Saudi Arabia continues to shore up its weapons cache by buying from UK and US supplies despite announcing sharp austerity measures in part due to a dip in oil revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday, 8 June , 2020Once famous for being tax-free, Saudi Arabia has announced it is trebling its Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 15% and cancelling the monthly living subsidy from next month.
Wednesday, 13 May , 2020on Monday, the authoritarian kingdom of Saudi Arabia sentenced five operatives to death for the grisly murder and dismemberment of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, in October, 2018.
Tuesday, 24 December , 2019US intelligence agencies will be given a month to make a formal declaration on whether Mohammed bin Salman was responsible for the murder of the Saudi dissident, Jamal Khashoggi.
Saturday, 14 December , 2019Reputation of the Saudi Crown Prince may never recover after the assassination a year ago.
Wednesday, 2 October , 2019The appointment represents the first time a member of the ruling Al Saud family has held the energy minister post in the world’s top oil exporter.
Wednesday, 11 September , 2019A Saudi prince who promised to foot the bill for a 2-year-old patient’s treatment is now being sued for millions by Boston Children’s Hospital.
Saturday, 13 April , 2019Brushing back pressure from Washington, Mohammed bin Salman escalated his crackdown on even the mildest forms of dissent with the arrests this week of at least nine intellectuals, journalists, activists and their family members, according to rights groups and a Saudi associate of the detainees.
Saturday, 6 April , 2019Abdul Qayum Rahimi the Governer of Harat province lately claimed that the Saudi Crown Prince in his latest trip to Pakistan has sealed a deal with Pakistan government to put Taliban Group into his service.
Monday, 11 March , 2019Traditionally focused on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of bin Salman has been streamlined and fine tuned to ensure that it serves his geopolitical ambitions.
Monday, 18 February , 2019Out of the public view, access to Islamabad’s nuclear and missile technology could be the main agenda item for a bilateral meeting whose reported purpose is financial support.
Wednesday, 13 February , 2019Saudi Arabia reshuffled its cabinet on Thursday in the first major change in government since the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in October.
Sunday, 30 December , 2018A murdered Saudi journalist. A scrapped Iran nuclear deal. The two events alone have undone years of diplomacy in the Middle East, testing old alliances and shaking up the regional balance of power, analysts say.
Sunday, 16 December , 2018As congress considers its reaction to the state-sponsored murder of Jamal Khashoggi, it’s important to take into account that it was not an isolated act.
Monday, 3 December , 2018US President Donald Trump has said the CIA did not conclude that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saturday, 24 November , 2018Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched a project to build Saudi Arabia’s first nuclear research reactor on Monday.
Tuesday, 6 November , 2018Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for a prominent Muslim cleric who has criticized the way the monarchy is governed, the Saudi news media and the cleric’s son said Tuesday.
Saturday, 8 September , 2018Over a dozen French lawmakers have called for an investigation into the country’s lucrative weapons sales to Saudi Arabia as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman begins a visit to Paris on Sunday.
Sunday, 8 April , 2018In an apparent reference to Iran, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says the regimes in Saudi Arabia and Israel have “a common enemy” and that they could immediately normalize their relations once the Palestine issue is resolved.
Saturday, 7 April , 2018