Mohammed Bin Salman

Facebook takes down hundreds of accounts connected to Saudi government

The social network suspended more than 350 different accounts and pages with about 1.4 million followers in an ongoing effort to combat "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" on its platform.

Saudi Arabia reportedly planning to execute 3 leading Muslim scholars

A news report citing a relative and unnamed Saudi officials says Salman al Odah, Awad al Qarni, and Ali al Omari, are set to be killed after Ramadan.

China slams US on Iran oil sanctions, Saudi Arabia welcomes US move

Beijing said Washington's decision to impose sanctions on buyers of Iranian oil will "intensify turmoil" in the Middle East. The US said on Monday it will penalise any imports of Iranian oil from May 2.

US approves secret nuclear power work for Saudi Arabia – report

Reuters news agency says Washington has okayed six authorisations by companies to sell nuclear technology and assistance to Riyadh.

US Senate rebukes Trump, Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi and Yemen war

The US Senate votes on two resolutions, one recommending that Washington end its assistance to Saudi Arabia for the war in Yemen and the other holding Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Trump stands by Saudi crown prince despite pleas from Senate

US President Donald Trump has come under fierce criticism from fellow Republicans in the Senate over the killing of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, particularly after CIA Director Gina Haspel briefed them,

Saudi crown prince "probably ordered" Khashoggi killing: WSJ

The Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was in close communication with his adviser "who oversaw the team that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi".

Argentina judge acts on complaint against Saudi prince

The judge has accepted a request from Human Rights Watch to prosecute Mohammed bin Salman for alleged crimes against humanity, hours after he arrived in Buenos Aires for the G20 summit.

Saudi justice system ‘aimed at shielding MBS from further scrutiny’: HRW

TRT World interviewed Adam Coogle, a Middle East researcher from Human Rights Watch, about the inner workings of the Saudi justice system and whether the country should be trusted to punish the real perpetrators in the Khashoggi case.

CIA 'wiretapped' Saudi prince ordering Khashoggi be 'silenced'

Director of US spy agency Gina Haspel signalled to Turkish officials the agency had a recording of a call in which Mohammed bin Salman gave instructions to kill Jamal Khashoggi, according to a Turkish newspaper.

Crown prince a 'red line' in Khashoggi case – Saudi FM

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was not involved in Jamal Khashoggi's killing, adding disparaging discussion about the prince or his father, the Saudi monarch, will not be tolerated.

Dynamic shift in Saudi monarchy could stop MBS from getting the throne

Members of the Al Saud family are discussing the possibility that after King Salman's death, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, 76, a younger brother of King Salman and uncle of the crown prince, could take the throne.