U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONS

Secretary Tillerson, in Riyadh, Pledges Support for Saudi-Iraq Relationship to Counter Iran

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Riyadh over the weekend to express U.S. support for a warming of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iraq as the two nations inaugurate the first meeting of the Saudi-Iraq Coordination Council, a new organization that will facilitate bilateral ties.

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Saudi-Iraq

Tillerson Promotes Closer Iraq-Saudi Ties in Riyadh

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday promoted improving ties between Saudi Arabia and Iraq as a way to counter Iran's growing military assertiveness...

 

U.S.-Saudi Relations

Remarks With Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir

As I commented earlier today, this is my third visit now to Riyadh this year as Secretary of State. It’s clearly an indication of the...

 

Saudi-Qatar Rift

Tillerson Says Saudi Arabia Rebuffed Him on Ending Qatar Crisis

“I did in my meetings with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ask him please engage in dialogue,” Tillerson said at a briefing in Doha alongside...

 

Stock Ownership

Saudis May Allow Foreigners Strategic Stakes in Listed Firms

The Capital Market Authority and the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority signed a memorandum to set up a framework to allow foreigners to own 10...

 

Saudi Aramco IPO

Saudi Aramco public offering is on track for 2018: CEO Amin Nasser

Saudi Aramco's plan to take a portion of its business public next year remains on track, the oil giant's chief executive Amin Nasser told CNBC...

 

Insurance

The real winner from Saudi’s new stance on women drivers

As women pass their driving tests and receive their licenses, the odds are that they will simply be added to existing insurance policies. The updates...

 

Public Investment Fund

How Saudi Arabia Is Building Its $2 Trillion Fund

This week, it’s holding a coming-out party of sorts for the Public Investment Fund, which is central to the government’s effort to diversify the economy away from oil,...

 

Mohammed Bin Salman

Saudi Arabia’s Young Crown Prince Owns the Reform Process, for Better or Worse

The elevation in June of Mohammed bin Salman to crown prince may have been a move that was anticipated by many Saudi watchers. But it...

 

Islamic Finance

Saudi Arabia joins Islamic finance standards body

Saudi Arabia's central bank has joined an international standard-setting body for Islamic finance, a move that could help standardise industry practices and ease cross-border transactions...

 

Kingdom Tower Jeddah

Video: Future world’s tallest tower grows in Saudi Arabia

"It's like having Burj Khalifa and the Shard in London on top of it," said Hisham Jomah, chief development officer, Jeddah Economic Company....

 

Telecom

Saudi’s Mobily blames fingerprint policy as Q3 loss widens

Saudi Arabia’s Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) reported a third-quarter loss on Monday, blaming a rule introduced last year requiring fingerprints be registered with SIM cards for...

 

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