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Saudi Arabia

  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    News in-depthStreaming services
    How Saudi Arabia’s MBC came to dominate Middle East streaming

    Wide range of Arabic-language shows and films helps media group compete with Netflix

    A poster for ‘One Wife is Not Enough’
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Extreme heat at hajj pilgrimage blamed for 1,300 deaths

    Saudis say many fatalities were unauthorised pilgrims, as action promised against companies behind unofficial travel

    A pilgrim pours cold water on her head to cool off as she waits in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    How Saudi Arabia won back Biden

    The president came to office threatening to make the kingdom a pariah state. But in a volatile Middle East, their ties have become stronger than ever

    Montage of images Joe Biden and Prince Mohamed
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco prices stock offer at low end of range in $11.2bn sale

    Oil company targets international investors as government raises funds

    General view of Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Saudi fund invests in China effort to create rival to OpenAI

    Aramco’s Prosperity7 takes part in investment round for start-up Zhipu AI

    Zhipu AI logo and screen shot from site
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Arabia to sell $12bn worth of Saudi Aramco shares

    Offering in world’s largest oil exporter to be set in range of SR26.7-SR29 as kingdom seeks fresh capital

    Spheroids and pipelines at an oil processing plant
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    US foreign policy
    US expected to lift ban on sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia

    Move comes as Washington seeks to improve relations with Gulf state

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, bumps fists with US President Joe Biden
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    US urges political solution in Gaza in talks with Israel and Saudis

    Biden administration has grown increasingly frustrated with Netanyahu’s conduct of war

    Palestinians wait for aid trucks to cross in central Gaza Strip on Sunday
  • Saturday, 18 May, 2024
    News in-depth
    Fury versus Usyk: how Saudi Arabia found a sport where money talks

    Riyadh is hosting heavyweight boxing’s biggest fight in more than two decades

    Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman flanked by Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    News in-depth
    Saudi Arabia scales back flagship projects

    The Line development cut back as Riyadh reconsiders priorities and how best to fund its myriad investments

    Visitors discover images and models of ’The Line’ project, during a new expo, for six months, in Riyad
  • Sunday, 12 May, 2024
    Consulting firms’ grip on Saudi economy sparks local misgivings

    Disgruntlement rises over role of outside experts in running the kingdom

    Logos of McKinsey, BCG and Bain
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco to increase dividends despite drop in profits

    Group plans to boost critical source of revenue to kingdom in spite of earnings miss

    View of Aramco’s oilfield in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock to launch Saudi investment firm after $5bn deal with Riyadh

    Creation of subsidiary is US money manager’s latest move to build ties and win mandates in Middle East

    Yazeed Almubarak, Larry Fink, Yasir Al-Rumayyan and Yazeed Al-Humied posing for a photo
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2024
    Tennis
    Riyadh to host women’s WTA Finals tennis tournament for 3 years

    Deal with Saudi Arabian federation marks country’s latest foray in global sport

    Iga Świątek playing at the women’s singles semi-final match
  • Sunday, 31 March, 2024
    News in-depth
    Saudi Arabia’s Israel strategy upended by anger over Gaza war

    Riyadh caught between renewed popular support for Palestinians and US pressure to normalise relations with Israel

    Foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan
  • Sunday, 10 March, 2024
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco increases dividend to nearly $100bn despite oil price falls

    State-owned group reports second-highest annual profit, even as production cuts weigh down on performance

    Saudi Aramco oil storage tanks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Sunday, 10 March, 2024
    Middle Eastern economy
    Big companies heed Saudi Arabia’s demand to set up regional HQs

    Global groups largely comply with Riyadh’s edict but banks and professional services firms are more wary

    The Skyline of Riyadh
  • Monday, 4 March, 2024
    Rutherford Hall
    What sports could I pitch the Saudis that they aren’t buying up already?

    A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    News in-depthTechnology sector
    ‘Strings attached’: Saudi Arabia steps up demands in tech deals with China

    Alibaba and SenseTime secure huge joint ventures in Gulf kingdom but agreements come with stringent requirements

    Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Rutherford Hall
    Good news. We’ve got the contract for the worst idea in the world

    A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    PGA Tour Inc.
    US senator vows to fight on against Saudi influence over golf

    Richard Blumenthal accused kingdom of trying to launder its image with potential PGA deal

    Canadian Nick Taylor plays a shot on his way to winning the WM Phoenix Open, part of the PGA tour, in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 11
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Saudi Arabia stresses link between Israel deal and Palestinian statehood

    Kingdom reiterates its position after the US talked up the prospect of a ‘normalisation arrangement’

    US secretary of state Antony Blinken held talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Accounting & Consulting services
    McKinsey and BCG warn staff face jail if they reveal Saudi work

    Senators assail consultants for helping Riyadh use ‘soft power’ to build influence in the US

    Leaders of consulting groups are sworn in before a Senate hearing
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Blinken pushes for ‘enduring’ Gaza peace deal on regional tour

    US secretary of state will also travel to Qatar to reassure allies and pursue hostage release

    Antony Blinken with Saudi Arabia’s minister of state and national security Musaed Al Aiban
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Rutherford Hall
    The message from Riyadh: you have to be on the pitch to score

    A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

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