President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied covering up for ally Saudi Arabia in the suspected murder of a critical journalist and said that he expects to learn the truth about Jamal Khashoggi’s fate within days. Trump’s comments followed the publication in pro-government Turkish media of allegations purporting to confirm that ...
The Washington Post, whose columnist Jamal Khashoggi was reported to have been killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, has accused the administration of US President Donald Trump of performing a “diplomatic cleanup operation” for Riyadh. In an editorial headlined “Why is the Trump administration cleaning up Saudi Arabia’s mess?” ...