US Secretary of State on Wednesday met Turkey's president and foreign minister to discuss the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Mike Pompeo held separate meetings in Ankara with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, each lasting around 40 minutes. No details about the talks were immediately released.
Mr Khashoggi, a fierce critic of his government, vanished on October 2 when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to collect documents he needed for his planned marriage.
Mr Cavusoglu said Turkey hoped to enter the Saudi consul's residence on Wednesday. Speaking from the airport in Ankara, Mevlut Cavusoglu said talks with Mr Pompeo were "beneficial and fruitful".
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Mr Pompeo's brief visit to Turkey followed talks on Tuesday with the Saudi king, crown prince and foreign minister in Riyadh. He said the Saudi leaders denied any knowledge of what took place in their Istanbul consulate and promised a serious and credible investigation. Turkish police did not search the Saudi consul's Istanbul residence on Tuesday, officers at the scene said, because Saudi officials were not able to join.
"In each of those meetings I stressed the importance of them conducting a complete investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi. They made a commitment to do that," he told reporters travelling with him after boarding the plane for Ankara.
"They said it would be a thorough, complete and transparent investigation," he said. "They indicated they understood that getting that done in a timely, rapid fashion so they could begin to answer important questions."
Earlier, President Donald Trump gave Saudi Arabia the benefit of the doubt in Mr Khashoggi's disappearance, while US lawmakers pointed the finger at the Saudi leadership and Western pressure mounted on Riyadh to provide answers.
"They made no exceptions to who they would hold accountable. They were very clear: they understand the important of this issue, they are determined to get to the bottom of it," Mr Pompeo said of King Salman and the crown prince.
Meanwhile the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday its managing director Christine Lagarde is deferring her trip to the Middle East.
The foreign ministers from the G-7 group issued a statement saying they are very troubled by Mr Khashoggi's disappearance and those responsible must be held to account. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK encouraged Turkish-Saudi collaboration.
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Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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German intelligence warnings
- 2002: "Hezbollah supporters feared becoming a target of security services because of the effects of [9/11] ... discussions on Hezbollah policy moved from mosques into smaller circles in private homes." Supporters in Germany: 800
- 2013: "Financial and logistical support from Germany for Hezbollah in Lebanon supports the armed struggle against Israel ... Hezbollah supporters in Germany hold back from actions that would gain publicity." Supporters in Germany: 950
- 2023: "It must be reckoned with that Hezbollah will continue to plan terrorist actions outside the Middle East against Israel or Israeli interests." Supporters in Germany: 1,250
Source: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
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What: India v Afghanistan, first Test
When: Starts Thursday
Where: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengalaru
Crops that could be introduced to the UAE
1: Quinoa
2. Bathua
3. Amaranth
4. Pearl and finger millet
5. Sorghum
Business Insights
- As per the document, there are six filing options, including choosing to report on a realisation basis and transitional rules for pre-tax period gains or losses.
- SMEs with revenue below Dh3 million per annum can opt for transitional relief until 2026, treating them as having no taxable income.
- Larger entities have specific provisions for asset and liability movements, business restructuring, and handling foreign permanent establishments.
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