Turkey’s Erdogan calls on Saudis to say who ordered Khashoggi’s killing
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Saudi Arabia on Friday to disclose who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, as well as the location of his body, heightening international pressure on the kingdom to come clean on the case…
Russia’s FSB says detained six IS members plotting attacks in Moscow
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday it had detained six members of an Islamic State cell plotting attacks in Moscow, Russian news agencies reported, citing an official statement.
Indian police arrest more than 2,000 people after hill temple protests
Police in India’s Kerala state have arrested more than 2,000 people in the past few days in a crackdown on demonstrators protesting against allowing women of menstrual age into a prominent Hindu temple, state officials said.
U.N. led aid convoy to Syria’s Rukban camp postponed: U.N. official
United Nations-led aid delivery, critically needed by thousands of civilians stranded in a camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border, has been postponed and will not arrive on Saturday as was expected by community leaders, a U.N. official said on Friday.
Mattis to stress U.S.-Mideast security ties amid Khashoggi strains
Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will stress the U.S. commitment to Middle East security at the weekend, officials said, amid Western concern that any loosening of U.S. ties to Riyadh after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder could allow Russia to fill the vacuum.
Macron slams calls to halt arms sales to Saudi as populist
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday dismissed as “demagoguery” the calls by several European countries including Germany to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
What are confidentiality agreements at the heart of Britain’s ‘Me Too’ debate?
A furor in Britain over allegations of sexual harassment against retail billionaire Philip Green this week has reignited the debate about the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
Blast at firecracker factory in north India kills eight: police
An explosion at a firecracker factory in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh killed eight people and injured three on Friday, police said.
Khashoggi’s fiancee says he assumed Saudis would not give him problems at consulate
The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday he assumed Saudi authorities would not give him problems or arrest him in Turkey, though he was concerned tensions would arise when he visited the consulate in Istanbul.
Khashoggi’s fiancee says not planning to go to White House
The fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday she did not accept U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to visit the White House because she thought it was aimed at influencing public opinion in his favor.
