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The latest news on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, including Saudi Arabian political news and updates.

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31 Aug 1985

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Crown Prince, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Festivalgoers gather near a booth serving non-alcoholic beer during the Soundstorm music festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 11. Photo: AP

No phones and cameras: inside Saudi’s discreet expansion of booze sales

The kingdom’s only outlet that sells liquor has expanded access to rich expatriates, marking a bold shift in Riyadh’s social policies.

21 Dec 2025 - 3:26PMvideocam

China-Middle East relations

China and Saudi Arabia pledge deeper hi-tech cooperation despite US pressure

16 Dec 2025 - 2:41PMvideocam

Opinion | Why Gulf region’s dreams of aviation domination are built on sand

5 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM

Saudi adviser lauds parallels with Singapore in modernisation efforts

Mohammed Khalid Alyahya cites the late Singaporean leader’s pragmatic and results-driven governance as a template for Saudi Arabia’s ambitions.

2 Dec 2025 - 9:16PM

The Riyadh city centre from the terrace of the Al Faisaliah Tower. Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2023 aims to diversify the country’s economy into a global, modern powerhouse. Photo: dpa/Getty Images

The China factor behind Trump’s decision to upgrade Saudi air power

The deal swaps F-35 jets for ‘guardrails’ on Chinese tech in the Gulf, analysts say – with Israel assured its military edge is safe.

24 Nov 2025 - 5:30PM

Khashoggi’s widow and Democrats demand release of ‘shocking’ Trump-Saudi call

The call with the Saudi crown prince after Khashoggi’s killing involved a quid pro quo, US congressman Eugene Vindman says.

22 Nov 2025 - 4:36AM

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White House defends Trump calling a female reporter ‘piggy’

White House press secretary said Trump ‘gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information’.

21 Nov 2025 - 9:13AM

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on November 14. Photo: AFP

Trump urges broadcast regulator to revoke ABC licences over Khashoggi query

Trump’s suggestion to the FCC came after a reporter questioned Saudi Arabia’s crown prince about the 2018 killing of a Washington Post columnist.

20 Nov 2025 - 8:26PM

Trump vows to end Sudan war, in sudden pivot thanks to Saudi crown prince

The US president condemned ‘tremendous atrocities’ in the conflict, which he admitted was previously ‘not on my charts’.

20 Nov 2025 - 7:53AMvideocam

Ronaldo, Musk attend Trump’s White House dinner with Saudi crown prince

Elon Musk was among business titans invited to the gala dinner, as tensions with Donald Trump thaw.

19 Nov 2025 - 3:23PM

US President Donald Trump speaks during the dinner in the East Room of the White House. Photo: AP

Trump attacks female reporters, who he called ‘piggy’ and ‘terrible’

US president lashes ABC News and Bloomberg reporters in the Oval Office and on Air Force One.

19 Nov 2025 - 3:25PM

US President Donald Trump points to a reporter as he meets Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office. Photo: AP

Trump defends Saudi crown prince on deal-making US trip

US president warmly welcomes Mohammed bin Salman on his first White House visit in seven years, and defends him on journalist’s murder.

19 Nov 2025 - 3:30PM

Trump says planning to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

The decision, announced ahead of a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, could impact Israel’s ‘qualitative military edge’.

18 Nov 2025 - 9:17AM

Trump to host Saudi crown prince for AI and nuclear talks next month

Salman’s first US visit since 2018 potentially includes Israel normalisation talks and follows Trump’s US$600 billion Middle East deal in May.

21 Oct 2025 - 11:12PM

US President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during an arrival ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in May. Photo: AP

India-Pakistan tensions

Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact tests India’s Gulf outreach

Analysts say the deal exposes the limits of New Delhi’s ambitions in a region where Beijing is also deepening its economic and military ties.

29 Sep 2025 - 5:42PMvideocam

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace after signing a defence agreement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 17. Photo: Saudi Press Agency/Reuters

China-Middle East relations

New Saudi-Pakistan pact signals evolving alliances amid rising US-China tension

Riyadh looking to ‘put its eggs in different baskets’ given doubts over US commitment in the region, analysts say.

22 Sep 2025 - 12:16PMvideocam

Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact sends nuclear umbrella signal to Israel

Pakistan has also called for a military alliance of Arab and Islamic states modelled after Nato amid rising regional tensions.

18 Sep 2025 - 6:17PM

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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign defence pact amid growing wariness over US

An Israeli attack on Qatar last week has heightened concerns about Washington’s reliability as a security guarantor in the region.

18 Sep 2025 - 5:21PMvideocam

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace at the signing of a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. Photo: Saudi Press Agency via Reuters

Israel will keep targeting Hamas leaders despite anger over Doha strike: consul

‘They’ll get over it’, the Israeli ambassador to the US says in response to global anger over the air strikes that killed five Hamas members.

10 Sep 2025 - 9:30PM

China technology

Opinion | For China and the Middle East, a Space Silk Road is written in the stars

Traditionally reliant on the US, Arab countries are turning to Beijing as relations with Washington sour over the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

21 Aug 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

‘Scared every morning’: Saudi Arabia’s executions hit record high, Amnesty says

Saudi Arabia executed 345 people last year, mainly for drug offences, despite Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s pledge to limit death penalties to homicides.

7 Jul 2025 - 5:20PMvideocam

Saudi executions hit record high, driven by drug offences, despite i Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reform claims, Amnesty warns. Photo: AP

Indonesia, Saudi Arabia ink deals worth US$27 billion with eye on clean energy

Trade between the two countries amounted to around US$31.5 billion in the last five years.

3 Jul 2025 - 4:43PMvideocam

Riyadh city in Saudi Arabia. Indonesia and Saudi Arabia also agreed to bolster cooperation in the supply of crude oil and its derivatives and improve supply chains and their sustainability in the energy field. Photo: Reuters

Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years in prison

Turki Al-Jasser ran a personal blog from 2013 to 2015 and was well known for his articles on the Arab spring, women’s rights, and corruption.

15 Jun 2025 - 9:14PM

Israel and Iran unleash more strikes, deepening Middle East crisis

Israel targets Iran’s Defence Ministry headquarters; Tehran launches deadly missile strikes.

15 Jun 2025 - 7:49PM

Opec+ agrees on sharp increase in July oil production to deepen price slump

The organisation will raise output by 411,000 barrels a day for the third month in a row, as it doubles down on policy shift.

31 May 2025 - 7:25PM

People stand outside the building headquarters of Opec in Vienna, Austria on May 28. Photo: AFP

Opinion | With his ‘historic’ tour, Trump puts US power back in the Middle East

In reasserting the US in the centre of the Middle East’s strategic calculus, Trump also weakens the leverage and influence of Russia and China.

23 May 2025 - 5:30AM

President Donald Trump visits US troops at the Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, on May 15. Photo: Reuters

Trump caps Gulf tour with America-first policy for peace in Middle East

Trump’s vision sits well with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, two Gulf nations closest to Washington, but its feasibility remains to be determined, analysts say.

16 May 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

Trump wraps up his Middle East tour with deals galore

The US president made scoring business deals a centrepiece of the first major foreign trip of his second term.

16 May 2025 - 5:17PM

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