Saudi Arabia

U.S. 09/07/20, 17:34

A Saudi Arabian court on Monday handed down final judgment on the eight accused of murdering Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to Saudi Arabia's state television. According to the Washington Examiner, all eight accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi were found guilty and will face different prison sentences. ...

Middle East 02/14/20, 11:49

The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the transparency of foreign funding received by Harvard and Yale universities. Officials suspect that these institutions failed to report billions of dollars worth of contributions originating from abroad, some even from countries opposed to the United States, according to The Wall Street ...

Asia & Pacific 10/11/19, 12:24

Iran said Friday two missiles struck one of its oil tankers traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, a mysterious assault not immediately corroborated that still spiked oil prices amid months of heightened tensions at sea across the wider Mideast. There was no acknowledgement of the incident ...

Politics 09/21/19, 11:29

President Donald Trump on Friday, Sept. 21, approved the deployment of additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates following last week’s drone attacks on two oil facilities. “The president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces, which will be defensive in nature and ...

Politics 09/21/19, 06:57

President Donald Trump has approved deployment of U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the request of the two Middle East countries to help protect their critical infrastructure following attacks on Saudi oil facilities last week, U.S. defense leaders announced. The announcement was made at a ...

U.S. 09/18/19, 20:59

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the two oil refinery attacks by armed drones that occurred in Saudi Arabia were "an Iranian attack" that amounts to "an act of war." The world’s largest oil refinery, the Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq refinery, an oil processing facility was targeted on Sept. 14 along ...

World 09/18/19, 10:08

Following Monday’s meeting with President Donald Trump on the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, the U.S. military is now on standby and preparing for a response to counter the attack. Saudi and U.S. investigators have established “with very high probability” that the attack on the Saudi oil industry was launched ...

World 09/16/19, 14:56

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States does not need oil and gas from the Middle East as prices spike after drone attacks on Saudi sites. “Because we have done so well with Energy over the last few years (thank you, Mr. President!), we are a net Energy ...

U.S. 09/16/19, 06:01

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he has approved the use of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve if needed after attacks on Saudi Arabia oil facilities may disrupt global supply and push up prices. “Based on the attack on Saudi Arabia, which may have an impact on oil prices, I ...

U.S. 09/16/19, 04:57

President Trump on Sunday, Sept. 15, denied reports that he is willing to meet with Iran, "The Fake News is saying that I am willing to meet with Iran, 'No Conditions.' That is an incorrect statement (as usual!)," Trump tweeted. The Fake News is saying that I am willing to meet ...

U.S. 09/16/19, 04:25

President Trump has said America is "locked and loaded depending on verification," against the attackers who targeted the world’s largest oil refinery, the Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq refinery. The oil processing facility was targeted along with the Khurais oil field by armed drones on Sept. 14. Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels have ...

U.S. 09/14/19, 20:17

Two crucial links to the world’s oil supply were attacked by armed drones on Sept. 14, with Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels claiming responsibility. The world’s largest oil refinery, the Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq refinery, an oil processing facility was targeted along with the Khurais oil field, also operated by Aramco. No ...

U.S. 07/30/19, 06:21

The Senate on Monday failed to override President Trump's vetoes of resolutions blocking his arms deal with Saudi Arabia, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Senators voted 45-40, 45-39, and 46-41 on the override ...

Asia & Pacific 06/23/19, 16:03

One person was killed and seven others were wounded in an attack by Iranian-allied Yemeni rebels on an airport in Saudi Arabia Sunday evening, the Saudi military said, as the U.S. secretary of state was on his way to the country for talks on Iran. Regional tensions have flared in recent ...

Politics 06/20/19, 13:48

Seven Republican senators joined all Democrats on Thursday to block the arms deal between President Trump and Saudi Arabia. The sale, estimated at over $8 billion, would provide arms to Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Trump was using an emergency deal to skip Congress’s 30-day review process ...

Politics 06/20/19, 11:37

The Senate voted Thursday to block the Trump administration from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, launching a new challenge to President Donald Trump's steadfast alliance with the country amid rising tensions in the Middle East. The resolution passed, 53-45. Trump has promised to veto the legislation. The White House said stopping the ...

Politics 06/19/19, 18:38

Lawmakers have reached a deal with the Senate's Republican leadership to vote on more than a dozen resolutions aimed at blocking the Trump administration's sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the Senate will hear debate and vote on the resolutions Thursday. The move to block the sale ...

New York 06/03/19, 18:38

A Lebanese-American businessman who worked to advance Saudi Arabia's agenda to the Trump administration and who later provided grand jury testimony to special counsel Robert Mueller about his efforts to connect a Russian banker to members of Trump's transition team has been arrested on charges of transporting a dozen images ...

Asia & Pacific 05/29/19, 23:47

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says Muslim nations must confront recent attacks blamed on Iran with "all means of force and firmness."Ibrahim al-Assaf made the comments early Thursday at a meeting of foreign ministers of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jiddah ahead of a series of summits in the ...

Asia & Pacific 05/24/19, 01:32

Iran's foreign minister is in Pakistan on a critically timed visit amid a crisis between Tehran and Washington and ahead of next week's emergency Arab League meeting called by Saudi Arabia as regional tensions escalate.Mohammad Javad Zarif was holding talks on Friday with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi.Ahead of ...