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China-Middle East relations
China and Saudi Arabia pledge deeper hi-tech cooperation despite US pressure
Mohammed bin Salman says the kingdom will work with Beijing in areas ranging from oil to AI to bring ‘greater benefits’ to both countries.
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Middle East
Opinion
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Why Gulf region’s dreams of aviation domination are built on sand
5 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
Singapore
Saudi adviser lauds parallels with Singapore in modernisation efforts
2 Dec 2025 - 9:16PM
Saudi Arabia
The China factor behind Trump’s decision to upgrade Saudi air power
The deal swaps F-35 jets for ‘guardrails’ on Chinese tech in the Gulf, analysts say – with Israel assured its military edge is safe.
24 Nov 2025 - 5:30PM
Donald Trump
Khashoggi’s widow and Democrats demand release of ‘shocking’ Trump-Saudi call
The call with the Saudi crown prince after Khashoggi’s killing involved a quid pro quo, US congressman Eugene Vindman says.
22 Nov 2025 - 4:36AM
Donald Trump
White House defends Trump calling a female reporter ‘piggy’
White House press secretary said Trump ‘gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information’.
21 Nov 2025 - 9:13AM
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United States
Trump urges broadcast regulator to revoke ABC licences over Khashoggi query
Trump’s suggestion to the FCC came after a reporter questioned Saudi Arabia’s crown prince about the 2018 killing of a Washington Post columnist.
20 Nov 2025 - 8:26PM
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Africa
Trump vows to end Sudan war, in sudden pivot thanks to Saudi crown prince
The US president condemned ‘tremendous atrocities’ in the conflict, which he admitted was previously ‘not on my charts’.
20 Nov 2025 - 7:53AM
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Donald Trump
Ronaldo, Musk attend Trump’s White House dinner with Saudi crown prince
Elon Musk was among business titans invited to the gala dinner, as tensions with Donald Trump thaw.
19 Nov 2025 - 3:23PM
Donald Trump
Trump attacks female reporters, who he called ‘piggy’ and ‘terrible’
US president lashes ABC News and Bloomberg reporters in the Oval Office and on Air Force One.
19 Nov 2025 - 3:25PM
United States
Trump defends Saudi crown prince on deal-making US trip
US president warmly welcomes Mohammed bin Salman on his first White House visit in seven years, and defends him on journalist’s murder.
19 Nov 2025 - 3:30PM
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Saudi Arabia
Trump says planning to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia
The decision, announced ahead of a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, could impact Israel’s ‘qualitative military edge’.
18 Nov 2025 - 9:17AM
Donald Trump
Trump to host Saudi crown prince for AI and nuclear talks next month
Salman’s first US visit since 2018 potentially includes Israel normalisation talks and follows Trump’s US$600 billion Middle East deal in May.
21 Oct 2025 - 11:12PM
India-Pakistan tensions
Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact tests India’s Gulf outreach
Analysts say the deal exposes the limits of New Delhi’s ambitions in a region where Beijing is also deepening its economic and military ties.
29 Sep 2025 - 5:42PM
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China-Middle East relations
New Saudi-Pakistan pact signals evolving alliances amid rising US-China tension
Riyadh looking to ‘put its eggs in different baskets’ given doubts over US commitment in the region, analysts say.
22 Sep 2025 - 12:16PM
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Pakistan
Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact sends nuclear umbrella signal to Israel
Pakistan has also called for a military alliance of Arab and Islamic states modelled after Nato amid rising regional tensions.
18 Sep 2025 - 6:17PM
Middle East
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign defence pact amid growing wariness over US
An Israeli attack on Qatar last week has heightened concerns about Washington’s reliability as a security guarantor in the region.
18 Sep 2025 - 5:21PM
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Middle East
Israel will keep targeting Hamas leaders despite anger over Doha strike: consul
‘They’ll get over it’, the Israeli ambassador to the US says in response to global anger over the air strikes that killed five Hamas members.
10 Sep 2025 - 9:30PM
China technology
Opinion
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For China and the Middle East, a Space Silk Road is written in the stars
Traditionally reliant on the US, Arab countries are turning to Beijing as relations with Washington sour over the Gaza humanitarian crisis.
21 Aug 2025 - 5:30AM
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Middle East
‘Scared every morning’: Saudi Arabia’s executions hit record high, Amnesty says
Saudi Arabia executed 345 people last year, mainly for drug offences, despite Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s pledge to limit death penalties to homicides.
7 Jul 2025 - 5:20PM
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Indonesia
Indonesia, Saudi Arabia ink deals worth US$27 billion with eye on clean energy
Trade between the two countries amounted to around US$31.5 billion in the last five years.
3 Jul 2025 - 4:43PM
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Middle East
Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years in prison
Turki Al-Jasser ran a personal blog from 2013 to 2015 and was well known for his articles on the Arab spring, women’s rights, and corruption.
15 Jun 2025 - 9:14PM
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Middle East
Israel and Iran unleash more strikes, deepening Middle East crisis
Israel targets Iran’s Defence Ministry headquarters; Tehran launches deadly missile strikes.
15 Jun 2025 - 7:49PM
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Middle East
Opec+ agrees on sharp increase in July oil production to deepen price slump
The organisation will raise output by 411,000 barrels a day for the third month in a row, as it doubles down on policy shift.
31 May 2025 - 7:25PM
United States
Opinion
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With his ‘historic’ tour, Trump puts US power back in the Middle East
In reasserting the US in the centre of the Middle East’s strategic calculus, Trump also weakens the leverage and influence of Russia and China.
23 May 2025 - 5:30AM
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Donald Trump
Trump caps Gulf tour with America-first policy for peace in Middle East
Trump’s vision sits well with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, two Gulf nations closest to Washington, but its feasibility remains to be determined, analysts say.
16 May 2025 - 9:00PM
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Middle East
Trump wraps up his Middle East tour with deals galore
The US president made scoring business deals a centrepiece of the first major foreign trip of his second term.
16 May 2025 - 5:17PM
Middle East
Trump says ‘getting close’ to deal to avoid Iran military action
Iran has held four rounds of talks with the Trump administration, which has sought to avert threatened military action by Israel.
15 May 2025 - 9:54PM
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