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[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] Saudi journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since 2 October. He was last spotted entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey to collect documents to allow him to marry his fiancee. Turkish officials believe he has been killed. Here's what we know about his disappearance so far. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters Image caption This image allegedly shows Saudi intelligence officers entering and leaving Turkey via Istanbul airport President Donald Trump has vowed to "get to the bottom" of the case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr Trump told reporters he had talked to the Saudi authorities "at the highest level" about Mr Khashoggi. Mr Khashoggi, a US resident and critic of the Saudi monarchy, entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October and has not been seen since. Turkish authorities say Mr Khashoggi was killed. Saudi Arabia denies this. "We cannot let this happen to reporters, to anybody," Mr Trump said on Wednesday. "We're demanding everything. We want to see what's going on there." The White House said Secretary of State Mi...

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October Jamal Khashoggi, a well-known journalist and critic of the Saudi government, walked into the country's consulate in Istanbul last week to obtain some documents and has not been seen since. His fiancée fears that he has been kidnapped or killed. The authorities in Istanbul believe he was murdered by Saudi agents. Saudi Arabia insists that he left the consulate shortly after he arrived. Here is what we know - and don't know - about his disappearance. Who is he? Mr Khashoggi is a prominent journalist who has covered major stories, including the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the rise of Osama Bin Laden, for various Saudi news organisations. He served as an adviser...

[ad_1] ISTANBUL: A pro-government Turkish newspaper has published the names and photographs of 15 Saudi nationals who allegedly arrived in Istanbul on board two private jets the day journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing after visiting his country's consulate in the city. Turkish officials have said they believe the Saudi writer and government critic was killed inside his country's consulate in Istanbul after he visited the mission to obtain a document required to marry his Turkish fiancee. Saudi Arabia has denied the allegations. Sabah newspaper, which is close to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday revealed the identities of what it called a ``mysterious'' 15-member ``assassination squad'' who were allegedly involved in Khashoggi's disappearance. The paper printed pictures of the 15 Saudi nationals that appeared to be taken by security cameras during police control at an airport. Sabah revealed the times the Saudi nationals arrived and...

[ad_1] ISTANBUL: Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of a prominent Saudi critic on Thursday after Riyadh announced he had left their consulate in Istanbul -- but Turkey and his fiancee said he had not been heard from since entering the building. Jamal Khashoggi, a contributor to the Washington Post, went to the Saudi consulate on Tuesday to receive an official document for his marriage. His fiancee reported him missing after the journalist, who has lived in self-imposed exile in the US since last year to avoid possible arrest, was not seen to emerge. The former government adviser, has been critical of some policies of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Riyadh's intervention in the war in Yemen. After an initial period of silence Saudi Arabia said the consulate was working with Turkish authorities "to uncover the circumstances of the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi after he left the consulate building" in a statement published Thursday by the state-run SPA news a...