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In this July 31, 2019, photo, Temel Atacocugu, who was shot nine times during the Christchurch mosque attacks, tries on the clothes he will wear during the Hajj pilgrimage, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is among 200 survivors and relatives from the Christchurch mosque shootings who are traveling to Saudi Arabia as guests of King Salman for the Hajj pilgrimage, a trip many hope will help them to heal.(AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Hajj trip may help Christchurch mosque victims heal

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this June 22, 2018, file photo, women wait in line to ride go carts at a road safety event for female drivers launched at the Riyadh Park Mall in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has issued new laws that grant women greater freedoms by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing and controversial guardianship policy that had required male consent for a woman to travel or carry a passport. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male consent

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, holds a bilateral meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Osaka, western Japan Saturday, June 29, 2019. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. religious rights officials hit Saudis for detaining blogger

By Rachel Greenland - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, July 29, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi arms sales

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this file photo taken Saturday, March 21, 2015, members of a militia group loyal to Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, known as the Popular Committees, chew qat, Yemen's favorite drug, as they sit next to their tank, guarding a major intersection in Aden, Yemen. The United Arab Emirates, one of the most powerful parties in Yemen’s war, has begun to draw down its forces in past weeks in 2019, leaving the Saudi-led coalition with a weakened ground presence and fewer tactical options. The withdrawal of several thousand troops comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, and as the Iranian-allied Yemeni rebels known as Houthis increase their attacks on Saudi Arabia.(AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi, File)

AP Explains: How Emirates troop drawdown impacts Yemen’s war

By AYA BATRAWY and SAM MAGDY - Associated Press

Senators advance bill to punish, sanction Saudi Arabia

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

In this Dec. 5, 2014, file photo, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. speaks in Secaucus, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Senate Foreign Relations Committee renews efforts to block Saudi Arabia arms sales

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019, as he departs for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and onto Wheeling, W. Va., for a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump vetoes resolutions blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, file photo, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel D-N.Y., speaks during the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Venezuela at Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

House votes to block Saudi weapons deals despite Trump veto threat

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

This combination photo shows, from left, rapper 50 Cent, singer Janet Jackson and rapper Future who have been added to the lineup for the Jeddah World Fest, the concert in Saudi Arabia. Nicki Minaj pulled out of the concert after human rights organizations urged her to cancel her appearance. (AP Photo)

Janet, Chris Brown, 50 Cent to perform at Saudi concert

By MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019, photo, North Koreans hold cards to make an image depicting a worker and a farmer during a mass game performance of &quot;The Land of the People&quot; at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

North and South Korea to meet in 2022 World Cup qualifiers

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Press freedom group traveled to Saudi over jailed reporters

Associated Press

In this Jan. 30, 2019, photo, from left, OAS Special Representative Gustavo Tarre Briceno, Venezuelan opposition's new envoy in Washington Carlos Vecchio, Chairman Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., listen to a question from a reporter at a news conference following a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two years into President Donald Trump’s administration, the president’s allies in Congress are quietly trying to influence and even reshape his “America First” foreign policy agenda. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Foreign Affairs chairman Risch unveils bill on Saudi human rights, review of ties

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - This Nov. 6, 2017 file photo shows Nicki Minaj at the 14th Annual CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York. Minaj is pulling out a concert in Saudi Arabia because she says she wants to show support for women’s rights, gay rights and freedom of expression. She was originally scheduled to headline the concert on July 18, 2019. The Human Rights Foundation issued a statement last week, calling for Minaj and other performers to pull out of the show. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

AP Exclusive: Nicki Minaj pulls out of Saudi Arabia concert

By MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

In this Friday, July 5, 2019, file photo, Sudanese people celebrate in the streets of Khartoum after ruling generals and protest leaders announced they have reached an agreement on the disputed issue of a new governing body. The power-sharing agreement reached between Sudan’s military and pro-democracy protesters last week came after the United States and its Arab allies applied intense pressure on both sides amid fears a prolonged crisis could tip the country into civil war, activists and officials said. (AP Photo/File)

Sudanese say US pressure was key to reaching transition deal

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Army veteran Bryan Fant of Camp Hill, Pa., was in a tailspin of prescription painkillers, weight gain and depression when he discovered yoga, and turned his life around. May 21, 2019. (Dan Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP)

Army veteran transforms his life with yoga

By IVEY DEJESUS and PennLive.com - Associated Press

In this Dec. 15, 2014 photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

James Khashoggi: UN investigator pushes for more action on killing

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as they and other leaders gather for a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rebuked by many, Saudi crown prince feted at G20 summit

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the presidential Blue House, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Seoul, South Korea. Bin Salman is visiting South Korea for two days - the first time by an heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia since 1998. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP)

Saudi Arabia vows to help S. Korea if oil supplies disrupted

Associated Press

Agnes Callamard, left, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, next to Coly Seck, President of the Human Rights Council, while presenting the main findings of the inquiry into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP)

Saudi envoy blasts UN expert’s report on Khashoggi killing

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press