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The latest news on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, including Saudi Arabian political news and updates.
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31 Aug 1985
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Southern Transitional Council security personnel guard a checkpoint in Aden, Yemen, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Saudi Arabia

US allies Saudi Arabia, UAE risk a split in Middle East over competing visions

A ‘new order’ is emerging as Abu Dhabi-backed separatist allies clash with pro-Riyadh governments in the region.

Middle East

Saudi-UAE rivalry explodes into view after strike in war-torn Yemen

Middle East

Saudi Arabia sets executions record in 2025, putting 356 people to death

China-Middle East relations

Why Saudi Arabia might not fulfil its US spending pledge, and the China factor

Analysts say Riyadh’s investment target of nearly US$1 trillion may not be feasible – and it’s more about optics than a binding commitment.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets US President Donald Trump in Washington on November 18. They announced that Riyadh had pledged investments of nearly US$1 trillion in the US. Photo: TNS
Saudi Arabia

No phones and cameras: inside Saudi’s discreet expansion of booze sales

The kingdom’s only outlet that sells liquor has expanded access to rich expatriates, marking a bold shift in Riyadh’s social policies.

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China-Middle East relations

China and Saudi Arabia pledge deeper hi-tech cooperation despite US pressure

Mohammed bin Salman says the kingdom will work with Beijing in areas ranging from oil to AI to bring ‘greater benefits’ to both countries.

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Middle East

Opinion | Why Gulf region’s dreams of aviation domination are built on sand

While Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Istanbul’s plans are already aggressively ambitious, Saudi Arabia’s extravagant vision seems like something from fantasyland.

A plane prepares for take-off at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 05, 2023.
Singapore

Saudi adviser lauds parallels with Singapore in modernisation efforts

Mohammed Khalid Alyahya cites the late Singaporean leader’s pragmatic and results-driven governance as a template for Saudi Arabia’s ambitions.

Saudi Arabia

The China factor behind Trump’s decision to upgrade Saudi air power

The deal swaps F-35 jets for ‘guardrails’ on Chinese tech in the Gulf, analysts say – with Israel assured its military edge is safe.

Donald Trump

Khashoggi’s widow and Democrats demand release of ‘shocking’ Trump-Saudi call

The call with the Saudi crown prince after Khashoggi’s killing involved a quid pro quo, US congressman Eugene Vindman says.

Hanan Elatr Khashoggi, the wife of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, speaks at a news conference in Washington on Friday. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

White House defends Trump calling a female reporter ‘piggy’

White House press secretary said Trump ‘gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information’.

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on November 14. Photo: AFP
United States

Trump urges broadcast regulator to revoke ABC licences over Khashoggi query

Trump’s suggestion to the FCC came after a reporter questioned Saudi Arabia’s crown prince about the 2018 killing of a Washington Post columnist.

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Africa

Trump vows to end Sudan war, in sudden pivot thanks to Saudi crown prince

The US president condemned ‘tremendous atrocities’ in the conflict, which he admitted was previously ‘not on my charts’.

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Donald Trump

Ronaldo, Musk attend Trump’s White House dinner with Saudi crown prince

Elon Musk was among business titans invited to the gala dinner, as tensions with Donald Trump thaw.

US President Donald Trump speaks during the dinner in the East Room of the White House. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

Trump attacks female reporters, who he called ‘piggy’ and ‘terrible’

US president lashes ABC News and Bloomberg reporters in the Oval Office and on Air Force One.

US President Donald Trump points to a reporter as he meets Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office. Photo: AP
United States

Trump defends Saudi crown prince on deal-making US trip

US president warmly welcomes Mohammed bin Salman on his first White House visit in seven years, and defends him on journalist’s murder.

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Saudi Arabia

Trump says planning to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

The decision, announced ahead of a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, could impact Israel’s ‘qualitative military edge’.

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Donald Trump

Trump to host Saudi crown prince for AI and nuclear talks next month

Salman’s first US visit since 2018 potentially includes Israel normalisation talks and follows Trump’s US$600 billion Middle East deal in May.

US President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during an arrival ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in May. Photo: AP
India-Pakistan tensions

Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact tests India’s Gulf outreach

Analysts say the deal exposes the limits of New Delhi’s ambitions in a region where Beijing is also deepening its economic and military ties.

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China-Middle East relations

New Saudi-Pakistan pact signals evolving alliances amid rising US-China tension

Riyadh looking to ‘put its eggs in different baskets’ given doubts over US commitment in the region, analysts say.

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Pakistan

Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact sends nuclear umbrella signal to Israel

Pakistan has also called for a military alliance of Arab and Islamic states modelled after Nato amid rising regional tensions.

A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, which can carry nuclear warheads, on display during a military parade in Islamabad in 2018. Photo: AP
Middle East

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign defence pact amid growing wariness over US

An Israeli attack on Qatar last week has heightened concerns about Washington’s reliability as a security guarantor in the region.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace at the signing of a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. Photo: Saudi Press Agency via Reuters
Middle East

Israel will keep targeting Hamas leaders despite anger over Doha strike: consul

‘They’ll get over it’, the Israeli ambassador to the US says in response to global anger over the air strikes that killed five Hamas members.

China technology

Opinion | For China and the Middle East, a Space Silk Road is written in the stars

Traditionally reliant on the US, Arab countries are turning to Beijing as relations with Washington sour over the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

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Middle East

‘Scared every morning’: Saudi Arabia’s executions hit record high, Amnesty says

Saudi Arabia executed 345 people last year, mainly for drug offences, despite Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s pledge to limit death penalties to homicides.

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Saudi executions hit record high, driven by drug offences, despite i Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reform claims, Amnesty warns. Photo: AP
Indonesia

Indonesia, Saudi Arabia ink deals worth US$27 billion with eye on clean energy

Trade between the two countries amounted to around US$31.5 billion in the last five years.

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Riyadh city in Saudi Arabia. Indonesia and Saudi Arabia also agreed to bolster cooperation in the supply of crude oil and its derivatives and improve supply chains and their sustainability in the energy field. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years in prison

Turki Al-Jasser ran a personal blog from 2013 to 2015 and was well known for his articles on the Arab spring, women’s rights, and corruption.

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Middle East

Israel and Iran unleash more strikes, deepening Middle East crisis

Israel targets Iran’s Defence Ministry headquarters; Tehran launches deadly missile strikes.

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