Tag: Mohammed bin Salman

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Saudi Prince Over Khashoggi Killing Citing Biden Immunity

A federal judge in Washington dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday for the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, citing President Joe Biden’s grant of immunity. U.S. District Judge John Bates decided to defer to the Biden administration’s mid-November decision to grant immunity to the Saudi crown prince, despite his…


Construction Starts on Saudi Arabia’s 650-Foot-Wide ‘Smart Linear City’ That Will Run on ‘100 Percent Renewable Energy’

Construction has begun on Saudi Arabia’s dystopian 650-foot-wide and 100-mile-long so-called “smart linear city” in the northwestern Tabuk province of the country, video footage shows. The footage was released by the Saudi Arabia-based Ot Sky aerial photography company on Oct. 20. It shows dozens of excavators digging a wide linear trench in the desert to begin laying the…


Is Mohammed bin Salman, of All People, Rescuing America from Herself?

Commentary Wait a minute. I’m having whiplash. I thought the presumptive Saudi Arabian leader Mohammed bin Salman (aka MBS) was a ruthless tyrant who placed roughly half his family under investigation for treason and ordered—or at least encouraged—the murder of respected Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Okay, Khashoggi wasn’t respected by everybody. He did other…


Saudi Arabia to Announce Billions to Ease Inflation Burden

Saudi Arabia on Monday announced it was providing 20 billion riyal (US$5.3 billion) directly to citizens in a bid to mitigate the impacts of inflation and rising prices. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud by royal decree approved the allocation of 20 billion riyal in financial support “to protect the beneficiary families from the repercussions…