Saudi Arabia’s 170km-long desert city is in trouble. The futuristic, carbon-neutral Neom project is turning into financial quicksand. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has staked his legacy on ...

Housekeepers from East Africa suffer beatings, starvation and sexual assault in Saudi Arabia. Here’s what else we learned about the cross-border trade in domestic workers. By Justin Scheck and ...

For years, Saudi Arabia has leaned on advisory firms to drive an expensive overhaul of its economy. But the kingdom’s once insatiable appetite for foreign consultants is dimming, adding pressure ...

Each also shares a platform with the Peugeot 2008 and Opel/Vauxhall Mokka, among others. The electric Jeep has a 115 kW (156 PS) motor and a battery pack with a 54-kilowatt-hour nominal capacity ...

Saudi Arabia’s absolute monarchy restricts almost all political rights and civil liberties. No officials at the national level are elected. The regime relies on pervasive surveillance, the ...

Private yachts were moored nearby, and some of the biggest celebrities were in attendance as Saudi Arabia partially opened Neom, its ambitious $500 billion mega-city in the desert. The event was ...

But one country --Saudi Arabia -- is emerging as a center of gravity for potential peace talks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Riyadh on March 10 to meet Saudi Crown Prince ...

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Neom’s estimated cost has ballooned to $8.8 trillion—over 25 times Saudi Arabia’s annual budget. The first phase alone, set for 2035, is projected to require ...

The attack came as senior Ukrainian officials met in Saudi Arabia with a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio about how to reach an agreement to end the war. The talks reflect a ...

Ukrainian and American representatives met in Jeddah on Tuesday. LONDON -- The United States and Ukraine are calling for a 30-day ceasefire, subject to the acceptance of Russia, following talks in ...

Marco Rubio said he hoped the pause in US aid to Ukraine could be "resolved" but that Tuesday's talks "would be key to that". The US's top diplomat has said that he sees promise in Ukraine's ...

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