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President Donald Trump meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, November 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 19, 2025, 9:18 pm
Business and bromance: Takeaways from MBS’s red carpet visit to Washington
Trump greeted the Saudi crown prince with F-35 jets, economic deals and gold-plated dinner, as the US received no commitments about normalization with Israel
By Matthew Lee
Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman waves goodbye while leaving the White House after a meeting in the Oval Office with US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
November 19, 2025, 2:21 pm
Saudi crown prince heads to a US Congress no longer railing against him
But Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Capitol will be more subdued than usual for world leaders, and neither the Republican House speaker nor Senate leader plans press remarks with him
By Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis
US President Donald Trump (left) welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, November 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mark Schiefelbein)
November 19, 2025, 9:48 am
On top of F-35 sale, US and Saudi Arabia ink deals for civil nuclear energy and tanks
Contradicting US intelligence, Trump says MBS ‘knew nothing’ about Khashoggi killing by Saudi agents; Riyadh announces increase in US investment commitments to $1 trillion
By Agencies
Israeli Air Force F-35I fighter jets depart for strikes in Iran, June 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 18, 2025, 10:10 am
IDF opposes Saudi F-35 deal, warns Israel’s regional air superiority could be eroded
Military submits formal position paper to political leadership as Trump announces sale of stealth jets to Riyadh ahead of visit by crown prince
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
US President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 31, 2025. (Pool via AP)
April 2, 2025, 9:13 am
Trump preparing executive order to ease rules on weapons exports, sources say
Expected order may see rise in minimum deal values that trigger a congressional review of arms exports, potentially leading to sales bonanza for US defense companies
By Reuters
Illustrative: A Saudi flag behind barbed wire. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
December 24, 2024, 7:50 pm
Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, highest number in decades – rights groups
Some of them were put to death for drug smuggling, non-lethal terrorism, despite Mohammed bin Salman’s assertion that executions are only for lethal crimes
By Pesha Magid
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center), US President Joe Biden (right) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman hold hands before the start of a session at the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 9, 2023. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)
September 9, 2023, 9:06 pm
Biden gives Saudi Arabia’s MBS a hearty handshake at G20 meeting
Biden’s warming to Saudi ruler has been decried by activists after US president vowed to make Riyadh a pariah for its human rights violations
By AAMER MADHANI and Josh Boak
Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2021 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
August 7, 2023, 12:31 pm
Saudi oil giant Aramco reports $30b in Q2 profits, down nearly 40% from last year
Company still ranked second-biggest in the world by revenue, behind only Walmart and ahead of Amazon and Apple
By AP
Saudi fashion designer Reem Alsabhan stands in front of mannequins at her workshop in Riyadh on March 1, 2023. (Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
July 6, 2023, 8:53 am
Fashion is Saudi Arabia’s latest tool to remake reputation
With 1st Saudi designer set to show in Paris Fashion Week, kingdom sees big opportunity in luxury wear despite repression of women’s rights, LGBTQ community
By Eric RANDOLPH
In this file photo taken on October 10, 2018, a demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Jim Watson/AFP)
June 17, 2023, 7:21 pm
Jamal Khashoggi’s widow files lawsuit against NSO Group
Hanan Elatr Khashoggi says Israeli tech company used its Pegasus software to infiltrate her phone in months leading up to her husband’s murder
By ToI Staff
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jeddah on June 7, 2023. (Amer Hilabi/Pool Photo via AP)
June 7, 2023, 10:18 pm
Saudi-PGA golf deal marks dazzling turnaround for former pariah crown prince
MBS accused of ‘sportswashing’ in latest and perhaps most dramatic move by to wield his kingdom’s oil wealth in advancing its economy and influence
By Ellen Knickmeyer
File: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) hugs Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before a meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 28, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)
March 6, 2023, 3:57 pm
Saudi Arabia deposits $5 billion in Turkish central bank to shore up ailing economy
Funds likely to boost declining lira, which has depreciated by almost 30% over past year
By Jon Gambrell
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)
December 7, 2022, 3:11 am
US federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Saudi prince in Khashoggi killing
Court heeds government motion to shield Mohammed bin Salman from the suit despite ‘credible allegations of his involvement’ in gruesome 2018 murder
By Agencies
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman takes his seat ahead of a working lunch at the G20 Summit, November 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
November 18, 2022, 8:22 am
Biden administration says Saudi crown prince should be immune in Khashoggi killing
Move a turnaround from president’s passionate past denunciations of bin Salman; US courts have final call on whether to shield kingdom’s de-facto ruler from legal action
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Lee
UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei attends the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 31, 2022 (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
October 31, 2022, 10:53 am
Saudi Arabia, UAE defend oil production cuts as US warns of ‘economic uncertainty’
Conference highlights stark divide, as American politicians threaten arms deals with Riyadh and say kingdom is siding with Putin amid Ukraine invasion
By Jon Gambrell
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