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Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been summoned to court via the WhatsApp messaging platform over torture charges.
MbS and his aides have been assigned US lawyers in a lawsuit accusing the crown prince of sending a hit squad to Canada to allegedly assassinate ex-Saudi official Saad al-Jabri.
Under anti-corruption guise, Saudi crown prince targets royal rivals
Comment: The arrest of two Saudi princes reflects Mohammed bin Salman's power to increase central control over the defence sector, despite family ties, writes Courtney Freer.
Mounting discontent among leading Saudi royals over MbS' rule
Mohamed bin Salman's cousins are said to regret the crown prince's rise to power.
Senators press Trump over detention of Saudi ex-spy's children
Two adult children and a brother of former top Saudi intelligence official Saad Aljabri were detained in Riyadh in March.
Disappearance of suspected Saudi spy mastermind Al-Asaker arouses suspicion
Saudi dissidents are speculating about the fate of MbS aide Badr al-Asaker, who fell from grace last year following reports he masterminded a spying operation from inside Twitter tracking critics.
Ex-official's children were 'first victims' of MbS, brother claims
A interview with Khalid Aljabri reveals striking new details about the plight of his brother and sister Sarah and Omar Aljabri - who disappeared ...
Confusion after tweet claims detained Saudi prince hospitalised
Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was accused of treason and detained in March as part of a new purge by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Saudi princess makes Ramadan plea for release from prison
Princess Basmah bint Saud al Saud has urged her uncle and her cousin to 'find justice in their hearts' this Ramadan, in her latest plea for ...
Missing Saudi princess pleads royal family to release her
In her first statement since her 2018 disappearance, Saudi Princess Basmah has asked her uncle King Salman and cousin Crown Prince Mohammed bin ...
MbS' lust for power could sink Saudi Arabia
Comment: Mohammed bin Salman is erratically pursuing short-term gains in a desperate and dangerous bid to secure his own ambitions, writes ...
MbS has a problem his royal purge can't solve
Comment: The crown prince's second royal purge consolidates power within the kingdom, but won't protect him from plunging oil prices ...
Riyadh releases King Salman photos after purge of royals
The stunning purge by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman raised speculation about the health of the 84-year-old king.
Ragheb Alama says Lebanon needs a president like MbS
In response to criticism for accepting to perform a concert in the ultra-conservative kingdom, Alama praised the kingdom's de facto ruler.
MbS orders new anti-corruption purge targeting public servants
Saudi Arabia's crown prince has ordered a new anti-corruption purge targeting government employees, following the 2017 arrest campaign ...
New nationalism on the rise in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is experiencing a powerful wave of new nationalism that is transforming domestic politics as well as the country's foreign policy.
Saudi prince’s Ritz-Carlton 'shakedown' ends with $106B netted
Saudi Arabia’s unprecedented 'anti-corruption' sweep that saw top princes, businessmen, military officers and officials detained and tortured at ...
Saudi king receives 'MbS rival' Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah
In a recent New York Times op-ed, Saudi academic Madawi al-Rasheed suggesed Prince Mutaib could be a possible replacement to Mohammed bin Salman ...
Comment: The disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi puts to bed the myth - beloved of the west - of reform in Saudi Arabia, writes ...
Lies and murder: Riyadh's war on dissent
Nurturing the public profile of a reformer, MbS has sought to consolidate his power under the guise of economic and social ...
Saudi Prince Alwaleed buys $250m stake in Snapchat
Saudi Arabia's royal tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal announced on Tuesday he had bought a 2.3% stake of tech company Snap, who owns picture ...
HRW slams Saudi Arabia's 'unprecedented crackdown' on activists
A leading international rights group has slammed the Saudi Arabia's 'unprecedented and vicious' crackdown on activists in the kingdom, as the ...
Lebanese prime minister goes on selfie-spree with world leaders
Lebanon's Saad Hariri posted two selfies with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this week, both of which had the same ambiguous caption.
Mohammed bin Salman is 'more Mother Theresa than Gandhi'
In his first American television interview ahead of a major tour to the US, Saudi Arabia's de-facto king Mohammed bin Salman has boasted of his ...
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