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In this Dec. 15, 2014, photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Saudi state media said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, that suspects in the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have attended their first court hearing. The state-run Saudi Press Agency said that prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for five of the 11 who were at the hearing. The brief statement did not name the suspects. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Khashoggi case, others prove Saudi Arabia is torturing human rights

By Tim Constantine and Khalid Al-Jaber

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2018 file photo, AC Milan's Gonzalo Higuain, right, talks with Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini, during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus, at Milan's San Siro stadium.The Italian Super Cup is normally looked upon as little more than a friendly, the traditional curtain-raiser to a season. But this year it is being played against a backdrop of political outrage and protests. Italian politicians and human rights activists have objected to the game being played in Saudi Arabia, citing the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italian Super Cup to be played against backdrop of protests

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Report: Saudi students disappear while facing Oregon charges

By SHANE DIXON KAVANAUGH - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is greeted by Saudi's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, during his Middle East tour. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Mike Pompeo’s Mideast trip a string of tricky geopolitical challenges

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, arrive at the Sheraton Grand in Doha, Qatar to hold a joint press conference, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Mike Pompeo: U.S. wants accountability for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2019, file photo, defending champion Dustin Johnson plays his shot from the first tee during the final round of the Tournament of Champions golf event at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. Johnson is among top players scheduled for a new golf tournament in Saudi Arabia at the end of January. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Uneasy twosome: Golf and politics at Saudi Arabia tournament

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov.12, 2018 file photo, Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi Energy and Oil Minister, speaks at the Abu Dhabi International Exhibition &amp; Conference, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Al-Falih said Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi that he's not happy with the &quot;range of volatility&quot; seen over the past two to three years. Cautious not to set a price target or range for oil, he explained there are consequences when energy prices dip too low or rise too high. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Saudi energy minister concerned about oil price volatility

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Alqunun, the 18-year old Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum, remains in Thailand under the care of the U.N. refugee agency as she awaits a decision by a third country to accept her as a refugee. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Saudi woman fleeing alleged abuse heads for asylum in Canada

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Immigration Bureau, Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, foreground walks by Chief of Immigration Police Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, right, before leaving the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. A Saudi woman who says she is fleeing abuse by her family and wants asylum in Australia has sent out desperate pleas for help over social media. Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, began posting on Twitter late Saturday after her passport was taken away when she arrived on a flight from Kuwait. (Immigration police via AP)

Thai, Saudi officials meet over case of young Saudi woman

By Tassanee Vejpongsa and Trevor Marshallsea - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, photo released by Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun/Human Rights Watch, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunan views her mobile phone as she sits barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Alqunan says she is fleeing abuse by her family and wants asylum in Australia. (Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun/Human Rights Watch via AP)

Thai police say they won’t deport Saudi woman seeking asylum

By Grant Peck and Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Illinois Arabian horse breeder seeks deal with Saudi buyers

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Saudi state media said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, that suspects in the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have attended their first court hearing. The state-run Saudi Press Agency said that prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for five of the 11 who were at the hearing. The brief statement did not name the suspects. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Saudi Arabia says 5 face death penalty in Khashoggi killing

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 14, 2018 filer, Saudi women sit in the stands ahead of the group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia which opens the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia. Facing increasing criticism by government members over the decision to play the Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, Serie A's president is hailing the match as a &quot;historic&quot; opportunity for Saudi women to attend an international game. After tickets for the Jan. 16 match went on sale with specified sectors for &quot;singles&quot; and &quot;families&quot; to separate men and women, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini declared that it was &quot;a shame.&quot; There had already been calls for the game to be moved after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File )

Status of women at Italian game in Saudi Arabia criticized

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

In this May 10, 2017, file photo, Muslim-American comedian Hasan Minhaj cracks jokes for the audience after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed May 10th as &quot;Hasan Minhaj Day,&quot; at Gracie Mansion, in New York. In December 2018, Netflix is facing criticism for pulling an episode, from viewing in Saudi Arabia of Minhaj's &quot;Patriot Act&quot; that lambasted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi and the Saudi-led war in Yemen. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Netflix criticized for yanking comedian Hasan Minhaj’s episode in Saudi Arabia

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 2, the "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018," in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump: Saudi Arabia will rebuild Syria

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this undated photograph released Aug. 19, 2018 by the state-run Emirates News Agency (WAM) on behalf of the Saudi-funded Masam anti-mine operation, an unidentified de-miner uncovers a mine near Marib, Yemen. Land mines scattered by Yemen’s Houthi rebels will remain a threat even if the latest negotiations succeed in halting the civil war. While the Houthis’ firing of ballistic missiles deep into Saudi Arabia has drawn the most attention, their widespread use of mines within Yemen represents a risk for generations to come in the Arab world’s poorest country. Yemen is also littered with unexploded cluster munitions and bombs dropped by the Saudi-led coalition, including some made in the United States. (WAM via AP)

Land mines will be hidden killer in Yemen decades after war

By JON GAMBRELL and MALAK HARB - Associated Press

Hostesses in black robes and headscarves give instructions to foreign visitors trying out a simulator at a Formula-E race on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. Men and women mingled freely during the event, a scene that would have been unthinkable in the ultra-conservative kingdom until recently. (AP Photo/Karin Laub)

Saudi prince’s reform: Car race, concerts, but no criticism

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

The Damascus sky lights up missile fire as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the capital early Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

In 2019, Mideast economic troubles loom as wars wind down

By KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

UAE backs Saudi rebuke of US Senate over Khashoggi killing

Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2011, file photo, Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks on his cellphone at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Saudi Arabia issued an unusually strong rebuke of the U.S. Senate on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, rejecting a bipartisan resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on the Saudi crown prince and describing it as interference in the kingdom's affairs. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Saudi Arabia rejects U.S. Senate’s ‘interference’ in kingdom

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press