As trade tensions rise between Ankara and Riyadh, fast food chain Herfy said that it was replacing its ‘Turkish Burger’ with an identical ‘Greek burger’.

Hatice Cengiz is pursuing Mohammed bin Salman and other officials for damages over brutal 2018 killing.

The dissident journalist was killed in the Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018, tarnishing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reputation.

Slain journalist’s fiancée condemns final ruling as ‘farce’, while UN expert slams decision as ‘parody of justice’.

Assassination attempt was foiled by Canadian authorities, Saad al-Jabri says in lawsuit against Saudi royal.

Those targeted include Russians involved in death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and Saudis linked to killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Zeki Demir, a technician who worked for the consulate, was giving evidence on the first day of the murder trial in absentia of 20 Saudi officials

The move was condemned by the journalist’s former fiancée and a UN expert.

Both countries have been criticised for their apparent ‘sportwashing’ strategies in recent years.

New reporting alleges Amazon CEO’s phone was compromised after getting an infected video file sent from Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s personal account.

Mahathir Mohamad has swung behind Tehran following Trump’s assassination of the Iranian general, risking Riyadh’s ire by likening the event to murder of Jamal Khashoggi

The festival was designed to rehabilitate the kingdom’s image, damaged by the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the ongoing war in Yemen.

Khashoggi, a critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul last year.

Assaf will be replaced, by virtue of a royal decree, by the country’s ambassador to Germany Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud.

The easing of stringent regulations governing social interactions comes after Riyadh launched its first tourist visa scheme, as part of efforts to open up the country to foreign visitors and diversify its oil-reliant economy.

In an interview airing on Sunday, Salman maintains that the murder was a ‘heinous crime’ and a ‘mistake’ by Saudi agents.

The Saudi prince appeared to accept responsibility in comments he made to a US TV station.

Earlier this week, Australia led a coalition of countries condemning Saudi Arabia over a raft of human rights abuses, including arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Despite UN evidence pointing finger of blame for murder at Saudi royal, Trump called it a ‘great honour’ to meet with him.

Trump brushes the UN proposal aside, saying that ‘I think it’s been heavily investigated’.

In an NBC interview, the US president repeated his long-standing allegation that the FBI’s counter-intelligence investigation into his 2016 campaign was illegal.

The UN report used recordings of conversations from inside the Istanbul consulate where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed to piece together his final moments.

Yana Peel said to be co-owner of NSO, which is accused of licensing software to countries, including Saudi Arabia, that use it to spy on dissidents.

Trump administration granted the first of two authorisations on October 18, 16 days after the US journalist was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Pair detained as part of an investigation by Istanbul prosecutors into alleged spying by the Gulf state.

The previously undisclosed payments are part of an effort by Saudi Arabia to reach a long-term arrangement with family members after the journalist’s murder.

Gavin De Becker concluded his investigation into the publication in January of leaked text messages between Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, a former television anchor who the National Enquirer said Bezos was dating.

Bandar Al-Aiban, who heads Saudi Arabia’s human rights commission, says an international investigation would amount to ‘interference’.

Princess Reema bint Bandar will replace Prince Khalid bin Salman, who has named vice defence minister.