Missing Saudi Journalist
International headlines have been dominated by news of the missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He disappeared on October 2, 2018 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi was outspoken about his disappointments with the Crown Prince and Saudi leadership. Sadly, Turkish investigators have concluded Khashoggi was murdered by the Saudis and then even dismembered and taken discreetly out of the country. On October 16th, USA Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the Crown Prince and his foreign minister, but stated, “the Saudi leadership strongly denied any knowledge of what took place in their consulate in Istanbul.”
Supreme King
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud became the king and the prime minister of the Saudi kingdom in January 2015. He also became head of the royal family. Every king is deserving of an appropriate title, and this 82-year-old is called the “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.”