The United States is no longer demanding Saudi Arabia normalise ties with Israel as a condition for progress on civil nuclear cooperation talks, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East.
Riyadh has executed two people on terrorism-related charges, bringing the total number of executions in the kingdom this year to at least 100, according to an AFP tally.
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to Saudi Arabia of AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related support for $3.5 billion, the Pentagon announced in a statement on Friday.
Riyadh briefing allies and industry experts to say the kingdom is unwilling to prop up the oil market with further supply cuts and can handle a prolonged period of low prices, five sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters news agency.
The CEO of Saudi Arabia’s futuristic city Neom has launched a “comprehensive review” of Riyadh's mega-project, signifying more belt-tightening to come with falling energy prices.
Washington is poised to offer Riyadh an arms package worth more than $100bn, the Reuters news agency has reported, citing six sources familiar with the matter.
The United States and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary deal to cooperate over the kingdom's ambitions to develop a civil nuclear industry, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Riyadh has strongly condemned the recent statements of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who had called for the displacement of Palestinians to Saudi Arabia.
Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa has met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Riyadh on his first foreign trip since being named president of the transitional government earlier this week.
In remarks via video conference to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, US President Donald Trump said he read reports “in the papers” that Saudi Arabia plans to invest $600bn in the US economy - but stated it wouldn’t be enough.
US President Donald Trump has stated he would probably go to Saudi Arabia again as his first visit to a foreign country, but only if the price was right.
Damascus’s top diplomat expressed hope to open a "new, bright chapter" with Saudi Arabia during his visit to the kingdom, marking the first foreign trip for Syria’s new rulers.
Riyadh has abandoned its pursuit of an ambitious defence treaty with Washington in return for normalising relations with Israel and is now pushing for a more modest military cooperation agreement, two Saudi and four Western officials have told Reuters.
Riyadh has scaled back some of its ambitious plans for Neom, the megacity it is building in the northwest of the kingdom, to prioritise sporting events set to be hosted in the city in the coming years, according to Reuters.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has a lung infection and was set to undergo medical tests on Sunday night, the Royal Court announced in the latest update on the ageing monarch's health.
