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[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Jamal Khashoggi: What we know about the journalist's disappearance Saudi Arabia rejects political and economic "threats" over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a source quoted by state news agency SPA says. Saudi Arabia would respond to any punitive action "with a bigger one", the unnamed senior source said. Mr Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, vanished on 2 October after visiting its consulate in Istanbul. US President Donald Trump said he would "punish" Saudi Arabia if it were found responsible for killing him. The authorities in Istanbul believe Mr Khashoggi was murdered in the consulate by Saudi agents - claims Riyadh has dismissed as "lies". Britain and the US are considering boycotting a major international conference in Saudi Arabia this month. What is the latest from the Saudis? The source quoted by SPA said: "The king...

[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption CCTV footage shows missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. President Donald Trump has said the US will inflict "severe punishment" on Saudi Arabia if the kingdom is found to be responsible for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He said he would be "very upset and angry if that were the case", but ruled out halting big military contracts. Mr Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, vanished on 2 October after visiting its consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia dismissed allegations that it ordered his killing as "lies". The interior minister said on Friday that the kingdom was keen to uncover "the whole truth", stressing reports "about orders to kill" are "baseless". A Turkish security source has told the BBC that officials had audio and video evidence proving Mr Khashoggi, who wr...

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said Saudi Arabia could be behind the disappearance of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi and warned Washington would inflict "severe punishment" if that is the case. "We're going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment," Trump told CBS's "60 Minutes" program, according to an extract of an interview that was released on Saturday. "As of this moment, they deny it and they deny it vehemently. Could it be them? Yes," Trump said in the interview, which was conducted on Thursday. The network said it will air the interview in full on Sunday evening. [ad_2]

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States has investigators overseas to assist Turkey in its probe over missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi , US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, adding that they are also working with Saudi Arabia . Trump, in an interview with the Fox News "Fox & Friends" program, also called US-Saudi relations "excellent." Asked if US-Saudi ties were in jeopardy in light of the Khashoggi matter, Trump did not give a direct answer, saying, "I have to find out what happened ... and we're probably getting closer than you might think." Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen who had lived in Washington for the past year, has not been heard from or seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than one week ago. He left Saudi Arabia last year saying he feared retribution for his criticism of Riyadh over the Yemen war and its crackdown on dissent, and since then wrote columns for the Washington Post. Trump on Thursday said: ...

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's latest announcement about Saudi Arabia's investment in an oil refinery at the port city of Gwadar has set alarm bells ringing in the international arena. A Zerohedge article claims that Pakistan's move comes from a "desperate" need for funding to ward off a financial crisis stoked by growing debt to China. The column, written by James Dorsey on Mid East Soccer blog, claims that Saudi's oil refinery in Gwadar Port could threaten Iran's India-backed Chabahar Port , making China (and Pakistan) a part of an "all but open war" between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis may invest up to $10 billion dollars in the region. The deal could additionally involve deferred payments on Saudi oil supplies which will firstly, create a strategic oil reserve close to Iran, and secondly, help cash-strapped Pakistan in payments. The Zerohedge article further stated that Pakistan will be forced to seek a $12 billion bailout from Internatio...