Saudi Arabia threatens retaliation as criticism mounts over treatment of missing journalist
Saudi Arabia yesterday hinted at economic retaliation over mounting international criticism of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as its stock exchange suffered its worst losses in years. Shares plunged as much as 7 per cent as US President Donald Trump promised "severe punishment", and the foreign ministers of the UK, France and Germany issued a joint statement calling for a "credible investigation" into Mr Khashoggi's fate. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and his German and French counterparts said “light must be shed” on Mr ...
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