Jamal Khashoggi

The United States Senate on Monday failed to override President Donald Trump's veto of legislation passed by Congress that would have blocked the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia. By a vote of 45-40, the Senate fell short of the two-thirds votes neede…

A friend of President Trump's enjoyed broad access to top administration officials in an attempt to influence and profit from U.S. energy policy towards Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, according to a new report from Democrats on the House Ove…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has failed in a bid to override a series of vetoes issued by President Donald Trump, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Trum…

(Updates with two more veto override attempts also failing) WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday failed to override President Donald Trump's vetoes of legislation passed by Congress that would have blocked the sales of certain weapons to…

Julio Cortez/AP Photo The Senate failed Monday to override President Donald Trumps veto of resolutions to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The 45-40 vote highlights the Senates ongoing struggle to hold the kingdom accountable for the murder of Saudi journ…

The day after al-Sadhan disappeared, another student, Loujain al-Hathloul, vanished as well. Enrolled at Abu Dhabis Sorbonne University campus, she got into her car after a brief meeting, never to reappear at school. A prominent activist among Saudi feminists…

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi court on Sunday postponed until December the trial of prominent Islamist preacher Salman al-Awdah, who could face the death penalty on terrorism-related charges, his son said. The public prosecutor requested the maximum penalty for…

Late Night Open Thread: The Trump / A$AP Rocky Conundrum

WHITE HOUSE - An extraordinary diplomatic dispute between the United States and Sweden has escalated with President Donald Trump alleging unfair treatment for a jailed American rap musician. Sweden is rejecting demands from Trump that it free Rakim Mayers, k…

TOKYO (AP) Japanese internet company SoftBank Group Corp. has set up a new fund for investing in technologies such as artificial intelligence. Tokyo-based SoftBank said Friday its $108 billion Vision Fund 2 includes $38 billion from SoftBank. The rest is fro…