The Latest: Spain joins global calls for probe on Khashoggi
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the disappearance of a Saudi writer who Turkish officials fear was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul (all times local):
3:30 p.m.
A Spanish government spokeswoman has urged Turkey and Saudi Arabia to launch an "open, transparent" investigation into the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi nearly two weeks ago.
Spain, a longtime commercial ally of the government of Riyadh, is joining growing international concern over the writer who vanished on a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.
Spanish Education Minister Isabel Celaa says that "Spain demands an open, transparent investigation," and that "freedom of speech and press freedom are pillars of democracy.