Saudi king hosts CIA chief

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman hosted the Central Intelligence Agency’s director Thursday, state media said.

The king and Gina Haspel “discussed a number of topics of mutual interest”, the official Saudi Press Agency said, without offering details.

The meeting in Riyadh was attended by a number of Saudi officials including Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and intelligence chief Khalid al-Humaidan.