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Comment on this story Comment The Saudi government has sentenced a 72-year-old U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison for tweets he posted while inside the United States, some of which were critical of the Saudi regime. His son, speaking publicly for the first time, alleges that the Saudi government has tortured his father in […]
A senior Democratic lawmaker has raised alarms about the possibility that sensitive US defense technology could be shared with Russia by Saudi Arabia in the wake of the kingdom’s recent decision to side with Moscow over the interests of the US. Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate armed services committee who has proposed
Democrats on Capitol Hill have suggested transferring US weapons systems in Saudi Arabia to Ukraine and suspending a planned transfer of Patriot missiles to Riyadh in the wake of what they call a “turning point” in Washington’s relationship with the kingdom. Ro Khanna, a Democratic congressman from California who is a leading supporter of a […]
President Biden has kicked off a process of reevaluating, and potentially altering, the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia following the announcement by a Saudi-led coalition of oil-producing nations that it would slash oil production. That move by OPEC Plus last week to cut oil output by 2 million barrels a day could boost oil prices […]
OPEC+’s plans to cut oil production is a “mistake,” according to U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, who said there needs to be a re-evaluation of the alliance between the group’s de-facto leader and the United States. The influential alliance of some of the world’s most powerful oil producers is reportedly considering its largest output cut since […]
US News & World Report ranks Saudi Arabia, China ahead of US for ‘racial equality’ WZTV Source link
US News & World Report ranks Saudi Arabia, China ahead of US for ‘racial equality’ KGAN TV Source link
(Washington, DC) – Saudi prosecutors should drop an investigation possibly leading to formal criminal charges against a US citizen living in Saudi Arabia for “disrupting the public order,” Human Rights Watch said today. Carly Morris, 34, believes the allegation relates to her statements on social media voicing concerns about how Saudi Arabia’s discriminatory male guardianship system […]
Comment on this story Comment Since the pandemic started, we’ve had trouble with greetings. Shaking hands went from habit to risk. Forget the kiss hello. Elbow bumps became a thing, as did the awkward dance as one figures out the other’s tolerance for hugs. Thrust the mechanics of hygiene onto the theatrics of . . […]
The Latest on U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to the Mideast: JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat on Saturday downplayed talk of normalization with Israel after the kingdom opened its airspace to Israeli commercial flights and hammered out a complex deal over islands in the Red Sea that required Israeli assent. Saudi Arabia’s […]