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The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, United States intelligence agencies concluded. The four-page report confirmed the long-suspected view that the 35-year-old prince had a personal hand in the violent murder of …

Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has not spoken publicly about the killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The CIA and some Western governments have said he ordered it, but Saudi officials say he had no role. The death sparked a global uproar, tarnishing the crown …