I knew more than they did," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump on many issues, told reporters. The Trump administration missed a February deadline to report to Congress on who was responsible for Khashoggi's death. The report was required after lawmakers last year triggered a provision of the 2016 Global Magnitsky human rights act requiring that a Trump administration investigation. Otherwise, Global Magnitsky will have no consequence and any administration, this one or another, can just ignore it," Menendez said. His death fuelled simmering discontent in Washington over Saudi Arabia's human rights record and heavy civilian casualties in Yemen's civil war, where a Saudi-led coalition is fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

Source: bd News24 March 05, 2019 01:07 UTC