U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONS

Trump’s First Foreign Trip as President is to Saudi Arabia

The meeting was viewed by both U.S. and Saudi officials as a success.
President Donald Trump will visit Saudi Arabia as his first foreign trip since taking office, a sign of the Kingdom's importance as an ally and trading partner to the United States.

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Society

Saudi preacher slammed for mocking women

Social-media users in Saudi Arabia have lashed out at a preacher who claimed that if women were allowed to drive they would come home late...

 

Trump's First Foreign Trip

Trump goes to Riyadh

The Saudis are planning three events for this month's Trump visit. First is a session with the king and his court, then a meeting with the...

 

Housing

1.6 million Saudis on waiting lists for government housing programme

State funds will provide seed capital but Riyadh hopes private firms and banks will provide much of the investment and bear some of the risk....

 

Ma'aden

Saudi’s Ma’aden posts 41.9% rise in first-quarter profit

Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden), the Gulf’s largest miner, posted a 41.9 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit on Sunday, beating analysts’ forecasts as...

 

Saudi-Iran

Iran threatens to leave ‘only Mecca and Medina’ untouched if Saudi Arabia does something ‘ignorant’

Iran will hit back at most of Saudi Arabia with the exception of Islam's holiest places if the kingdom does anything "ignorant," Tehran's defense minister was quoted as saying Sunday after a Saudi prince threatened to move...

 

Global Oil Markets

Saudi Arabia and Russia Signal Oil-Cuts Extension Into 2018

Saudi Arabia and Russia signaled they could extend production cuts into 2018, doubling down on an effort to eliminate a supply surplus just as its...

 

U.S.-Saudi Military Sales

Saudi Arabia, U.S. in talks on billions in arms sales – U.S. sources

One of the people with knowledge of the sales said that as planning for Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia intensified in recent weeks, the arms...

 

Saudi-US Relations

Saudi Arabia and Israel Will Be on Itinerary of Trump’s First Foreign Trip

When President Trump announced Thursday that he would visit the centers of three great religions on his first foreign trip, his advisers presented it as...

 

Trump Visit to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia says Trump visit to enhance cooperation in fighting extremism

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Thursday that an upcoming visit to the kingdom by U.S. President Donald Trump would enhance cooperation between the United...

 

U.S.-Saudi Relations

Commentary: Trump goes soft on Saudi

It’s just the latest example of how Trump—who will continue to Israel and then the Vatican—is largely shelving his incendiary campaign views about the world...

 

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Arab Portrayal

The negative portrayal of Arabs by Hollywood

Image Nation is an Abu Dhabi and China government-backed Intercontinental Communication Center (CICC) set up to jointly invest in movies and TV content produced in...

 

Trump's First Foreign Trip

Trump’s First Foreign Trip: To Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican

Trump’s team appeared to pick Saudi Arabia as a first stop in a bid to counter widespread claims the president is Islamophobic, after he spent...

 

Trump's First Foreign Trip

Perspective: Trump’s First Foreign Trip: Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican

“Our task is not to dictate to others how to live, but to build a coalition of friends and partners who share the goal of...

 

U.S. Foreign Policy

Rex Tillerson Spells Out US Foreign Policy

In a 40-minute speech, his second to the department’s staff, Tillerson refrained from discussing the administration’s proposed budget cuts. Nevertheless, he offered perhaps the most...

 

Global Oil Markets

OPEC, non-OPEC see need to extend supply-cut pact: Saudi governor

OPEC and other countries that agreed to cut crude production are converging on the need to extend the pact beyond June to help to clear...

 

Syria

Russia says US coalition banned from Syria “de-escalation zones” under no-fly deal with Iran and Turkey

ussia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish "de-escalation zones" in Syria, signing on to a Russian plan under which President Bashar Assad's air force would...

 

Iran Elections

Rouhani Boosted as Iran Speaker Challenges Rivals’ Poll Vows

President Hassan Rouhani’s reelection campaign received a boost as Iran’s influential speaker of parliament criticized spending pledges put forward by conservative rivals as unaffordable....

 

Iraq

Iraq, US in talks to keep American troop presence after IS

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is in talks with the Trump administration to keep American troops in Iraq after the fight against the Islamic State group...

 

Syrian Refugees

Syrian Refugees Not Welcome in Eastern Europe

Though the flow of Syrian refugees into Europe has slowed since 2015, hundreds of thousands of Syrians were still seeking asylum there last year. If...

 

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