May 09 Watch 6:20 Oil-reliant Saudi Arabia envisions a new economic path By PBS News Hour As global oil prices drop, Saudi Arabia is struggling against its reliance on oil export revenues. Over the weekend, the first signs emerged of an ambitious new plan to diversify the Saudi economy while maintaining power in the Middle East. Continue watching
May 05 Watch 4:25 The political battle over the Saudi lawsuit bill and the #28pages By PBS News Hour U.S-Saudi relations have been roiled by two issues lately: a pending bill that would allow lawsuits against countries involved in terror attacks on American soil, and the so-called "28 pages" of a congressional inquiry on 9/11 that are said to… Continue watching
Apr 28 Column: Will Saudi Arabia’s plan to overhaul its oil-dependent economy work? By Vikram Mansharamani With low oil prices plaguing the country, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has a plan to wean the country from its almost complete dependence on oil. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 3:52 Saudi Arabia rethinks dependence on oil revenue By PBS News Hour After a slump in global oil prices, Saudi Arabia’s monarchy is expected to announce a new vision for economic and political reform. Saudi Arabia is the world’s second largest oil producer behind the U.S. and is being forced to rethink… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 6:41 Why the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia is under strain By PBS News Hour President Obama held a summit with Saudi Arabia and some of its Gulf allies to outline deeper cooperation on regional and security challenges, but those meetings come amid new strains on the partnership. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports… Continue watching
Apr 21 9/11 Commissioner urging release of report’s 28 secret pages By Associated Press A former ambassador and congressman who sat on the 9/11 Commission is urging the release of 28 pages that have been kept secret. Continue reading
Apr 21 In Saudi visit, Obama works to calm Gulf tensions with U.S. By Kathleen Hennessey and Adam Schreck, Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President Barack Obama strained to ease tensions with Persian Gulf allies Thursday, pledging U.S. help in confronting Iran and other security threats. Yet he failed to win the commitments he sought to boost economic aid to… Continue reading
Apr 20 Carter presses Gulf nations to do more in Iraq By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Ash Carter pressed reluctant defense ministers from six Gulf nations Wednesday to provide more economic and political support to Iraq now to help the war-torn nation in its fight against the Islamic State Group. Continue reading
Apr 20 Obama meets with King Salman at start of Saudi Arabia visit By Kathleen Hennessey and Adam Schreck, Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Barack Obama opened a brief trip to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday with a one-on-one meeting with King Salman in Riyadh. The visit for a Persian Gulf summit comes against the backdrop of increasingly strained U.S. Continue reading
Apr 19 Ryan won’t back bill allowing 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Paul Ryan is reserving judgment on bipartisan legislation to allow the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for any role that elements of Saudi regime may have played in the… Continue reading