"Saudi Arabia's story is intertwined with ours: The closest ally of this strange desert kingdom has been America, the world's most open democracy," says Fareed Zakaria, the CNN global affairs host and Washington Post columnist. "Why?" Zakaria explores the many answers to that question in the one-hour special "Saudi Arabia: Kingdom...
Netflix Criticized for Yanking 'Patriot Act' Episode in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Netflix faced criticism on Wednesday for pulling an episode in Saudi Arabia of comedian Hasan Minhaj's "Patriot Act" that criticized the kingdom's powerful crown prince. The American comedian used his second episode, released on Oct. 28, to lambaste Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the...
Saudi King Orders Cabinet Shakeup After Khashoggi’s Killing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a wide-ranging overhaul of top government posts on Thursday, including naming a new foreign minister, following international fallout from the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi nearly three months ago. He also ordered a shakeup of the kingdom's two supreme...
Saudi Arabia Rejects US Senate ‘Interference’ in Kingdom
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia issued an unusually strong rebuke of the U.S. Senate on Monday, rejecting a bipartisan resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on the Saudi crown prince and describing it as interference in the kingdom's affairs. It's the...
US Intel Says Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killing
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. official said Friday. The Saudi government has denied the claim. The conclusion will bolster efforts in Congress to further punish the close U.S. ally for the killing....
Saudi Crown Prince Calls Khashoggi Killing a ‘Heinous’ Crime
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In a fiery and unwavering appearance Wednesday at an investment forum, Saudi Arabia's crown prince called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi "heinous" and "painful to all Saudis," before warning anyone against trying to "manipulate" the crisis and drive a wedge between the kingdom and Turkey....
Saudi Investment Forum Opens, Clouded by Writer’s Death
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A high-profile economic forum in Saudi Arabia began on Tuesday in Riyadh, with the crown prince making a brief public appearance at the kingdom's first major event since the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul earlier this month. Khashoggi's death loomed...
Khashoggi Warns in Last Column of Effort to Crush the Free Press
WASHINGTON — The Washington Post has published a new column by missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in which he warns that governments in the Middle East "have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate." The Post published the column Wednesday, more than two weeks...