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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)

Torturing human rights activists in the Arab world

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

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

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 threads needle between Trump’s Syria moves, concerns from Arab leaders with Mideast trip

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

Report: Saudi students disappear while facing Oregon charges

FILE - In this Nov.12, 2018 file photo, Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi Energy and Oil Minister, speaks at the Abu Dhabi International Exhibition & 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 "range of volatility" 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

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

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

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

Illinois Arabian horse breeder seeks deal with Saudi buyers

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

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 "historic" opportunity for Saudi women to attend an international game. After tickets for the Jan. 16 match went on sale with specified sectors for "singles" and "families" to separate men and women, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini declared that it was "a shame." 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

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 "Hasan Minhaj Day," 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 "Patriot Act" 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

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Last week, Saudi Arabia announced it has 268.5 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves, a figure 2.2 billion barrels higher than previously known.

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