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Saudi Arabia Hosting World Cup 2034 Was Grimly Inevitable

By Charlie Campbell

How Extreme Heat Is Proving a Major Challenge for Hajj

By Armani Syed

Saudi Arabia Weighs World Cup 2030 Bid With Egypt, Greece

By Matthew Martin and Yousef Gamal El-Din / Bloomberg

Inside Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Go Green

By Vivienne Walt / Dhahran and Riyadh
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What Young Saudis Think About 'Sportswashing' Allegations

Standing in a luxury spectator stand on Saturday night, Abdullah Sarhan stared down at the newest track on the Formula 1 series, as the world’s top race-car drivers roared past in a blur, during this...

By Vivienne Walt / Jeddah

Saudi Arabia to Start Investment Fund for Carbon Capture

Saudi Arabia said Middle Eastern economies will be boosted by efforts to cut planet-warming gases and announced a fund to invest in carbon-capture technology. “Climate change is an economic opportunity for individuals and the private...

By Vivian Nereim / Bloomberg

Why Crown Prince MBS Wasn't Sanctioned for Khashoggi Killing

In newly declassified detail, the world can now read why the CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dispatched the 15-man hit squad that killed and dismembered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018....

By Kimberly Dozier and W.J. Hennigan

Press Freedom Group Files Lawsuit Against Saudi Arabia Over Khashoggi Killing

Reporters Without Borders has filed a criminal complaint against Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the journalist's killing in 2018

By Joseph Hincks

Saudi Activist Loujain al Hathloul is Out of Jail. But Justice Remains a Distant Hope

Change in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comes only on the terms of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

By Joseph Hincks

What a President Biden Could Mean for Political Prisoners Jailed in Saudi Arabia

“I hope a new administration that signals a new approach to Saudi Arabia can really ask for the release of political prisoners”

By Joseph Hincks

Could Saudi Arabia Normalize Relations with Israel?

When Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman takes the throne, anything is possible

By Joseph Hincks

Two Years On, Sister of Jailed Saudi Women's Rights Activist Pleads for Justice

When Saudi Arabian security forces raided her family’s Riyadh home on May 15, 2018, dragging her sister Loujain out at gunpoint, Lina al-Hathloul was thousands of miles away in Brussels. Two months earlier, UAE security...

By Joseph Hincks

Saudi Suspends Pilgrimages to Mecca n Effort to Stop Coronavirus

Tourism visa-holders from countries with reported coronavirus infections will also be denied entry

By Zaid Sabah / Bloomberg

Concerns Grow For Jailed Saudi Blogger

Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, currently serving a 10 year prison sentence for criticizing the Saudi Arabian regime online, has not been heard from in more than a month, leaving his family fearful for his...

By Billy Perrigo / Geneva

How Saudi Arabia Is Still Teaching Hate

In 2018, Saudi women took to the streets around the country, permitted to drive cars themselves for the first time. That same year, unrelated men and women were allowed to mix at a Formula-E car...

By Kimberly Dozier

Attorney General William Barr Announces 21 Saudi Cadets to Be Removed From U.S. Training Program After Pensacola Shooting

The FBI found they had social media containing “jihadi or anti-American sentiment”

By W.J. Hennigan and Tessa Berenson

'I Never Wanted to Be a Dissident.' A Gay Saudi Journalist Seeking Asylum in Australia Speaks Out After Being Detained

Two gay Saudi Arabian journalists are seeking asylum in Australia after facing death threats and a police summons

By Joseph Hincks

Saudi Aramco Is the World's First $2 Trillion Company. But Is It Overvalued?

In a festive opening to the sale of its best known company, Saudi political and economic elite were out on Wednesday to show their full support for the sale of their country’s crown jewel. Saudi...

By Bessma Momani

Saudi Arabia’s State-Owned Oil Giant Just Raised $25.6 Billion in the World’s Biggest-Ever IPO

Aramco offered just 1.5% of its shares and opted for a local listing

By Matthew Martin / Bloomberg

Saudi Prince: U.S. Lawmakers Should Get Off Their 'High Moralistic Horses'

Senior lawmakers remain unified on the issue of punishing the kingdom

By Glen Carey / Bloomberg
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