How a top Trump fundraiser spent a year cultivating 2 crown princes to nail...
Elliott Broidy a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, and George Nader, Broidy's business partner, pitched themselves and pushed the interests of Saudi Arabia and the UAE to the White House.The...
View ArticleRANKED: The 29 richest countries in the world
Size doesn't always mean wealth when it comes to the world's richest countries, according to data published in April by the International Monetary Fund.Twice a year the IMF releases a huge dump of data...
View ArticleTop Trump fundraisers who sought to negotiate $1 billion in business deals...
Top Trump fundraisers who sought to negotiate $1 billion in business deals with Middle East princes referred to Jared Kushner as the "Clown Prince" and mocked his role as a Middle East negotiator....
View ArticleSaudi Arabia arrested 10 activists who campaigned for women's rights to drive...
Authorities in Saudi Arabia detained several women's rights activists who campaigned for women's driving rights just weeks before the country is set to lift the ban on women driving.At least 10 women's...
View ArticleJared Kushner's real estate startup is seeking a $100 million investment from...
Cadre, a real estate startup partly-owned by presidential senior adviser Jared Kushner, is seeking an investment of at least $100 million from a private fund backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...
View ArticleOil is rallying after report says OPEC won't nix supply cuts before next year
Oil surged Wednesday after a report said that OPEC will likely keep output cuts through the end of the year.Prices had been falling last week after reports said the cartel could increase output before...
View ArticleA Florida man impersonated a Saudi prince for decades, cheating investors out...
A Florida man impersonated a Saudi prince for decades, cheating investors of millions of dollars. Anthony Gignac, who had five aliases including Khaled Al-Saud, pleaded guilty to identity theft and...
View ArticleVogue Arabia has been called out for its cover on 'trailblazing' Saudi women...
Vogue Arabia's June 2018 cover story on "trailblazing" Saudi women has been called out for being "tone deaf." The magazine cover features a Saudi princess behind the wheel of a car, a nod to the...
View Article'An enormous, long-standing Ponzi scheme': A court rules that a Saudi...
A dispute involving a Saudi-Arabian business empire ended after the judge ruled it was complicit in defrauding more than 100 banks for billions of dollars. Liquidators called it "the largest Ponzi...
View ArticleThe Trump administration is considering getting more involved in Yemen — and...
The Trump administration is considering helping the Saudi-led coalition militarily seize a port from Iranian-backed Houthis in war-torn Yemen.The United Arab Emirates, one of the major players in the...
View ArticleYemen ceasefire would see Houthis give up missiles and Saudis end air campaign
A U.N. peace plan for Yemen calls on the Houthi movement to give up its ballistic missiles in return for an end to a bombing campaign against it by a Saudi-led coalition and a transitional governance...
View ArticleA Saudi Arabian fashion show used drones instead of female models — but it’s...
A Saudi Arabian fashion show used drones instead of models to feature clothing this past weekend.When videos went viral, people assumed that women had been banned from the show.A designer who presented...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia gave the death penalty to four men for plotting to assassinate...
Saudi Arabia has handed the death penalty to four men accused of training in Iranian terror "camps" who planned to assassinate "prominent figures." State media said the men traveled to Iran and trained...
View ArticleRussia's Putin plans to meet Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman to talk an oil...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when he visits Russia for the opening of the soccer World Cup, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
View ArticleOil is tumbling ahead of next week's OPEC meeting
Oil was down more than 3% on Friday ahead of an OPEC meeting.The US has reportedly pressured the cartel to raise output.Watch oil trade in real time here.Oil fell Thursday a week ahead of an OPEC...
View ArticleThe UAE boat hit by Houthis off Yemen was reportedly a landing craft, but we...
The UAE ship struck by Houthi missiles early Wednesday was a landing craft utility ship, a knowledgeable source told Business Insider, adding that the missiles were believed to be made by China or...
View ArticleOil is sliding ahead of this week's OPEC meeting
Oil was down more than 2% Tuesday.OPEC is expected to roll back supply cuts at a meeting later this week.China has threatened to impose tariffs on US crude. Oil slid Tuesday ahead of a meeting among...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia is planning to turn rival Qatar into an island
Saudi Arabia appears to be further distancing itself from Qatar, this time literally. The country appears to be moving forward with plans to dig a canal along its 38-mile (61 kilometer) border with...
View ArticleWomen in Saudi Arabia can now drive legally after the kingdom lifted its...
Women in Saudi Arabia are now driving for the first time in their country after the kingdom lifted its longstanding ban on Sunday.For nearly three decades, outspoken Saudi women and the men who...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia makes history, ending longstanding rule that barred women from...
Women in Saudi Arabia can now get in the driver's seat as the country officially lifts a decades-old rule that barred them from driving vehicles.Women across the country celebrated, with many getting...
View Article