List of Saudi Arabia articles
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(L-R) Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive to watch an Italian flying squadron during the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7, the group of most industrialized economies, plus the European Union, on May 26, 2017 in Taormina, Sicily. The leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the US and Italy will be joined by representatives of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well as teams from Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria and Tunisia during the summit from May 26 to 27, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s Malarial Fever Trip
When Donald Trump departed on his maiden overseas trip, it was impossible to resist the comparison with the last time a president got out of town to escape such a vortex of scandals: the summer of 1974, when Richard Nixon jetted to the Middle East and Moscow just weeks before Watergate consumed him.
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Saudi army artillery fire shells towards Yemen from a post close to the Saudi-Yemeni border, in southwestern Saudi Arabia, on April 13, 2015 . Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition of several Arab countries which since March 26 has carried out air strikes against the Shiite Huthis rebels, who overran the capital Sanaa in September and have expanded to other parts of Yemen. AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read ) Defiant Congress Sparks Showdown With Trump Over Saudi Arms Deal
Though the opposition may be largely symbolic, lawmakers are clearly growing tired of unconditional support for the Gulf kingdom.
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Jakarta's Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purname, also known as Ahok, arrives for his court hearing in Jakarta on April 20, 2017. The first Christian to govern the capital in more than 50 years, Purnama is on trial accused of blasphemy over remarks he made about the Koran. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Tatan Syuflana (Photo credit should read TATAN SYUFLANA/AFP/Getty Images) The Islamic World Has a Blasphemy Problem
How have such bad laws gotten on the books in Muslim countries? It's complicated.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 23: (ISRAEL OUT) US President Donald Trump (L) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering a speech during a visit to the Israel Museum on May 23, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. President Donald Trump spend his second and final day visited Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, then visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and delivering an address at the Israel Museum, both in Jerusalem, before departing for the Vatican. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) Trump’s Plan for Middle East Peace Could Actually Work
If only the president were willing to put some effort into it.
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US President Donald Trump (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Qatar Needs to Do Its Part
The tiny emirate is a two-faced friend.
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trump crop Trump’s Trip, Iranian Elections, North Korea’s Missile Test: The Weekend Behind, the Week Ahead
Catch up on top news from the weekend.
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A Yemeni tends to his malnourished child as she receives treatment at a hospital in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, on May 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) If Trump Doubles Down on the Saudi War in Yemen, Millions Could Starve
Countless Yemeni lives hang in the balance as Trump gears up to deepen U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shake hands following a joint news conference at the East Room of the White House February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump hosted Prime Minister Netanyahu for talks for the first time since Trump took office on January 20. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Trump’s Middle East Trip Is Full of Traps
The stakes could not be higher for the president's first trip abroad. And he'll need to be careful and disciplined.
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A giant billboard bearing portraits of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman, is seen on a main road in Riyadh, on May 19, 2017. Trump, on his first foreign trip since taking office in January, will tell Muslim leaders of his "hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam" as he seeks support for the war against radical Islamists, Washington has said. / AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Comes To Riyadh Bearing Gifts – Weapons Approved By Obama
But some of the arms sales could face an uphill battle on Capitol Hill.
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 11: President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news cenference at Trump Tower on January 11, 2017 in New York City. This is TrumpÕs first official news conference since the November elections. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Trump’s Farcical New Beginning With Muslims
The president’s trip to Saudi Arabia isn’t the start of a new relationship with the Arab world; it’s militarism, disdain for human rights, and caricature of religion.
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trumpmbs Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Win Over the White House
The Saudis are thrilled that Barack Obama is out of office. But will they get what they need from the Trump administration?
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oil crop Desperate Saudis, Russians Agree to Extend Oil Production Cuts
OPEC just can’t figure out how to kill the U.S. shale boom.
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trump crop Trump’s First Foreign Trip: To Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican
Not the traditional first foray for a new president.
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oil crop Saudi Arabia Now Controls the Largest Oil Refinery in North America
The move is a huge boon to Aramco before a big IPO, experts say.
