Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal asks Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for a thorough explanation of his visit.

A veteran journalist calls the trip an 'embarrassment' but thinks the storm will subside after Anwar's trip to China.

Washington federal judge John Bates accepts a US government's stance that Prince Mohammed, who was designated prime minister of Saudi Arabia in September, enjoys immunity in US courts as a foreign head of state.

Biden has endured criticism at home by traveling to Saudi Arabia in June and fist-bumping its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, despite earlier vowing to make him a pariah over human rights.

They say the crown prince's appointment as prime minister last week ensures him immunity from prosecution.

His new role as prime minister is in line with the king's previous delegation of duties to him, including representing the kingdom on foreign visits and chairing summits hosted by the kingdom, a Saudi official says.

On a trip to reset relations with a country he had called a pariah after Khashoggi's killing in 2018, Biden said the crown prince denied involvement in the murder and said he had held those responsible to account.

Saad al-Jabri also accuses Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of sending a hit squad to kill him in October 2018.

Mohammed bin Nayef, long seen as the CIA's most trusted Saudi ally, has not been seen in public since his detention in March last year.

In a major policy last week, the Islamic affairs ministry said the speakers should be set at no more than one-third of their maximum volume.

Multiple Israeli officials were quoted as saying that Mohammed bin Salman and the head of the Mossad spy agency met Pompeo and Mohammed bin Salman in the city of Neom.

Cengiz and human rights group DAWN said they filed the suit in Washington federal court because they saw no chance for justice in Saudi Arabia.