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The Portuguese player has received a hero’s welcome, but human rights groups cry foul over ‘sportswashing’
Investments up to $15bn aim to secure access to minerals used in solar panels, electric cars and other industries
Companies are flocking to the Middle East to raise capital just as they did in 2008. But funds say they are being more strategic about investments
Conservative kingdom opens up to the Christian holiday as it pushes through a series of modernising reforms
A month on from the deal, SNB chair Ammar Alkhudairy is nonplussed by the attention the investment has drawn
Saudi Arabia says maintaining ties with both Beijing and Washington is not ‘a zero-sum game’
President pledges to strengthen ties with Gulf as visit coincides with low point between Riyadh and Washington
Beijing foreign ministry hails presidential visit as ‘epoch-making milestone’ in relationship with region
Trip aims to boost Gulf relations five months after US warned Beijing it would not cede Middle East
Public Investment Fund strikes seven-year deal with 25 institutions
Anger at western hectoring and giant-killing performances have fostered a sense of solidarity
Transaction would follow diplomatic push by Erdoğan to attract Saudi cash to crisis-hit economy
Investment in solar and wind might help the kingdom meet emissions targets — and also pump more crude to sell others
Move could derail lawsuit filed against kingdom’s day-to-day ruler over death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Deals announced by Saudi Arabia as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Seoul
Oil-rich kingdom looks to mining sector as it steps up diversification plans
Deal comes as kingdom seeks to diversify its oil-dependent economy
Deal will see up to a quarter of the Swiss bank being owned by Middle Eastern investors
Saudi Aramco makes $42.4bn quarterly profits as BP steps up share buybacks
Apple to set up Middle East distribution in Riyadh hub that aims to lure multinationals from UAE
Kingdom’s sovereign fund to set up companies in Middle East and north Africa in attempt to shore up soft power
West keen to tap kingdom’s oil wealth as it enjoys a petrodollar-fuelled boom
US president under pressure from Democrats to target the area that would hurt America’s ally the most: security
Biden to re-evaluate relationship after Riyadh gambled on antagonising western ally in order to pursue its own agenda
State media, lawmakers, propagandists and war correspondents publicly criticise defence minister Sergei Shoigu
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