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Saudi crown prince deplores ‘repulsive’ Khashoggi murder in first comments

by Anuj Chopra and Mohamad Ali Harissi Agence France Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince denounced the “repulsive” murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and vowed justice will prevail, in his first public comments on the case, without addressing US accusations of a monumental cover-up. Speaking at an investment conference in Riyadh, due to end on Thursday, the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged there would be “no rupture” in ties with […]

Khashoggi killing: Trump slams ‘worst cover-up ever’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump charged Tuesday that a Saudi operation to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul had given rise to “one of the worst cover-ups” in history. “They had a very bad original concept. It was carried out poorly and the cover-up was one of the worst in the history of cover-ups,” Trump declared in the Oval Office. “Bad deal, should have never been thought of. […]