Saudi Arabia

Biden should rethink “do-no-harm” policy as Middle East countries work through differences

More Saudi women are joining the workforce, according to a Brookings Institution report that said their participation rate rose from 20% to 33% in two years.

Saudi Aramco was the world’s biggest IPO when it went public in December 2019, and listed around 1.5% of its shares on the local stock exchange, the Tadawul.

The Saudi Tadawul Group’s CEO expects a “historic” pipeline of IPOs in the kingdom this year.

The ongoing coronavirus crisis continues to cloud the outlook, and analysts expect this to reaffirm Saudi Arabia’s caution about the global economic recovery.

Saudi Arabia has announced that oil giant Saudi Aramco and petrochemical firm SABIC will fund most of a 5 trillion riyal private sector investment plan.

Last month, Biden announced the end of U.S. support for offensive operations in Yemen.

President Joe Biden is defending his decision to waive any punishment for Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist

Pure Harvest Smart Farms grows fruits and vegetables in greenhouses in the UAE desert, and has partnerships to do the same in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

President Joe Biden ended support for offensive operations in Yemen in a bid to end the war there, but one political analyst says that might make things worse.

International benchmark Brent crude futures popped on Monday, moving above $70 a barrel for the first time in more than a year.

Biden previously said he would make Riyadh a “pariah,” but realizes Saudi Arabia’s support is important for the U.S., said Frederick Kempe of the Atlantic Council.

The Saudi crown prince’s actions in the killing of Khashoggi might have left the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund vulnerable to consequences.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince likely approved the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday. The finding could escalate pressure on the Biden administration to hold the kingdom accountable for a murder that drew widespread outrage in the U.S. and abroad. The public blaming of...

Michael O’Hanlon explains why President Joe Biden will not make Saudi Arabia “a pariah” due to the economic and military relationship at stake.

The Biden administration will release an intelligence report Thursday that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Calling Saudi Arabia a “great ally,” President Donald Trump declined to stand behind the CIA’s claim that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

“The Saudis in Washington are in the worst position they’ve ever been,” a former Obama administration official told CNBC.

What began as a pitch for investment to global firms has just become something much more aggressive.

Saudi Arabia’s SABIC posted a net profit of 2.22 billion riyals ($592 million) in the fourth quarter, after reporting a net loss of 890 million riyals in the same quarter in 2019. SABIC, Saudi Basic Industries Corp, expects the global rollout of coronavirus vaccines will boost its sales revenue by as much as 5 percent this year. SABIC shares have…