The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “undermines regional stability” and the U.S. State Department plans to take further action in response to the killing, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday at an international conference in the Middle East. Mattis never...

Belgium’s decision to buy U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets instead of a rival European aircraft “strategically goes against European interests,” French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Belgium announced Thursday it will purchase Lockheed Martin’s stealth jets in a multibillion-euro deal to...

Turkey will officially demand from Saudi Arabia the extradition of 18 suspects in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish Justice Ministry said on Friday. In a statement, the ministry said Istanbul prosecutors have prepared a requisition for 18 suspects on charges of planned...

Turkey's president spoke with the Canadian premier on the phone to discuss the case of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, presidential sources said on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Justin Trudeau stressed the need to shed light on the killing and the importance of punishing the...

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker became the latest political figure to have been sent a package containing an explosive device Friday, according to the FBI. "The #FBI has confirmed an 11th package has been recovered in Florida, similar in appearance to the others, addressed to Sen. Cory...

An Iranian member of parliament has called for “trying” Saudi Arabia in an international court for its alleged role in the Oct. 2 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, according to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).  “Saudi Arabia has shown its true face with the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Saudi Arabia's chief prosecutor is set to arrive in Istanbul on Sunday to meet Turkish officials over the investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Erdogan also said the perpetrators of the murder is among...

A van left the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul Friday morning after consular staff moved three suitcases and a black plastic bag to the vehicle, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter on the scene outside the consulate. The suitcases and plastic bag were moved to a van with black-tinted windows...

Actress Scarlett Johansson has reportedly rejected funding from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for an upcoming film. The actress was supposed to star in a movie about Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario, which was going to be directed by Ridley Scott. In an...

Victims of sexual abuse by Chile's most infamous pedophile priest are filing a criminal complaint against a former bishop who is an adviser to Pope Francis. The complaint obtained by The Associated Press was filed Thursday against Cardinal Javier Errazuriz, the retired archbishop of the...

A top Taliban commander held in Pakistani detention for more than eight years has been freed, sources said Thursday, in an apparent move to aid tentative talks between the United States and the militant group. The release of Abdul Ghani Baradar — the former right-hand man of Taliban...

The eldest son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Salah, and his family have left the Gulf kingdom after the government lifted a travel ban, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. "Salah and his family are on a plane to [Washington] DC now," Sarah Leah Whitson, the rights watchdog's...

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said Thursday the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated, citing a joint Saudi-Turkish investigation, state media reported. Saudi officials had earlier said an internal investigation suggested Khashoggi was killed in a botched operation...

Atrocities tantamount to genocide against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority continue to take place, the chair of the UN's fact-finding mission in that country said Wednesday. Marzuki Darusman told reporters at the UN's New York headquarters that Myanmar officials are destined to...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that threats of political violence have no place in the United States, promising a full investigation into suspicious packages that were mailed to prominent Democrats and others. "The full weight of our government is being deployed to conduct...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman promised Wednesday that the killers of Jamal Khashoggi would be brought to justice, in his first public comments since the journalist's murder sparked international condemnation. Prince Mohammad told a major investment conference in Riyadh...

The only European interest is to reveal all the details of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the EU Council president said on Wednesday. Addressing the European Parliament’s plenary session in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, Donald Tusk said the killing of Khashoggi...

The two houses of the Ethiopian parliament would convene their second special meeting on Thursday to decide on the resignation submitted by President Mulatu Teshome Wirtu. According to local broadcaster FANA, the House of Peoples’ Representatives and the House of the Federation would...

The U.S. is revoking the visas of some Saudi officials who have been implicated in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. The officials work for a variety of Saudi offices, including the royal court, the intelligence...

The UN said Tuesday it would investigate the case of killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi if Turkey requests.  “We will wait to see whether we get a formal request from Turkey," UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters. "If we get something like that we will evaluate it and make a...