#AFPgraphics on the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2018 that shocked the world
#BREAKING Turkey court confirms transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia: AFP
#UPDATE Turkish court halts trial in absentia of 26 suspects in the killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi and its transfer to Riyadh.
"We decided to halt and hand over the case to Saudi Arabia," judge says. The journalist was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018
#BREAKING Khashoggi fiancee says will appeal transfer of murder trial to Saudi Arabia
#UPDATE Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Saudi critic Jamal #Khashoggi, said Thursday she would appeal a Turkish court's decision to hand to Saudi Arabia a case involving 26 suspects linked to his killing u.afp.com/wh5Q
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#BREAKING EU's Von der Leyen, Borrell say they are en route to Kyiv
#UPDATE European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Friday that she was en route to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv alongside the bloc's diplomatic chief Josep Borrell.
"Looking forward to Kyiv," Von der Leyen wrote on Twitter
#BREAKING Japan says expelling eight Russian diplomats, officials
#BREAKING Israeli security services kill Tel Aviv gunman: official
#UPDATE Israeli security services Friday killed a gunman who shot dead two people and wounded several more in the coastal city of Tel Aviv.
"The terrorist who carried out yesterday's armed attack in Tel Aviv has been located and neutralised," officials said
#UPDATE Israeli police said on Friday they had shot dead a Palestinian gunman who killed two people and wounded several others in Tel Aviv sparking an overnight manhunt, the latest in a surge of violence u.afp.com/whfh
Early morning thunderstorms forced a 30-minute delay to Thursday's start of the opening round of the 86th #Masters, pushing back the return of Tiger Woods to major golf u.afp.com/whSB#AFPSports#TheMasters
#UPDATE Honorary starters Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and newcomer Tom Watson struck ceremonial tee shots on Thursday to signal the start of the 86th #Masters golf tournament at Augusta National u.afp.com/whTf#AFPSports#TheMasters
#UPDATE Tiger Woods, 14 months on from a car crash that left him with injuries so severe he feared he might lose his lower right leg, was set to launch his boldest #Masters bid yet Thursday as play began at Augusta National u.afp.com/whTM#AFPSports#TheMasters
#BREAKING Yemen's president transfers power to new leadership council: state media
#UPDATE Yemen's president forms a new council to lead the war-wracked country, state media report, a major shake-up in the coalition battling Huthi rebels.
"I irreversibly delegate to this presidential leadership council my full powers," President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi says
#UPDATE Yemen's president on Thursday announced he was handing his powers to a new leadership council, in a major shake-up in the coalition battling Huthi rebels as a fragile ceasefire takes hold u.afp.com/whS3