Saudi senior scholars praise king's decisions on Khashoggi death

Reuters

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, on Saturday said the king's decisions on the death of Jamal Khashoggi "achieve justice and equality in accordance with Islamic law", according to a statement on state news agency SPA. Saudi Arabia has admitted that Khashoggi, a prominent journalist, died in a fight inside its Istanbul consulate - after two weeks of denials that it had anything to do with his disappearance - and dismissed five officials over the incident. (Reporting By Hadeel Al Sayegh; Writing by Stephen Kalin; Editing by Angus MacSwan)