A key negotiation for Trump, MBS during Saudi visit to Washington: future Palestinian statehood

President Donald Trump has not been subtle about how badly he wants to see Saudi Arabia and Israel normalize relations. He has talked up his push to extend his first term Abraham…

Saudi power chair: Tariffs weaken the global energy transition and hurt humanity

The global energy transition continues to press forward, but tariff wars and the rising politicization of renewable power is hurting the growth of clean, accessible electricity worldwide, said the founder…

What Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh can teach Silicon Valley

The way Saudi entrepreneur Mohammed Aldossary sees it, innovators are animated by the same motivations whether they are in Silicon Valley, the Arabian peninsula or in South Asia: they want…

Saudi Arabia’s head of human rights dispels Western misconceptions around school segregation

There’s a lot of noise around gender-segregated education in Saudi Arabia. But the Kingdom’s head of human rights says that if it wasn’t for the system in place, many young…

Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks in Saudi Arabia, source says

James Waterhouse Ukraine correspondent Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly ruled out accepting a peace deal negotiated without Kyiv’s involvement Kyiv has not been invited to talks between…

Saudi PhD student freed after being jailed over posts, activists say

A Saudi PhD student at the University of Leeds has been released from prison in Saudi Arabia after her sentence over critical social media activity was reduced, activists have said.…

Saudi Arabia raises Asia oil price as volatility grips market

Saudi Arabia raised its main oil prices for buyers in Asia amid heightened volatility in the crude market as traders watch developments in the Middle East conflict. State producer Saudi…