Late journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz has asked England's top-flight league, the Premier League to block the takeover of Newcastle United by its overseas TV partner beIN Sports.

Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee pleads Premier League to block Saudi takeover

Iran and Saudi Arabia appeared no closer to bridging their differences on Saturday with both sides sticking to their positions and regional facilitator Oman seeing no breakthrough before US elections in November.

No dialogue for now as Saudis, Iranians camp on positions

'The issue of Jamal Khashoggi... really saddened us, all of us,' Ibrahim al-Assaf told AFP, a day after he was appointed foreign minister in a government reshuffle.

Saudi 'not in crisis' over Khashoggi affair: New foreign minister