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Biden, Saudi king speak ahead of Khashoggi murder report
The White House said that Biden and the 85-year-old king emphasised the countries' security ties and 'the US commitment to help Saudi Arabia defend its...
Hatice Cengiz claims personal injury and financial losses over Khashoggi's death, while DAWN said its operations and objectives were hampered by the loss of its founder and central figure.
But analysts say the murder stain will be hard to wash off, especially as a government crackdown on state critics continues two years after the killing.
Eight unnamed defendants were handed jail terms of between seven and 20 years in a verdict that comes after journalist Jamal Khashoggi's sons "pardoned" the killers in May, paving the way for a less severe punishment.
Jamal Khashoggi, 59, a commentator who wrote for 'The Washington Post', was killed after he entered the Saudi consulate on 2 October 2018, to obtain paperwork for his wedding to Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz.
Saudi Arabia is seeking to use glitzy sporting extravaganzas as an instrument of soft power in its push for regional supremacy as well as to project a moderate image of a country long seen as an exporter of jihadist ideology.
Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after going to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, 2018, to obtain documents for his planned wedding. His body was reportedly dismembered and removed from the building and his remains have not been found.
Khashoggi, a 'Washington Post' contributor, was murdered in October last year in what Riyadh called a 'rogue' operation, tipping the kingdom into one of its worst diplomatic crises and tarnishing the reputation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
'The court issued death sentences on five men who directly took part in the killing,' the prosecutor said in a statement.
Here is a summary of events in the year since journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate, an affair that shook the world.
Agnes Callamard, a UN special rapporteur who concluded that Khashoggi's death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October was 'an extrajudicial execution' by the Gulf kingdom, criticised the United States over its inaction.
Despite the international uproar over the murder, Trump has maintained friendly ties with the crown prince, and showered him with praise during the meeting on Saturday.
The young royal has faced international pressure after US-based writer was killed and dismembered in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul last year.
Independent rights expert said Antonio Guterres should launch an international criminal investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October.
Turkish officials were the first to report the murder and have continued to press Saudi Arabia for information on the whereabouts of his dismembered body, which has yet to be found.
The kingdom's public prosecutor last November indicted 11 unnamed suspects, including five who could face the death penalty over the murder.
Dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered 2 October in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a team of 15 agents sent from Riyadh.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, was killed on 2 October by Saudi agents during a visit to his country’s consulate in Istanbul.
US intelligence agencies believe Crown Prince Mohammed ordered an operation to kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.