Saudi Arabia says it deposited $5B in Turkish central bank
Saudi Arabia said Monday it deposited $5 billion into the Turkish central bank, likely helping Ankara firm up its long-weakening currency, the lira, after last month's massive earthquake that struck southeast Turkey and northern Syria. The deposit provides a capstone for just how far relations have improved between the kingdom and Turkey after years of tensions the nations, particularly after the 2018 killing and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Turkey also backed Qatar in a yearslong boycott by the kingdom, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
news.yahoo.comUS moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing
The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia's crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden's passionate campaign trail denunciations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal slaying. The administration said the princeโs official standing should give him immunity in the lawsuit filed by the fiancรฉe of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and by the rights group he founded, Democracy for the Arab World Now. The State Department on Thursday called the administration's decision to try to protect the Saudi crown prince from U.S. courts in Khashoggi's killing โpurely a legal determination."
news.yahoo.comTrump strikes new overseas deal and raises old ethics issue
Donald Trumpโs company is licensing its name to a golf resort in Oman in the first of what it hopes will be several overseas deals, raising conflicts-of-interest issues as the former president prepares for a possible third run for the White House.
Does The U.S.-Saudi Alliance Have A Future? : Consider This from NPR
President Biden met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this summer โ a man he had previously accused of ordering the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But at the meeting, he met the Crown Prince with a fist bump. It all came as gas prices were rising globally, under pressure from Russia's war in Ukraine. One of Biden's goals was to convince Saudi Arabia's leaders to increase oil production. But this month, Saudi Arabia and the other oil producing countries of OPEC Plus decided to cut production by 2 million barrels a day. That move is expected to drive up gas prices, and put more money in Russia's pockets. It has prompted Democrats in Congress to call for the U.S. to rethink or even walk away from its seven-decade partnership with Saudi Arabia.NPR's International Affairs Correspondent Jackie Northam reports on where the relationship may be headed.And Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, explains why he plans to block future weapons sales to the Saudis.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
npr.orgUnderstanding the Ups and Downs of US-Saudi Relations
For more than seven decades, despite differences on human rights and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the US and Saudi Arabia maintained a close alliance based on an exchange of security for oil. Lately, that arrangement has been showing signs of stress. US President Joe Biden initially cooled relations over the 2018 murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents. He worked to patch things up in July, in order to cajole the worldโs largest crude exporter to ramp up output and thus nudge global oi
washingtonpost.comUnderstanding the Ups and Downs of US-Saudi Relations: QuickTake
For more than seven decades, despite differences on human rights and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the US and Saudi Arabia maintained a close alliance based on an exchange of security for oil. Lately, that arrangement has been showing signs of stress. US President Joe Biden initially cooled relations over the 2018 murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents. He worked to patch things up in July, in order to cajole the worldโs largest crude exporter to ramp up output and thus nudge global oi
washingtonpost.comAll About Mohammed bin Salman, the Prince at the Center of US-Saudi Reset
Not since the reign of the countryโs founder, Abdulaziz Al Saud, has so much power been concentrated in one manโs hands in Saudi Arabia. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman isnโt king, yet. But the 37-year-old royal essentially runs the country for his father, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is 86. The prince, who replaced his father as prime minister in late September, leapfrogged a generation of older uncles and cousins to become heir to the throne in one of the worldโs last remaining absolute mon
washingtonpost.comAll About Saudi Arabiaโs Controversial Crown Prince Mohammed
Not since the reign of the countryโs founder, Abdulaziz Al Saud, has so much power been concentrated in one manโs hands in Saudi Arabia. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman isnโt king, yet. But the 37-year-old royal essentially runs the country for his father, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is 86. The prince, who replaced his father as prime minister in late September, leapfrogged a generation of older uncles and cousins to become heir to the throne in one of the worldโs last remaining absolute mon
washingtonpost.comGerman leader continues Gulf tour with stops in UAE, Qatar
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has planted a tree at a mangrove park in the United Arab Emirates, a token nod to environmentalism during a two-day visit to the Gulf region focused mainly on securing new fossil fuel supplies and forging fresh alliances against Russia.
Lawyer: UAE overturns sentence for former Khashoggi attorney
A lawyer says the United Arab Emirates has overturned a three-year prison sentence for an American citizen who had represented the slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, killed at the kingdomโs consulate in Istanbul in 2018
washingtonpost.comFrance skirts over Khashoggi killing amid Saudi prince visit
Franceโs presidency has focused on global warming, the war in Ukraine and the Iran nuclear deal in relaying details about the controversial dinner in Paris between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Saudi crown prince wants you talking about his โcity of the futureโ
New details have ginned up interest in Suadi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's long-touted city of the future, just as he departed for his first official trip to Europe since the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
washingtonpost.comMacron boosting Saudi prince's standing with dinner invite
French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to his presidential palace and offer him dinner, marking another step in the Saudi leaderโs diplomatic rehabilitation less than four years after the killing of writer and critic Jamal Khashoggi
washingtonpost.comArrest of Saudi for lying to FBI shows kingdomโs reach in US
It began with a message that appeared on Danah al-Mayoufโs phone from an anonymous Instagram account โ a promise to help her โcrushโ a $5 million lawsuit she faced from a pro-government Saudi fashion model. It was December 2019, a year after the killing and dismemberment of prominent U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, and al-Mayouf feared possibly being kidnapped and taken back to the kingdom like others. U.S. federal prosecutors have arrested the man, 42-year-old Ibrahim Alhussayen, on charges of lying to federal officials about using the fake account to harass and threaten Saudi critics โ mostly women โ living in the U.S. and Canada.
news.yahoo.comUAE sentences former Khashoggi lawyer to 3 years in prison
The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi โ the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabiaโs consulate in Istanbul in 2018 โ to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion
washingtonpost.comDC trolls Saudi embassy by naming street Jamal Khashoggi Way
One month ahead of President Joe Bidenโs trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the dissident Saudi activist and journalist in 2018.