The leak reveals that Saudi Arabia agreed to pay Russia over 2 billion euros under a contract signed in 2021 involving companies that were repeatedly sanctioned, both before and after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has been exporting arms to countries including Saudi Arabia, bolstering its economy after a barrage of sanctions followed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Trump has had a close relationship with the crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, even as his real estate company does major deals with oil-rich kingdom.
In fact, the Saudi Press Agency’s announcement that the kingdom would invest $600bn was based on the royal palace’s readout of a Wednesday phone call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This is Trump’s first phone call with a foreign leader since his inauguration earlier this week.
Where should Trump meet Putin? We would suggest the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. Russia wants Budapest, Hungary. However, that option poses two challenges for Trump. First, because of Orban ...
Saudi Arabia was the first foreign country that Trump visited during his first term.
Ukraine has hit one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries in a drone strike overnight, Russian media reports have said. Large flames and plumes of smoke rose from the Ryazan Oil Refinery after locals reported explosions shortly before 1am on Sunday,
President Trump held his first official call with a foreign leader since being sworn in for his second term with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, a controversial figure who Trump on
The U.K., Italy and Japan have already partnered on the Global Combat Air Programme, which aims to put a new stealth fighter with supersonic capability in the skies by 2035.
Trump also said he would like to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war, citing loss of life as a major concern. He claimed his administration had done more in four days than the previous regimes did in four years.
U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted that his first international visit could be to Saudi Arabia, contingent on securing a substantial trade deal worth up to $600 billion. Speaking to reporters, Trump emphasised the potential for Saudi Arabia to influence the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war by increasing oil production,