European nations are pressuring Saudi Arabia to give a response to a missing Saudi journalist.<br />Turkey has accused Riyadh of killing the reporter inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul - allegations the kingdom rejects.<br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… There's now more and more international pressure on the Saudis over the disappearance….<br /><br /> That's right Mark… the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany released a joint statement on Sunday saying they are treating the case with "the utmost seriousness."<br /> They demanded for what they called a "credible investigation" to establish the truth about what happened to Jamal Khashoggi and to identify those responsible for his disappearance.<br />The three countries also called for Saudi Arabia and Turkey to jointly work on the investigation and for Riyadh to give a detailed response to the murder accusation put forward by Istanbul. <br />Saudi Arabia's King Salman reportedly spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the disappearance and the countries are said to be considering establishing a "working group" to discuss the Khashoggi case.<br /> There was more pressure from the U.S. which said it is considering boycotting a major international conference in to be held in the Kingdom later this month.<br />President Trump also said Washington will inflict "severe punishment" if Riyadh is found to be responsible for the alleged death of Khashoggi. <br />U.S. lawmakers have also called for economic sanctions to be imposed on the regime.<br /> Saudi Arabia said it rejects political and economic threats, adding it will retaliate to any action with a bigger one. <br />Riyadh has continued to deny that Saudi agents killed Khashoggi inside the consulate, calling the Turkish claims lies. <br />
