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MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2018
As Jamal Khashoggi crisis grows, Saudi king asserts authority and checks son's power: sources
So grave is the fallout from the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi that King Salman has felt compelled to intervene, five sources with links to the Saudi royal family said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 19, 2018
Turkish police search forest, coastal city for journalist Jamal Khashoggi's remains: sources
Turkish police are searching a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul and a city near the Sea of Marmara for remains of a Saudi dissident journalist who disappeared two weeks ago after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, two Turkish officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 19, 2018
U.S. gives Saudis more time on Jamal Khashoggi probe; Steve Mnuchin to skip confab
The top U.S. diplomat advised President Donald Trump on Thursday to give Saudi Arabia more time to investigate journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance even as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin abandoned plans to attend an investor conference in Riyadh, putting the high-profile event in question.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2018
Trump says Saudi prince denies knowing what happened at consulate but vows probe
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia's crown prince told him he did not know what had happened in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing two weeks ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2018
Trump says 'rogue killers' may be behind Jamal Khashoggi disappearance from Saudi consulate
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday "rogue killers" may have been behind the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet King Salman over the case.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2018
Saudi king orders probe in Jamal Khashoggi case as Turkey plans consulate search
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Monday ordered an internal probe into the unexplained disappearance of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a joint Turkish-Saudi team was set to search the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where he was last seen on Oct. 2.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2018
Trump weighs action against Saudis as denials about Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance continue
Saudi Arabia is running out of time to explain to the Trump administration what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi within its consulate in Turkey.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2018
Riyadh threatens to retaliate if sanctions are leveled over disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey
Saudi Arabia rejected threats to punish it over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, saying the kingdom will retaliate against any sanctions with tougher measures, the official state news agency said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2018
Saudi sovereign fund appoints former Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris as special adviser
In its highest-profile appointment of any global manufacturing executive, Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund has named Andrew Liveris, the former chairman and chief executive of Dow Chemical, as a special adviser.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2018
Detained Saudi billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal says he expects to be released in days
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom's sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be released from custody within days.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2017
Saudi Arabia's populist temptation
A sharp fall in oil revenues has rendered Saudia Arabia's long-standing political order unsustainable.

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