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Saudi king orders government reshuffle after Khashoggi fallout
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered a sweeping government reshuffle, replacing key security and political figures including the foreign minister, as the kingdom grapples with the international fallout over critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
The Khashoggi murder and US foreign policy
The assassination of Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist and fierce critic of Saudi Arabia, at the latter's consulate in Istanbul on October 2, with the apparent approval of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has already had far more serious repercussions than the fact as such.
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'I know how to cut well,' Erdoğan quotes Saudi forensic expert as saying on Khashoggi murder
Dr. Salah Muhammad al-Tubaigy, the head of forensic medicine at the Saudi interior ministry
Khashoggi's last words were 'I can't breathe': Report
"I can't breathe" were the final words of a Washington Post columnist who was killed at the hands of Saudi agents in Riyadh's Istanbul consulate, according to a report released on Dec. 9.
Kushner 'advises Saudi crown prince'
The U.S. president's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, has continued to have private conversations with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (M.B.S.) following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, The New York Times reported on Dec. 8.
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Turkey seeks arrest of Saudi prince's aides over Khashoggi murder
Saud al-Qahtani (L) and Crown Prince Mohammed
CIA intercepts strongly link Saudi prince to Khashoggi killers: Report
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent at least 11 messages to Saud al-Qahtani, his closest adviser who oversaw the team that killed Jamal Khashoggi, in the hours before and after the journalist's death in October, according to a highly classified CIA assessment seen by the Wall Street Journal.
Argentine judge seeks help from Turkey on Prince Salman's involvement in Khashoggi murder
An Argentine judge reviewing a Human Rights Watch complaint against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked the foreign ministry on Nov. 29 to seek information from Turkey, Yemen and the International Criminal Court.
Saudi Crown Prince Arrives in Buenos Aires for G20
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to join a Group of 20 summit, media reported, as he aims to shrug off the lingering stigma of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, reports AFP.
The prince was received at the airport by Argentina's foreign minister Jorge Faurie, according to Argentine press.
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Saudi phone call tied to Khashoggi killing: Turkish prosecutors
Portraits of Saudi King Salman and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed, are seen at the entrance in one of the villas in Turkey's Yalova province, which were searched by police on Nov. 26.