10 things you need to know today: October 15, 2018

Saudi Arabia vows to retaliate against any sanctions over missing journalist, Trump heads to Florida to see hurricane damage, and more

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1. Saudi Arabia vows retaliation against any sanctions

Saudi Arabia on Sunday threatened retaliation if President Trump follows through with a threat to inflict "severe punishment" on the kingdom if it is proven responsible for the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Turkey says it has evidence that Saudi agents killed Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, when he went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get a document he needed to get married. Saudi King Salman reportedly has ordered an internal investigation. Khashoggi's disappearance prompted a growing list of attendees and sponsors to drop out of this month's "Davos in the Desert" investor conference in Riyadh. The Saudi stock exchange fell by 4 percent before bouncing back with a 2 percent rise on Monday.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.