PRINCE KHALED BIN SALMAN

New York Times Profiles New Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Prince Khaled bin Salman

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The New York Times published a profile and interview with Saudi Arabia's new Ambassador to the United States Prince Khaled bin Salman and the significant role the young prince will play in the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic and economic relationship.

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Oil Supply

Saudi Arabia Pushes OPEC on New Tack to Curb Oil Supplies

OPEC has cut nearly one million barrels a day of oil output in the past year. But that isn’t how the global crude market sees...

 

Prince Khaled bin Salman

He’s 28, a Prince and Representing a Kingdom: Meet Washington’s Newest Ambassador

Over a steak dinner in his suite at San Francisco’s St. Regis Hotel, where the tailored suit of his trip had been exchanged for a...

 

Security

More arrests in apparent Saudi campaign against critics: activists

Saudi Arabia has detained more clerics and intellectuals, activists said on social media on Tuesday, widening an apparent crackdown on potential opponents of the conservative...

 

Saudi-Iran

Saudi-Iranian rapprochement remains mirage

Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and Bahrain remain the main points of entanglement between Iran and Saudi Arabia....

 

Public Relations

Saudi Arabia is launching PR hubs around the world to improve its image

The global PR push could see offices set up in London, Berlin, Paris, and Moscow as early as this month, according to documents seen and reported...

 

War in Yemen

Saudis say time not ripe for international Yemen probe

The Netherlands and Canada are backing a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council mandating an international inquiry, but Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Alwasil said a...

 

Shoura Council

Saudi Shoura Council will authorize women to issue fatwas

During its 49th ordinary session on Monday, the council called upon the General Presidency for Scholarly Research and Ifta, which issues rulings in Islamic jurisprudence, to pave...

 

Veiled

Saudi graduate student asks non-Muslim women – and portrait viewers – to move past the veil

Nourah Alhasawi invites viewers to confront their preconceived notions about face-veiled Muslim women. Not as an American, or a Christian, or a member of any...

 

Solar Power

Saudi Aramco and start-up partner on waterless solar cleaning solutions

Under the technology licensing agreement, Saudi Aramco will allow NOMADD to integrate its own fully-automated waterless solar cleaning system with the cleaning system developed by...

 

Saudi Football

Historic top goal scorer to lead Saudi Arabia in Russia 2018

Abdullah, 58, played for the Saudi national team 116 times between 1977 and 1994 scoring 71 goals. He captained the national team in its first...

 

Banking

Crédit Agricole’s Sale Of Shares In Banque Saudi Fransi Is A Taste Of Things To Come In The Kingdom

The latest development at Banque Saudi Fransi is echoed in the situation at another local lender, Alawwal Bank, where Royal Bank of Scotland has been...

 

War in Yemen

Commentary: From the War on al Qaeda to a Humanitarian Catastrophe: How the U.S. Got Dragged Into Yemen

“There was a fundamental agreement that we as an international community should continue to support the legitimate government,” said Gerald Feierstein, the former ambassador to...

 

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Global Oil Markets

Oil price recovery: A tale of two ministers

Despite all the encouraging numbers, there are risks to the deal that can prolong it. First, time is running out for OPEC, with only three...

 

Shale Oil

Shale oil producers to face 4 risks next year, says Saudi bank

Saudi investment bank Jadwa Investment has however identified four risks that shale oil producers will confront next year that may affect the level of their...

 

Anti-ISIS Campaign

EU Anti-Terror Chief: IS Still Has 2,500 European Fighters

The European Union's counter-terrorism coordinator says the Islamic State group still has about 2,500 fighters from Europe among its dwindling ranks. Gilles de Kerchove told German...

 

Lebanon

Perspective: Lebanon’s Shining Island of Example Is Shrinking

When my father was a child, he could drive from Beirut through Palestine to Egypt. No longer. And the borders are becoming more impenetrable, closed...

 

Syria

The Syrian crisis: A reckoning and a road map

The idea of an Iranian land bridge to the Mediterranean is abhorrent to them. But it is only the United States that can take an...

 

Syria

Hezbollah declares Syria victory, Russia says much of country won back

The Lebanese Shi‘ite group Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war while Russia said government forces had driven militants from much of the country...

 

Trump-Russia

Dems to Mueller: Flynn broke law on security forms to broker Russia-Saudi deal

House Democrats sent special counsel Robert Mueller what they say is evidence that former national security adviser Michael Flynn failed to disclose a trip he...

 

Climate Change

Pentagon is still preparing for global warming even though Trump said to stop

The DoD has found space to maneuver by separating the argument of climate change from the threats that more extreme sea states, wind and flooding...

 

Global Engagement Center

Analysts Are Quitting the State Department’s Anti-Russia Propaganda Team

The Obama administration established the GEC in 2016 to counter ISIS’ various online messaging efforts, directing the new office to use data and work with...

 

Kurds

Netanyahu says Israel endorses independence for Kurds

Israel’s leader says the country supports Kurdish independence ahead of a key referendum on the matter....

 

Jordan

Jordan at the Edge

The Arab world's fifth poorest country, Jordan has only a quarter of its adult population gainfully employed. Its accumulated debt represents nearly 100% of GDP...

 

Palestinian Authority

Will Abbas confront Trump?

The UN General Assembly will convene on Sept. 19, and the Palestinians have less than two weeks to formulate the tone of President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech,...

 

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