White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day” that President Joe Biden is reevaluating the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia in response to oil production cuts from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senate Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that even though there are a “litany” of bad actions by the “terrible regime” of Saudi Arabia, and “It wasn’t worth anything” he is “glad”
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the United States’ alliance with Saudi Arabia was “broken.”
During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, Special Presidential Coordinator for Energy Security Amos Hochstein said that he did not leave his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman around two weeks ago where energy was one of the topics
The White House on Wednesday accused the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) of siding with Russia by deciding to cut oil production.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) reacted to OPEC’s announced production cut by stating that President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia was a bad idea, and “I thought that we had to get much
Vulnerable Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Matt Cartwright has taken tens of thousands of dollars of campaign donations linked to Saudi Arabia as Democrat groups attack the previous employer of his Republican opponent for its work with the Middle Eastern country.
A stinging rebuke to the Biden administration.
Oil prices rose by almost $4 per barrel on Monday with news that OPEC+, the expanded Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that includes Russia, could announce its largest production cut in years during its meeting this week.
The German government has scrambled to wean Europe’s biggest economy off Russian oil, coal, and gas since coming to office last December.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who enjoys close relations to Russia and has overseen a reported increase in purchases of Russian oil, was “crucial” in brokering an agreement to release ten fighters captured fighting for Ukraine, Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat told the BBC on Friday.
One GOP congressman walked out on Greg Norman’s LIV meeting saying he doesn’t have time for “Saudi propaganda.”
Amin Nasser, the chief executive officer of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Saudi Aramco, said on Tuesday that cyberattacks have become one of the top threats faced by the gigantic energy corporation – a menace as threatening as natural disasters and terrorist attacks on Aramco’s physical assets.
Six Persian Gulf states have threatened Netflix with legal action if it continues broadcasting content found “offensive” to Islamic sensibilities, apparently targeting programs that show people who are gay and lesbian.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Monday that two B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable bombers flew across the Middle East on Sunday in a Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission that included fighter escort planes from the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and briefly Israel.
Officials in Saudi Arabia this week seized approximately 47 million amphetamine pills found hidden inside flour bags.
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City-owned golf course managed by former President Donald Trump’s business is expected to host a Saudi Arabia-supported women’s tournament in October, city officials said Friday.
President Joe Biden is making progress on negotiations with Iran to revive the nuclear deal previously shattered by former President Donald Trump.
Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took steps this week to restore diplomatic relations with Iran, a tacit acknowledgment that President Joe Biden’s reckless determination to restore the Iran nuclear deal will make Tehran vastly more rich and powerful, not to mention bringing it closer to deploying a nuclear umbrella.
OPEC+, a grouping that includes Saudi Arabia and its Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plus Russia, slapped President Joe Biden’s pleas for increased oil production aside with a smaller-than-expected boost for August — and production cuts are reportedly on the table for September.
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk has retained his heavyweight championship belts by winning his rematch with Anthony Joshua in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, causing the latter to have a meltdown in the ring.
A Saudi mother who was studying at a UK university was sentenced to 34 years in prison when she returned home for vacation. Her “crime” was owning a Twitter account and sharing her views on human rights.
A court in Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia sentenced a Saudi woman and adherent of Shia Islam to 34 years in prison on Monday for using her personal Twitter account to “create public turmoil and destabilize civil and national security” by re-Tweeting posts demanding the Saudi government release women’s rights activists from prison, Turkey’s Hürriyet newspaper reported on Wednesday.
When Saudi Arabia secretly murdered columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the media and politicians demanded radical changes in U.S. foreign policy; but even after Iran openly supported the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie, the Biden administration is given a pass as it persists in negotiations with the Iranian regime.
The state-run Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) announced on Sunday that it recorded a 90 percent year-on-year increase in its net income in the second quarter of 2022, amounting to a record-high profit of $48.4 billion, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping is apparently planning a visit to Saudi Arabia next week, two months after U.S. President Joe Biden’s embarrassing trip to the kingdom. The combination of the Biden debacle and Xi’s triumphant reception could signal a lasting reorientation for Saudi Arabia away from longtime ally America and toward Communist China.
A former employee of left-wing social media giant Twitter has been found guilty of using his position within the company to spy for the government of Saudi Arabia.
Reuters reported Monday that Democrat lawmakers have stalled a $100-million sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Brazil over worries about Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s “Trump-like questioning of voting integrity ahead of Brazil’s Oct. 2 election.”
Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced record-high selling prices for crude oil to Asian buyers. The remarkably high increase of 50 cents per barrel was still lower than some forecasts, which anticipated up to $1.50 per barrel.
The tiny increase is being described as an insult to President Biden.
The United States has approved a $3.05 billion sale of Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia in the wake of President Joe Biden’s visit to the country.
(AFP) – Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, accepted a £1 million ($1.19 million, 1.21 million euro) donation to his charitable trust from the family of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, The Sunday Times reported.
TNT analyst and former NBA star Charles Bakley has ended his contract flirtation with the Saudi-backed LIV golf league, the New York Post reports.
Sports broadcaster Bob Costas said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day” that former President Donald Trump does not care about American democracy because he is hosting an event for the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour at his Bedminster Golf Club.
The “Mirror Line” – a proposed 75-mile-long twin skyscraper metropolis in arid northwest Saudi Arabia – will liberate its proposed 5 million residents “from roads, cars, and emissions,” according to the Saudi Press Agency this week.
Charles Barkley is sick and tired of people complaining about Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses and is urging people to direct their criticisms at the United States instead.
The Kremlin revealed on Thursday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known commonly as MBS, held a phone conversation with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to discuss “stability” in global oil markets, a week after leftist American President Joe Biden visited Riyadh to, reportedly, request the Saudis consider increasing production.
Last week, Charles Barkley said f-you to those who don’t support gays. This week he might join a golf league backed by the anti-gay Saudis.
An Israeli journalist sparked an outcry after a main news station aired an item showing him violating the ban on non-Muslims and sneaking into the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, to film the Haj pilgrim.
A former Twitter employee accused of spying on political dissidents for the Saudi Arabian government while working for the social media platform is set to stand trial this week in a San Francisco federal court.
