US says asking for information on missing Saudi journalist

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The US State Department is monitoring and seeking information on the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a US official said on Wednesday, a day after his fiancee reported he had failed to emerge from a meeting at the Saudi mission in Istanbul.

“We are closely following reports of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and continue to seek information,” a State Department official said.

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