This ‘lost da Vinci masterpiece’ cost $450 million. Why is it being kept hidden?

This ‘lost da Vinci masterpiece’ cost $450 million. Why is it being kept hidden?

It’s the most expensive painting ever sold at auction,but the Salvator Mundi is nowhere to be seen after a clash between its owners and the Louvre museum.

  • byDavid D. Kirkpatrick andElaine Sciolino

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Price ‘too high’ to penalise Saudi Crown Prince over Khashoggi murder

Price ‘too high’ to penalise Saudi Crown Prince over Khashoggi murder

A new “Khashoggi ban” will restrict US visas for those who harass,detain or harm dissidents and journalists around the world. But it won’t apply to MBS.

  • byDavid E. Sanger
US implicates Saudi Crown Prince in Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

US implicates Saudi Crown Prince in Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince likely approved an operation to kill or capture a US-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,according to a newly declassified US intelligence report.

  • byEric Tucker andAamer Madhani
Saudi Arabia'tried to target critic'living in Norway exile

Saudi Arabia'tried to target critic'living in Norway exile

A 10-man security team with diplomatic immunity was deployed to target a critic of Mohammad bin Salman,according to Norwegian media.

  • byJames Rothwell
Human rights offenders to be barred from Australia under Magnitsky-style laws
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Human rights offenders to be barred from Australia under Magnitsky-style laws

"The big question is what to do about China,which will be the big challenge,"said billionaire-turned-activist Bill Browder.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Jared Kushner heading to Saudi Arabia,Qatar as regional tensions rise

Jared Kushner heading to Saudi Arabia,Qatar as regional tensions rise

Kushner's trip comes after the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran by unidentified assailants.

  • bySteve Holland
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Saudi Arabia hosts women’s rights summit? Yes,it's a whitewash

Saudi Arabia hosts women’s rights summit? Yes,it's a whitewash

Delegates at the W20 Summit,from Australia and around the world,should refuse to support Saudi Arabia’s charade while it incarcerates women who campaign for freedom.

  • byHiba Zayadin
Talk of'historic'Middle East breakthroughs is premature

Talk of'historic'Middle East breakthroughs is premature

The Gulf monarchies never supported the Palestinian cause in order to make money or gain friends.

  • byMaher Mughrabi
Saudi Arabia issues final verdicts over Jamal Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia issues final verdicts over Jamal Khashoggi killing

A court has jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Ex-Saudi intel officer accuses Mohammed bin Salman of ordering his assassination

Ex-Saudi intel officer accuses Mohammed bin Salman of ordering his assassination

Saad Aljabri said"there is virtually no one that Defendant bin Salman wants dead"more than him because of his relationship with the American government.

  • bySpencer S. Hsu andShane Harris
Saudis working with China on nuclear fuel:spy agencies

Saudis working with China on nuclear fuel:spy agencies

Intelligence agencies have identified a newly completed,undeclared,structure near a solar-panel production area near Riyadh.

  • byMark Mazzetti,David E. Sanger andWilliam J. Broad