Mohammed bin Salman
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump thinks he is the king of making great deals. He is wrong
It hasn’t taken long for the president to get involved in an astonishingly wide range of international crises.
- The Economist
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Ex-Lib living his best life and ‘flying the flag’ in Saudi Arabia
Wyatt Roy was Australia’s youngest MP and minister. Now he is in the kingdom, where he had a front-row seat to Donald Trump’s arms mega-deal.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
‘Oh what I do for the crown prince’: Trump to lift sanctions on Syria after rebel takeover
The US president also secured a $926 billion US investment commitment from Saudi Arabia and expressed a willingness to negotiate with Iran.
- Yousef Saba, Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid and Nafisa Eltahir
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Saudi Arabia very safe for women, says Liberal candidate who does business there
Amnesty International continues to raise the alarm about Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship laws, which give men authority over women in most aspects of life in the kingdom.
- Angus Delaney and Paul Sakkal
- Opinion
- The Fitz Files
Gout Gout in the Stawell Gift is a masterstroke – there’s just one problem
The young sprint sensation’s participation in the famous handicap race on Easter Monday will be unmissable.
- Peter FitzSimons
FIFA names Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host; three nations to co-host 2030 edition
The decisions complete a mostly opaque 15-month bid process which FIFA president Gianni Infantino helped steer toward Saudi Arabia without a rival candidate.
- Graham Dunbar
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the death of Hamas’ leader
Netanyahu has long wanted to show that he is a historic figure. Well, this is his moment.
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Explainer
- Middle East tensions
Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas: Who they are and what they want
As Israeli troops raid Lebanon, conflict is spreading again in the Middle East. Who are the key players, and what is the Axis of Resistance?
- Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin
It’s not just Greg Norman: Saudis sign raft of Aussies in sport splurge
Pouring billions into golf, football and now the Olympics, the oil-rich Gulf state is pressing ahead with ambitious plans despite accusations of sportswashing.
- Chris Barrett
A 170-kilometre-long desert skyscraper? A subterranean city? Inside MBS’s Saudi dream
Saudi Arabia’s sci-fi-style giga-project is bankrolled by a regime not known for supporting individual liberties, but it has the support of a surprising number of Australians.
- Nick Bryant
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