U.N. team says Saudis working to undermine Khashoggi inquiry
The four-member U.N. team went to Ankara and Istanbul and their report to the U.N. Human Rights Council is due in June.
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U.N. opens an investigation into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder
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The United Nations has led 76 investigations in the past 55 years
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Trump administration's Nikki Haley to resign as U.S. ambassador to U.N.
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