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US, Saudi Arabia complete counter-drone exercise in Riyadh's 'Red Sands'
The Red Sands Experimentation Center had been under discussion for some time. The US military said it would serve as an innovative approach to training and readiness between Washington and its Middle East partners
From erratic disruptor to pragmatic power player: The Iran deal reflects a ‘sea change’ in Saudi prince
The reconciliation with Iran points to an evolution of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who once compared the country's supreme leader to Hitler. The Saudi royal is now also working to mend bitter rifts with regional rivals like Qatar and Turkey
Saudi Arabia says in talks with Syria on resuming consular services
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said in February that a consensus was building in the Arab world that a new approach to Syria requiring negotiations with Damascus would be needed to address humanitarian crises
Saudi Arabia to re-establish bilateral ties with Syria
The re-establishment of ties between Riyadh and Damascus would mark the most significant development yet in moves by Arab states to normalize ties with Assad, who was shunned by many Western and Arab states after Syria's civil war began in 2011
Saudi Arabia refuses 'easy money' to Pakistan, demands economic reforms
Saudi Arabia's decision to refuse to provide any further bailouts or interest-free loans to Pakistan has left the government in Islamabad in shock and has prompted the finance minister to complain that even friendly countries aren't keen on helping Pakistan out of its economic emergency
Saudi Arabia releases US national after 16 years in prison
Saad Ibrahim Almadi, 72, was jailed for 16 years by a criminal court in 2022 and an appeals court increased his sentence to 19 years last month
Yemen: Houthi rebels and government to exchange over 880 prisoners days after Saudi Arabia & Iran renewed ties
The Houthis seized control of Yemen's capital Sanaa in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led intervention the following year and fighting that has left hundreds of thousands dead and caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crise
Desperate for Western aid, crisis-hit Pakistan to supply tanks to Ukraine
Pakistan has been supplying weapons, ammunition and artillery shells to Ukraine since the early days of the invasion by Russia. However, this will be the first time tanks will be supplied to Ukraine by a country other than its western allies
Iran's Raisi 'welcomes' invitation by Saudi king
Riyadh cut relations after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in 2016 following the Saudi execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr -- just one in a series of flashpoints between the two longstanding regional rivals
China's President Xi Jinping plays peacemaker on Russia visit
Freshly reappointed for a third term in power, Xi is pushing a greater role for China on the global stage and was crucial in mediating a surprise rapprochement between Middle Eastern rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia this month
IMF makes more demands, puts Pakistan at mercy of 'friendly' nations
Although Ishaq Dar did not name the countries concerned, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and China had pledged financial relief to Pakistan during the IMF review
With Saudi deals, US, China battle for influence in Mideast
Riyadh signed a Chinese-facilitated deal aimed at restoring diplomatic ties with its arch-nemesis Iran and then announced a massive contract to buy commercial planes from U.S. manufacturer Boeing.
With Saudi Arabia deals, US, China battle for influence in Mideast
The two announcements spurred speculation that the Saudis were laying their marker as a dominant economic and geopolitical force with the flexibility to play Beijing and Washington off each other
Explained: The Brazilian scandal involving Jair Bolsonaro and jewels from Saudi Arabia
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is in hot water over claims that he attempted to illegally import jewellery valued at millions of dollars that Saudi Arabia had given him and his wife
OPEC+ to stick to production cut, Saudi minister tells Energy Intelligence
The U.S. Senate's proposed NOPEC bill was a different concept from price caps that have been imposed by Western countries on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine, yet they had similar potential impacts on the oil market: Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz.
Pakistan Economic Crisis: Rising poverty, gun culture drive Pakistanis to violent crimes
While foreign aid had prevented Pakistan from suffering an economic crisis in the past, the current situation is different as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) imposing a host of tough conditions before considering a financial bailout
Brazil: Former President Jair Bolsonaro to hand over undeclared jewels gifted by Saudi Arabia, says report
Bolsonaro has been the target of investigations by the federal police and the Brazilian tax agency since the newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo reported that tax agents seized a package of jewels in October 2021, valued at $3.2 million
China-brokered Saudi-Iran détente is much more than a diplomatic breakthrough; it challenges US-led international order
While tying foreign policy to the apron strings of ideology may have constrained America’s hand, it presented an opportunity for China in a region where the major players have either been put off by sermonizing or been at the receiving end of western economic sanctions
From ‘Hitler’ to ‘sharing one fate’: Why Saudi-Iran pact could transform West Asia
The diplomatic rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran after years of facing off in proxy conflicts across the West Asia is a coup for China, which facilitated the agreement. And it is a relief for Tehran, which is grappling with domestic unrest and an economy waylaid by harsh sanctions
Saudi Arabia's golf case threatens to spill kingdom secrets
While Saudi Arabia is fighting the decision, insisting U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over its high officials, the ruling means lawyers for the PGA Tour would be able to question top officials about business secrets that the Saudis have held close