CIA chief to Turkey as officials seek to clarify prince’s role in Khashoggi death
CIA Director Gina Haspel was traveling to Turkey on Monday to help investigate the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, two sources familiar with the matter said, as security agencies examined what role Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may …
Trump says he believes Khashoggi’s death was ‘a plot gone awry’: USA Today
President Donald Trump told USA Today in an interview on Monday he believes the death of Jamal Khashoggi was “a plot gone awry,” after the journalist died in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
CIA director Haspel travels to Turkey for Khashoggi case: source
CIA Director Gina Haspel is traveling to Turkey on Monday to work on the investigation into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Russia pledges ‘balance’ if U.S. quits nuclear pact; Trump eyes more weapons
Russia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the United States if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.
‘Don’t throw baby out with bath water,’ Germany tells U.S. on INF treaty
Germany will seek NATO’s help to maintain a nuclear arms treaty between Russia and the United States, and is ready to take action to force Moscow to comply with the pact, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday.
U.S., allied agencies still clarifying prince’s role in Khashoggi affair
Three weeks after Jamal Khashoggi went missing, U.S. and key European security agencies still have an incomplete picture of what role Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have played in the Saudi journalist’s disappearance and death.
Trump says he remains unsatisfied with Saudi accounts on Khashoggi
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was still not satisfied with what he has heard from Saudi Arabia about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, but did not want to lose investment from Riyadh.
Merkel: No German arms exports to Saudi until killing cleared up
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a “monstrosity” and vowed to halt all German arms exports to Riyadh until the case is cleared up.
Czech soldier killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
A Czech member of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan was killed and two others wounded on Monday in the western province of Herat, the Czech Defence Ministry said.
Israel releases two Palestinian Authority officials from custody
Israel on Monday released two Palestinian Authority officials who were detained at the weekend, police said, but gave no further details on the case.
