The US Central Intelligence Agency has concluded Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, US media reported Friday, citing people close to the matter. The US assessment directly contradicts the conclusions…
CIA ‘blames bin Salman’ for Khashoggi death (BBC)
The CIA believes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to US media reports. Sources close to the agency said it had assessed the evidence in detail. It is understood there is…
Khashoggi corpse went down the drains: report (Guardian)
The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi poured his remains down the drain after dissolving him in acid, a Turkish newspaper reported Saturday.Samples taken from the drains at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul showed traces of acid, pro-government daily Sabah…
Saudis tampered with CCTV cameras after Khashoggi murder (Aljazeera)
Turkish media have reported that staff at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul tried to dismantle security cameras to help cover up the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The pro-government Sabah newspaper reported on Tuesday that the Saudis tried to…
Saudi sent ‘cover-up team’ to dispose of Khashoggi body (Guardian)
Saudi Arabia deployed a chemist and toxicology expert to Istanbul after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in an attempt to cover up evidence of the killing, a Turkish newspaper reported on Monday. The murder of the Saudi royal-insider-turned critic…
Exclusive: Khashoggi sons issue emotional appeal for the return of their father’s body (CNN)
The sons of murdered journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, issued an emotional appeal for the return of their father’s body, in their first interview since he was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a month ago. Salah and Abdullah Khashoggi, who…
Khashoggi murder: Body ‘dissolved in acid’ (BBC)
A top Turkish official, presidential adviser Yasin Aktay, has said he believes Jamal Khashoggi’s body was dissolved in acid after being cut up. The “only logical conclusion”, he said, was that those who had killed the Saudi journalist in Istanbul…
WWE stars pull out of Saudi Arabia show after Khashoggi death (BBC)
WWE stars John Cena and Daniel Bryan have pulled out of an event in Saudi Arabia which is happening on Friday. They haven’t said why, but some are suggesting it’s because of the way the Middle Eastern country has handled…
Khashoggi murder: Saudi prince ‘said he was dangerous Islamist’ (BBC)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the US he considered murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be a dangerous Islamist, media reports say. Prince Mohammed’s reported phone call to the White House came before Saudi Arabia admitted he had been…
FG aiding Kanu to cause crisis in South-East — MASSOB (Punch) * NLC, TUC begin strike mobilisation Wednesday (Punch)
FG aiding Kanu to cause crisis in South-East — MASSOB (Punch) Leader and founder of the Movement for the Actualisation for Sovereign State of Biafra and the Biafran Independent Movement, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has alleged that the Federal Government is…