The proposed 30-year agreement would place American companies at the heart of Saudi Arabia's civilian nuclear programme, with Congress expected to review the pact in the coming days.
The reported escalation followed a dispute over an Iranian Mahan Air flight to Houthi-controlled Sanaa, after which Saudi forces struck the airport and the Houthis retaliated with missile and drone attacks on Abha airport.
Sectarian divisions along the Shia-Sunni divide have long been a defining feature of the Middle East.
Kerala Police have invoked the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against a 26-year-old native of Aikkarappadi in Malappuram district, who was arrested upon his return from Saudi Arabia over an alleged offensive social media comment justifying the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack.
As per the latest Hajj bulletin, 33 of the deceased were men and remaining 17 were women.
Biden not only highlighted the progress in moving relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel towards normalization and said the US and Saudi Arabia agreed to partner on a "far-reaching" green energy initiative.
To understand why the world’s only Jewish state would be keen on ties with a Sunni Muslim theocratic kingdom is important to make sense of US diplomacy in the region.
Israeli airlines had been banned by Saudi Arabia from flying over the kingdom's airspace, making flights between Israel and Asia longer and costlier.
“Biden is coming in, in essence making a choice,” Sachs said. “And the choice is to embrace the emerging regional architecture.”
President Biden would also have to apply pressure on the Saudis and their allies in the region to withdraw their troops from South Yemen.
