Saudi Arabia, once a pillar of the petrodollar system, may be secretly amassing gold reserves as central banks worldwide quietly buy up the precious metal.
In 'The Goat Life,' a migrant from India is forced into solitary existence in the Saudi desert. The film's critique of the kafala system, which rights organizations say creates slavery-like conditions, has triggered calls for a boycott of Netflix in Saudi Arabia and other countries. Pro-Palestinian activists have a different take
As the war between Israel and Hamas drags on, Saudi Arabia is intensifying arrests of citizens for social media posts criticizing Israel or expressing pro-Palestinian views, according to Bloomberg. EXCLUSIVE: #SaudiArabia has stepped up arrest of citizens & residents for social media posts deemed problematic by security services. The focus has been on those […]
Saudi Arabia is expected to demand guarantees to ensure progress on the issue of a Palestinian state in return, foreign diplomat says. 'The question is when, and the decision on the timing should be made within days'
A U.S. delegation, which was in Saudi Arabia to examine matters of religious freedom, decided to cut its visit short after its chair, an Orthodox rabbi, was asked to remove his kippah: "It's like asking somebody in Saudi Arabia to remove her hijab"
A day after U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the issues of hostage release and Israel-Saudi normalization were 'separate track[s],' Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said there would be no relations absent a Palestinian state