US Secretary of State Tillerson speaks to Saudi counterpart Adel-al-Jubeir

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has spoken to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir about the situation in Saudi Arabia, where a crackdown on corruption has led to dozens of arrests. 

A US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert yesterday said the US charge d'affairs in Riyadh met on Wednesday



with Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanese prime minister while in Saudi Arabia. Asked about reports Hariri was being held in the kingdom, Nauert declined to say where the meeting took place or to elaborate on Hariri's status. She described the talks as sensitive, private, diplomatic conversations.