MojNews- Saudi Arabia ’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by the kingdom&#۳۹;s agents who were not "authorized" to do so.

"I wouldn&#۳۹;t say that our interests are not aligned [on Khashoggi] because it implies that we killed him. We didn&#۳۹;t kill him. He was murdered by agents of the Saudi government without authorization and without permission," Adel al-Jubeir said in an interview with the President of Council of Foreign Relations Richard N. Hass on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly .

"We have launched an investigation [into the murder of Khashoggi]. Charges are filed against ۱۱ individuals, five of them are facing the death penalty. The trials began in January. They’re ongoing," he added, vehemently denying the kingdom&#۳۹;s involvement in the death of Khashoggi.