Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince and de facto ruler, often known as MBS, has been trying for a decade to ease Saudi Arabia’s stultifying social strictures and to reduce the economy’s dependence on oil and the state.

The United States agreed on Tuesday to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it "the largest defense cooperation agreement" Washington has ever done.

Trump said during his trip to Saudi Arabia he wants the Gulf kingdom to join the Abraham Accords and normalize diplomatic relations with Israel.

Suarez went on to tout his own ability as mayor to “build partnerships with countries like Saudi Arabia,” including bringing a Saudi regime-backed trade summit called FII Priority to Miami Beach for the first time in 2023, as well as bringing a Saudi investment office to Miami.

By Yousef Saba, Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid and Federico Maccioni RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed a strategic economic agreement with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as the oil power rolled out the red carpet for him at the start of a tour of Gulf states aimed at drumming up trillions of dollars in investments.

Looking for a standout piece of furniture? In just a week, Downtown Design Riyadh — the kingdom’s inaugural design fair — will bring together dozens of local and international designers in the trendy JAX District, offering a curated selection of contemporary and limited-edition pieces.

A British Bank of America analyst has been jailed for 10 years in Saudi Arabia apparently over a since-deleted social media post.

Trump hopes to restart his first-term effort to normalize relations between the Middle East's major powers, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Trump's Abraham Accords effort led to Sudan, the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco agreeing to normalize relations with Israel.

Executives from Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis, Northern Trust and BDT & MSD attended a luncheon at the Saudi Royal Court.

Saudi Arabia's Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb has announced that the kingdom is working to make tourism as vital to its economy as oil by 2030. Speaking at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh,