Saudi Arabia has been long known as the Kingdom of silence and repression, where several human rights activists, opponents, academics, and journalists are prosecuted, forcibly disappeared, arbitrary detained, and tortured in hell-like prisons...
Saudi Arabia's annual inflation rate ticked up to 3.3% in December, the fastest pace in 18 months, driven by mounting costs for housing, energy and food, new reports by Bloomberg and Reuters revealed this week. According to the sources, Saudi...
US researchers Jonathan Ellis Allen and Jordan Cohen have called, in an opinion report published by The Hill, on US Congress to hold Saudi Arabia responsible for its crimes in Yemen. The Saudi-led war in Yemen has killed an estimated 377,000 people...
Saudi Arabia is involved in the unlawful buying and selling of domestic workers, who are trafficked to the highest bidders in the kingdom. According to an investigation by the UK-based newspaper, the Times, domestic workers are being illegally...
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), headed by Crown prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS), took control of augmented reality pioneer Magic Leap for $450 million, The Telegraph reported this week. The US-based tech firm, which was supported with...
Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Development Fund is poised to launch a new $233m ($879m Saudi Riyal) film industry financing program in the first quarter of 2023, which will be open to both local and international entities, Deadline Hollywood reveled this...
Saudi Arabia may be weighing in on plans for a 2-kilometer-tall, world's tallest tower, for its 18-square-kilometer master-planned area in the capital city of Riyadh, the Interesting Engineering website revealed this week. The proposed skyscraper...
The United States Institute of Peace said in a new report that even as China’s ties with Saudi Arabia and the region deepen, Washington remains an indispensable partner despite perceptions of retrenchment. The United States has long been Saudi...
Forbes magazine revealed in a recent report that Lucid Group's share price has sharply declined after losing 82% of its value this year. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund holds nearly 62% of Lucid's common stock, the US magazine added. According...
In a rare interview with the Saudi state-owned Al-Arabiya news channel, the Israeli newly-elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu renewed vows to normalise ties with Saudi Arabia once he takes office. I think we can have a new peace initiative...