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The kingdom is embracing business as usual, hosting an investment forum, concerts and even fashion shows. But grief, fear and outrage over Israel’s bombardment of Gaza simmer just below the surface.

A matter of time?

The kingdom aims for the revenue of the Saudi Professional League to increase to 1.8 billion riyals annually by 2030.

For decades, Saudi Arabia served as Arab nations’ go-to destination for emergency bailouts. But as the kingdom moves toward a post-oil economy, it’s taking a more transactional approach to aid.

The announcement in Beijing on 10 March 2023 of the normalisation of Saudi-Iranian relations had a resounding echo across the world. It will affect the delicate geopolitical balance in the competition between the two superpowers, China and the USA, in a region which is under tension and where the Iranian nuclear issue is still unresolved. Many experts and specialists on that region agree that the restoration of Saudi-Iranian diplomatic relations scheduled for 10 May 2023 is not really a (...)

Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, known as MbS, has signalled he is prepared to go it alone without the help of the United States to pursue Saudi interests, whether it means re-establishing ties with U.S. adversaries like Iran, or removing supplies from the oil market and angering consumers. The strategy is designed to create conditions enabling Saudi Arabia to focus on MbS's vast economic transformation plan, Vision 2030, in which he has poured hundreds of billions of dollars, hoping it wi...

In some editions Monday, Saudi Arabia’s Saudi First economic policy was misspelled as Saudi Firs, and Kazakhstan was misspelled as Kazakstan in a Page One…

Wants conditions to underpin Vision 2030 economic reforms, hoping it will open the kingdom to business and tourism amid rising regional competition

By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's unpredictable crown prince is pushing hard to realign Middle East dynamics, engaging with old fo...

Saudi Arabia's unpredictable crown prince is pushing hard to realign Middle East dynamics, engaging with old foes and orchestrating OPEC oil cuts like the ones on Sunday which took the global market by surprise.