Saudi Arabia’s influence in the region and with Mr Trump means that MBS could yet do more. His country has already hosted talks aimed at bringing a ceasefire to Ukraine.

Mr. Ratney served as the U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2023 to 2025. Lots of people in Saudi Arabia have a soft spot for Donald Trump. They think of the American president as ...

President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) When he started as a Post contributing columnist in the ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spoke to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday in the first call with a foreign leader of his second term, appearing to renew efforts ...

Trump said during his trip to Saudi Arabia he wants the Gulf kingdom to join the Abraham Accords and normalize diplomatic relations with Israel. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Donald Trump came to Saudi Arabia earlier this month, with big U.S. business leaders in tow, to embrace Saudi’s young leader, Mohammed bin Salman, and his 2030 plans to reshape its oil economy.

On May 3rd Saudi Arabia told OPEC it would no longer underwrite such cheating, and would instead open the taps to regain its market share. The price of Brent crude duly slumped to around $60 a barrel.