TRUMP'S SAUDI VISIT

Following President Trump’s Visit, U.S.-Saudi Business and Diplomatic Ties Reach New Heights

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The two-day visit by President Trump and top members of his family and staff to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia marks a new height in the history of U.S.-Saudi diplomatic and business relations.

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Trump Saudi Visit

Trump signs ‘tremendous’ deals with Saudi Arabia on his first day overseas

President Trump made a splashy debut on the world stage here Saturday, ushering in a new era in U.S.-Saudi Arabian relations by signing a joint...

 

U.S.-Saudi Arms Sales

U.S.-Saudi Arabia Sign More Than $110B Arms Deal Amid Trump Visit

On the first stop of his inaugural foreign trip, President Donald Trump signed his name Saturday to a nearly $110 billion arms deal with Saudi...

 

Saudi-Iran

Trump Harshly Criticizes Iran During Speech In Saudi Arabia

Steve Inskeep talks to Karim Sadjadpour, Iran analyst at the Carnegie Endowment about how President Trump portrayed Iran during his remarks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...

 

Trump Saudi Visit

Perspective: Trump gets it right in Saudi Arabia

For all the sound and fury over his public remarks and tweets in Washington, President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia has been a very different...

 

Trump Visit: Criticism

The Big Problem with President Trump’s Record Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia

Much of that military hardware will likely be pressed into service in the Saudi fight against its neighbor Yemen, where more than 10,000 people have...

 

Ivanka Trump

To Saudis, President Trump has become ‘Abu Ivanka’

The top trending Twitter hashtag in Saudi Arabia on Saturday wasn’t visiting President Trump or even First Lady Melania Trump. Instead, Saudis were abuzz about...

 

Women Entrepreneurs Fund

Saudis, UAE pledge $100 million to Ivanka Trump-proposed fund

The fund, which will be run by World Bank, not Ivanka Trump, aims to provide to female entrepreneurs with financial support in the form of...

 

GE

GE announces $15 billion of business deals with Saudi Arabia

U.S. technology and engineering conglomerate GE (GE.N) said on Saturday it had signed $15 billion of business deals with Saudi Arabia as part of the...

 

Boeing

Boeing inks defense, passenger jet deal with Saudi Arabia

U.S. aerospace and defense giant Boeing said Sunday it had reached agreements to sell both military and passenger aircraft to Saudi Arabia, a move it says...

 

Oil Supply

OPEC heads towards supply cut extension as Saudi signals most on board

OPEC and other oil producers are on course to agree an extension of supply cuts at a meeting on Thursday, with Saudi Arabia saying most...

 

Saudi-Israel

Trump’s Direct Saudi-to-Israel Flight Breaks Symbolic Barrier

"It’s a direct flight," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters traveling with the president aboard Air Force One. Of the hopes for a peace...

 

Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology

Trump touches orb in Saudi, lights up internet

The new counter-terrorism center, known as Etidal, tweeted from its official account that it is designed to bring "prime technology together with Saudi expertise and...

 

Entertainment in Saudi Arabia

Trump rolls by Toby Keith concert in a golf cart with Saudi King Salman

President Trump briefly paused to take in country pop star Toby Keith perform Saturday night in the Saudi capital with Saudi King Salman....

 

Saudi Change

Saudi Arabia Experiments with Reform Amid Economic Downturn

As oil riches have declined in Saudi Arabia, the crisis has forced change in the country. Women are joining the workforce and music is even...

 

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Trump summons Muslim nations to confront ‘Islamic terror of all kinds’

President Trump delivered a forceful address here Sunday summoning the Muslim world to confront “the crisis of Islamic extremism” as he seeks to present a...

 

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In Israel, Trump urges new Middle East ‘harmony’ but faces old suspicions

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Total annihilation: Mattis maps out the path ahead against ISIS

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