Tag: Crown Prince

India, US, Saudi Arabia, UAE advance shared vision of a more secure, prosperous Middle East region

Sullivan thanked the Crown Prince for the support Saudi Arabia has provided to US citizens during the evacuation from Sudan.

May 8, 2023

Saudi executions

Saudi Arabia’s human rights record has been under increasing scrutiny from rights groups and Western allies ever since the killing of the Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in 2018. The kingdom has faced strong criticism of its restrictive laws on political and religious expression, and the implementation of the death penalty, including for defendants arrested when they were minors.

March 15, 2022

Diplomatic breakthrough

The meeting at the high table can, therefore, be expected to go beyond the customary diplomatic grandstanding. When the desert kingdom’s Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman greeted the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, with an embrace on arrival, it was more than a symbolic gesture.

January 8, 2021

Benjamin Netanyahu held secret talks in Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince, Mike Pompeo: Report

The meeting comes after Israel agreed historic deals to normalise ties with two Saudi allies in the Gulf, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

November 23, 2020

Snubbed by MBS, Pakistan colludes with his rivals in House of Saud

Sources in Riyadh told IANS that Gen Bajwa who visited Saudi Arabia on Monday returned home without getting to meet the Crown Prince MBS. He had undertaken the visit as a damage control exercise after the Pakistan government threatened to split the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) over Kashmir.

August 20, 2020

Khashoggi murder happened ‘under my watch’: MBS

Khashoggi -- a supporter-turned-critic of the Crown Prince and a Washington Post columnist -- was killed and reportedly dismembered in October 2018 by a team of 15 agents sent from Riyadh. His body has not been found until now.

September 26, 2019

Saudi reforms

Critically, this will entail registering a marriage, divorce or a child’s birth, and being issued official family documents.

August 6, 2019

UN ‘Paralysis’ delaying justice for Jamal Khashoggi murder: Expert

Callamard's report concluded that Khashoggi's death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 was "an extrajudicial execution" and that Riyadh was responsible, with evidence linking Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the crime.

June 27, 2019

Hyphen reinstated

In times when the quality of governance was assessed on the basis of accomplishment rather than show, the ministry of external affairs laboured the point that India and Pakistan should not be placed in the same bracket.

February 23, 2019

Return of the Prince

The return of Prince Ahmed may be a sign of the revival of the consultative court, which had become dormant with the rise of the Crown Prince.

November 7, 2018

Donald Trump meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince at White House

US President Trump welcomed Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan at the White House, for their first face-to-face meeting. Crown Prince Al-Nahyan is a "very special person, highly respected", Trump said during a brief photo opportunity in the Oval Office on Monday.  "And loves his country, I can tell you that,...

May 16, 2017

Republic Day Guest

The Chief Guest at the Republic Day ceremonies this year was the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. Though nominally only second in his country’s hierarchy, the Crown Prince has become steadily more prominent and is now regarded as the effective decision maker in his realm. His elder sibling remains formally enshrined but the effective takeover...

January 31, 2017