Government threat against critics living abroad is seriously misguided and likely to harm its image even more

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman has told US President Joe Biden that Saudi Arabia has acted to prevent a repeat of mistakes such as the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and that the United States had also made mistakes, especially in Iraq, a Saudi official said.

Jamal Khashoggi's final words were "I can't breathe," CNN says, citing a source who has read the transcript of an audio tape of the final moments before the journalist's murder.

A senior Saudi prince casts doubt upon the reported CIA finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, saying the agency could not be counted on to reach a credible conclusion.