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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
The latest news on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, including Saudi Arabian political news and updates.
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31 Aug 1985
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Saudi executions hit record high, driven by drug offences, despite i Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reform claims, Amnesty warns. Photo: AP
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.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, Saudi Arabia ink deals worth US$27 billion with eye on clean energy

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Middle East

Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years in prison

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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.

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Israeli security forces inspect a destroyed building that was hit by a missile fired from Iran, near Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: AP
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.

United States

Opinion | 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.

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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.

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US President Donald Trump gestures while delivering remarks to US troops during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
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.

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.

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China trade

China, US sign duelling deals after agreeing to trade war truce

Following their tariff reductions, China and the US have unveiled major investments – Beijing in Brazil and Washington in the Middle East.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva unveiled a package of investments from Chinese firms in Beijing on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Trump’s Mideast visit clears path for advanced AI chip deals led by Nvidia

The deals are taking shape, while Trump visits the Middle East to forge deeper ties that put US technology initiatives at centre stage.

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US President Donald Trump arrives with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

‘I like him too much’: Trump showers praise on Saudi Arabia’s crown prince

The US president’s rapport with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is far warmer than his White House predecessor’s.

Donald Trump

Trump signs US$142 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia during Gulf trip

The White House described it as the largest-ever weapons deal, although Trump in his first term trumpeted a larger, longer-term figure.

Commodities

Will the free-falling oil price reorder the world’s energy landscape?

Brent crude, the global benchmark, tumbled 13 per cent through Thursday and Friday to just over US$66 a barrel.

A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City, on April 2, 2025. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Zelensky in Saudi Arabia as US voices hope for Ukraine peace talks

Tuesday’s crunch Ukraine-US talks will be the first between the two sides since White House blow-up.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greeting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: Saudi Press Agency via AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Arab leaders meet to craft counter to Trump’s Gaza plan

The US president has proposed to ‘take over’ the Palestinian territory and relocate its over 2 million residents to Egypt and Jordan.

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US-China relations

China’s Wang Yi promotes multilateralism as US rejects model

Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s road trip highlights Beijing’s role as a global multilateral mediator even as Trump treats conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza as issues he can solve in discussions with Russia and Israel.

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Israel-Gaza war

Rubio discusses Gaza deal with Saudi crown prince: US

Marco Rubio’s meeting in Riyadh followed a visit to Israel, where he supported Netanyahu’s military campaign in Gaza.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: Saudi Press Agency via dpa
Energy

Opinion | Oil still runs the world, but its role in geopolitics is changing

Demand from China and the rest of the world ensures its impact on diplomacy and markets, but there’s no question its supremacy is waning.

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Middle East

Saudi Arabia rejects Israel’s push for ties without Palestinian state

Riyadh’s rejection came swiftly after Israel’s PM said establishing formal relations ‘is not only feasible, I think it’s going to happen’.

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US-China relations

Trump tells Davos he is hopeful about US-China ties as he warns on tariffs

American leader touts ‘very good’ relationship with Xi Jinping amid ‘massive’ trade deficits with Beijing.

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US President Donald Trump speaks by video to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Saudi crown prince vows US$600 billion investment in call with Trump

The US$600 billion pledge could help secure a return visit by the US president to Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump in 2017. File photo: AP
Israel-Gaza war

US-backed Israeli violence reshapes old Gulf enmities

As the Gaza war widens to Lebanon and beyond, Gulf states are reassessing their old security pacts with the West – and ill will towards Iran.

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United States

Jared Kushner has discussed US-Saudi diplomacy with Saudi crown prince

Talks covered the process of normalising relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, a key diplomatic objective of the Biden and Trump administrations.

China-Middle East relations

Chinese Premier vows stronger trade ties with Saudi Arabia

Li Qiang addresses joint committee with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and calls for confidence in China despite headwinds.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives China’s Premier Li Qiang in Riyadh on September 11. Photo: Reuters
Saudi Arabia

Ex-Saudi official says crown prince forged king’s signature on Yemen war decree

Saudi Arabia did not comment on Saad al-Jabri ‘s claims Mohammed bin Salman forged signature on decree that launched war against Houthis.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: AP
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia tipped to ease alcohol ban as it uncorks tourism potential

There are signs the kingdom is weighing loosening alcohol restrictions to unleash a tourism gold rush.

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Luxury travel

What to expect from Trojena, Saudi Arabia’s futuristic desert ski resort

Part of a megacity being built from scratch in the Saudi desert, new ski resort Trojena is shaping up to be quite the spectacle – and a surprisingly environmentally friendly one too

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