The BRICS economic and security coalition announced on Thursday that it would accept six new countries as members – notably including both Iran and Saudi Arabia, bitter rivals who set aside their differences in March as a result of talks brokered by China.
Nearly half of Palestinians view the Abraham Accords, President Donald Trump’s peace agreements between Israel and several Arab nations, positively, according to a poll by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on Monday accusing Saudi Arabian border guards of systematically murdering hundreds of Ethiopian migrants between March 2022 and June 2023. HRW noted that if the allegations are proven, they would constitute a “crime against humanity.”
Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, certainly the worst of President Joe Biden’s unforced errors in foreign policy and arguably among the worst in the history of the American presidency.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that their countries remain “trustworthy and reliable friends.”
Saudi Arabia hosted representatives of over 40 countries – including Argentina, Egypt, and South Korea – this weekend for talks meant to find an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Notably absent from the guest list was the invading country, Russia.
Muslim-majority nations expressed outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. Some prepared for street demonstrations.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed two contracts with Turkey’s Baykar corporation on Tuesday to acquire combat drones, the latest in a series of big sales for Baykar as the low cost and outstanding performance of its weapons in Ukraine pique the interest of governments around the world.
Asset management giant BlackRock announced on Monday that it had named the CEO of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, to its board of directors.
United Nations votes to adopt resolution on Qur’an burning at ‘urgent meeting’ convened for Pakistan, a cheerleader for global blasphemy laws
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) excoriated PGA Tour executives for their alleged hypocrisy amid the Saudi-backed LIV Golf merger.
An ESG loophole led investors to pile billions of dollars into Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, whose chief executive has criticized ESG investing.
Randall Stephenson, a member of the PGA Tour’s policy board, has resigned, claiming it was due to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf merger.
The Saudi Royal Family is preparing to launch a multibillion-dollar agency to invest in U.S. sports franchises, according to reports.
Saudi Arabia and Russia, both members of the OPEC+ oil cartel and the two largest oil exporters in the world, announced deeper production cuts on Monday to push worldwide market prices higher. The cuts added up to a 1.5% reduction in the global supply of oil.
A gunman and a security guard were killed in a shooting Wednesday at the American consulate in Saudi Arabia.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) convened the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC) in Tianjin, China on Tuesday. The AMNC is billed as the “Summer Davos Forum,” a nod to the main WEF conclave held each January in Davos, Switzerland.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman boasted in an interview with the Discovery Channel this week that his flagship infrastructure project, the future city of Neom, will “compete with Miami” and help “create a new civilization for tomorrow.”
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed support to Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Tuesday following the bizarre events of this weekend, when the head of the Wagner mercenary group threatened to march into Moscow and take over the Defense Ministry.
Qatar’s government-owned Investment Authority now has a minority stake in the Washington Wizards, the Washington Capitals, and the Washington Mystics.
LIV Golf will reportedly compensate PGA Tour loyalists who spurned Saudi cash prior to the merger between the two golf leagues.
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has been banned in several Middle Eastern countries after it was revealed that the animated superhero movie promotes the transgender agenda, specifically gender reassignment for children.
Jay Monahan, commissioner for the PGA Tour, has taken a leave of absence for a medical condition just days following the merger with LIV.
After meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping announced a new “Chinese-Palestinian strategic partnership,” and presented China as an impartial broker for peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. Xi’s foreign minister Qin Gang said a dash of “Chinese wisdom” might be just what the stalled “peace process” needs.
The Chinese state newspaper Global Times proclaimed on Monday that China’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is in a “‘honeymoon’ period” following the deterioration of U.S.-Saudi relations under leftist President Joe Biden, citing the successful culmination of a Saudi-Chinese trade event this weekend reportedly resulting in $10 billion in deals.
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said he “ignore[s]” concerns about the growing friendship between his country and China.
The Washington Post on Thursday said it was in possession of a purportedly classified document, among the many such items exposed by “Discord Leaker” Jack Teixeira, that captured Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) expressing his extreme frustration with the Biden administration and vowing “major economic consequences for Washington.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said that President Joe Biden visiting Saudi Arabia after vowing to make them a pariah “sends kind of a message that if you have
The shock announcement on Tuesday that golf’s elite PGA Tour would merge with its Saudi rival LIV Golf prompted a wave of outrage and concern that Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s most prolific human rights abusers, was succeeding in a quest to use sports to polish its public image.
After agreeing that supporting LIV Golf was akin to supporting terrorism, PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan is now apologizing to 9/11 family members
PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy did not take LIV’s money and doesn’t like them at all. And after news of the PGA Tour-LIV merger on Tuesday, none of that has changed.
Professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau, one of the first big names to sign up for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, on Tuesday’s “CNN Primetime” broadcast addressed Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses by saying “nobody is perfect.” Discussing the PGA Tour merger with
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday local time for the first of his major engagements in Saudi Arabia, reportedly discussing, among other issues, “progress on human rights” and “clean energy.”
On Tuesday’s edition of CBS’s “America Decides,” CBS News Senior White House and Political Correspondent Ed O’Keefe and CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Nancy Cordes stated that the White House punting on the merger between the PGA Tour and
Saudi Arabia could be selling the EU Russian oil products at a major markup, effectively undermining the bloc’s sanctions, an MEP has suggested.
the PGA Tour has decided to merge with LIV Golf, their Saudi-backed rival which is funded by an investment group run by the Saudi prince.
Socialist Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro became the latest anti-American leader to forge ties with Saudi Arabia, receiving a warm welcome on Monday from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah the day before American Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive there.
Saudi Arabia announced a million-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil production cut on Sunday that would begin in July, a policy change following a meeting of the OPEC+ oil cartel in which several members failed to meet their production quotas and one, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced a production increase.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday announced that it quietly withdrew from a U.S.-led security coalition called the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) two months ago.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Saudi Arabia on Friday for meetings with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and an address to the League of Arab States, holding its summit this weekend.
