Simply sign up to the Middle Eastern politics & society myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It was a covert military shipment docking at a Yemeni port that finally brought simmering ...

Rapper Cardi B praised life in Saudi Arabia, saying it is much “cleaner,” albeit more authoritarian in the Middle Eastern country. Cardi B was the latest of many famous American performers to ...

Prudent fiscal policy, vigilant financial oversight, and deeper labor and investment reforms can keep Saudi Arabia’s transformation on track Next year will be pivotal for Saudi Arabia. The country is ...

A multigenerational story led by Saudi women forms the emotional core of “Hijra,” a character-driven drama that follows a grandmother and her two granddaughters across Saudi Arabia. When one of the ...

South African multi-award-winning singer Sjava recently announced the release of his upcoming album, INkanyezi NeZinkanyezi The popular star revealed that he will drop the album in January 2026 on his ...

The conservative Islamic kingdom’s approach to social policy change is often silence and ambiguity. Legalizing alcohol has been no different. By Vivian Nereim Vivian Nereim reported from outside the ...

Saudi Arabia has launched production at the giant Jafurah natural gas field, the largest non-associated gas development in the Kingdom, which is key to the Saudi goal to significantly boost its gas ...

Last week’s meeting at the White House between President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did more than revive a strained partnership — it signaled a strategic reset at a moment when ...

The deal include the sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia. With much fanfare, President Donald Trump announced this week that he and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had signed a new Strategic ...

President Donald Trump loves a deal and few partners have proven more willing or more powerful than Saudi Arabia. This week, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged to channel $1 ...

White House gourmet meals for foreign dignitaries are always set over a tablecloth of diplomacy. But for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, there was a lot more simmering at the ...

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia allowed US citizen Saad Almadi to return home to Florida as President Trump lavishly hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a second day in DC. Almadi, 75, was ...