Saudi Crown Prince MBS to visit Trump on Nov 18: White House
Saudi Arabian leader’s visit will be second with Trump as US president, eight years after his 2017 trip to Washington.

Saudi Arabian leader’s visit will be second with Trump as US president, eight years after his 2017 trip to Washington.




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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, speaking at the UN General Assembly, condemned Israel’s war on

French official Pascal Confavreux says the two-state solution has been saved from ‘the moral danger’ it was in.
Israel and the US are boycotting the UN-hosted event, but other countries are building on an earlier declaration.
Naim Qassem says Saudi Arabia should open ‘new page’ in relations as pressure on the group ‘only benefits Israel’.
Deal reflects the Gulf’s anxieties as US credibility wanes after Israel’s attack on Doha. But it affects India, too.
Pact declares any attack on Saudi Arabia or Pakistan an attack on both, deepening shared security alliance.
US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE, proposed the initiative, which has been criticised by Sudan’s government.
The Asian Champions League begins on Monday, elevated by a host of star names, including Cristiano Ronaldo.

Qatar’s prime minister called Israel’s strike on Doha “state terror” in an interview with CNN.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry says it ‘condemns and denounces in the strongest terms the brutal Israeli aggression’.