Tasnim Sunday marks the second World Press Freedom Day since Saudi government agents murdered Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Last year alone, Saudi Arabia jailed 26 journalists, and media professionals continue to face harassment and threats across the globe. But Khashoggi's murder captured the world's attention ...

The Wall Street Journal - Saudi Arabias verdict this week in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi isnt going to erase the stain on the reputation of the Kingdom or its de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A Saudi judge sentenced five men to death in the killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and three more to prison. None ...

Euronews - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said he takes full responsibility for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the country's Istanbul consulate last year, but denied ordering his killing. "This was a heinous crime, "the crown prince told CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday. "I take full responsibility as a leader in ...

The Wall Street Journal | Jared Malsin and Summer Said: Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has edged away from a possible military confrontation with Iran as the kingdom seeks to cool regional tensions and rehabilitate its image a year after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The crown prince, Saudi Arabias de facto leader, voiced ...

Press TV - The secretary general of Lebanons resistance movement Hezbollah says the Al Saud regime may be in the final stages of its life, and the incumbent rulers are expediting the regime's demise through their policies. "The Al Saud regime is old and may be in the final stages of its life because of natural reasons like its cruel measures over ...

The Wall Street Journal |Courtney McBride: The State Department on Wednesday blamed Saudi Arabian government agents for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and for other unlawful killings in an annual world-wide survey of human rights that spotlighted abuses by U.S. allies and adversaries alike. The report cited a range of other human-rights ...

Reuters - European countries will urge Saudi Arabia this week to release detained activists and cooperate with a U.N.-led probe into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in the first rebuke of the kingdom at the Human Rights Council, diplomats and campaigners said. The joint statement, due to be read out on Thursday, comes amid growing concern ...

Tasnim The body of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was likely burned in a large oven at the Saudi consulate general's residence in Istanbul, a new report revealed. New details of the writer's murder by a Saudi assassination team were reported in a documentary by Al Jazeera Arabic that aired on Sunday night. Turkish authorities monitored ...

Politico.eu | David M. Herszenhorn : TheU.S. is trying desperately to isolate Iran, but on Sunday Iranian Foreign MinisterMohammad Javad Zarif seized the stage of the world's premier security conference. He held the audience of power-brokers rapt for nearly 40 minutes as he thrashed the Trump administration, fired a pointed demand at Europe to do ...

IRNA The Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in a message rejected US eligibility to criticize human rights in Iran. What moral clarity can America claim in denouncing Irans human-rights abuses when it turns a blind eye to those committed by its friends? Such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel,' Kenneth Roth tweeted on Saturday. US' ignoring ...

Alwaght - The so-called reforms campaign, or better to say the socio-cultural pseudo-modernization, in Saudi Arabia, after two years still moves in the not-that-much-sturdy route. Although the media no longer give the efforts much coverage, the campaign seems to still move on. Some reports and measures inside the Arab kingdom even talk about upcoming ...

Press TV - A United Nations expert who has been assigned to investigate the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi Arabian dissident Jamal Khashoggisays she has requested access to Riyadhs consulate in Istanbul, where the critic was brutally killed, but has not heard from Riyadh yet. Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary,...

IRNA - The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering, two sources told Reuters on Friday. The move comes amid heightened international pressure on Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ...

Press TV - Turkey says it is making preparations to launch an international investigation into the gruesome assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, slamming certain Western countries for what it calls attempts to whitewash the murder. Speaking at a youth meeting in Istanbul on Monday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed ...

AP | Matthew Lee: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks in Saudi Arabia Monday on a range of Mideast crises, topped by the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, threats from Iran and the Saudi response to the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi last year. Pompeo met with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on ...

Press TV - Despite facing worldwide controversy after the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reports have shown that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has continued his despotic practices, regularly consulting the killing's alleged mastermind Saud al-Qahtani. American and Saudi sources informed on the matter say that many ...

IRNA The Amnesty International campaign manager in Turkey called for international probe into murdering the Saudi prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The murder of Khashoggi, which happened before the eyes of the whole world, should also be the subject of an international investigation, the Turkish media Anadolu Agency quoted Goksu Ozahishali ...

Press TV - The United States has approved upgrades to Saudi Arabias missile defenses worth $195 million despite global outrage over the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a report says. In December, the State Department approved the commercial deal and notified Congress of the sale, but the exact dollar value of the transaction was ...

Press TV - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says it cannot assess the fairness of a trial underway in Saudi Arabia over the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, emphasizing that in any case it is "not sufficient." Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that it has held an initial hearing into Khashoggi's ...

Tasnim An American author and researcher described President Donald Trumps decision to withdraw US forces from Syria as a ploy to strengthen his support among his political base in the short term. Trump is suddenly vague about a timeline for pulling US troops out of Syria. He is likely capitulating to pressure from globalists in his government,...