Saudi Arabia said evidence suggests Jamal Khashoggi’s killing was premeditated, shifting away from its assertion that the journalist died in a brawl in its latest attempt to defuse a crisis rattling the monarchy.
The kingdom’s attorney general on Thursday said information shared by Turkey as part of a continuing investigation of Mr. Khashoggi’s killing “indicates that the suspects in that incident had done their act with a prior intention.” He previously said 18 people have been detained in connection to the dissident journalist’s...