$ 12bn in its debut bond sale

  

  Saudi Aramco is planning to borrow US$12 billion in its debut bond sale as the oil giant pulls off one of the most oversubscribed debt deals of all time. Investor orders for the dollar bonds reached an excess of US$100 billion at the peak on Tuesday, according to market experts

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  US Senate blames Saudi prince Salman for Khashoggi's death and votes to stop military aid in Yemen

  

  The US Senate has voted to withdraw US military aid for Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen and to blame the kingdom's crown prince for the murder of a journalist. The historic vote is the first time any chamber of US Congress has agreed to pull US forces from a military conflict under the 1973 War Powers Act.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 12:57 UTC

  Saudi Prince arrives in BA as preparations for G-20 Summit gain momentum

  

  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman arrived in Buenos Aires at around 7 am on Wednesday and, thus, became the first international dignatary to touch Argentine soil for the G-20 Summit.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 14:41 UTC

  HRW wants Saudi Crown Prince tried in Argentina over Khashoggi, Yemen crimes

  

  As Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is about to arrive in Argentina for the upcoming G-20 Summit, a US-based human rights NGO Monday filed a request before Buenos Aires Federal Judge Ariel Lijo that the Universal Justice criteria be applied to him as intellectual author of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, October 2 last, and for crimes against humanity in Yemen.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  US Senators demand from Trump a second investigation into Khashoggi's death

  

  United States President Donald Trump has been asked to ascertain whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Republican and Democratic leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday sent a letter demanding a second investigation.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Khashoggi syndrome: Crude prices at their lowest since 2017; fears of further market volatility

  

  Crude prices hit their lowest level since 2017 on Tuesday, sliding further into a bear market after President Donald Trump signaled the US would not punish Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, over the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its Istanbul consulate.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 06:13 UTC

  Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman will attend G20 summit in Buenos Aires

  

  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will attend the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires later this month, Saudi media reported Monday, potentially bringing him face-to-face with world leaders from the United States, Turkey, Canada and European countries for the first time since the slaying of Jamal Khashoggi.

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 12:55 UTC

  CIA finds Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince involved in killing of WP columnist

  

  The CIA has come to the conclusion that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the assassination of Washington Post's Jamal Khashoggi, it was reported Friday.