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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicMohammed bin Salman

Topic: Mohammed bin Salman

India-Saudi partnership crucial for region’s stability, says Modi after meeting Crown Prince Mohammed

Monday’s talks were the first Leaders’ Meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council.

Biden team downgrades Saudi crown prince MBS to recalibrate ties

In Biden’s first few days, US put a hold on some key weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and announced new efforts to bring an end to the war in Yemen.

Saudi Crown Prince asserts his reforms saved budget as kingdom’s revenue plunged

Prince Mohammed bin Salman said non-oil revenue is expected to rise 14% to 360 billion riyals, with domestically unpopular tax & fee hikes helping to lessen the blow to the budget.

Models, Nokia phones, DJs, $50 million hotel — Mohammed Bin Salman’s secret parties

In ‘Blood and Oil’, Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck write about Mohammed Bin Salman’s ruthless quest for power, his toys, and a 2015 party.

Pakistan’s Saudi marriage not over. But with China on its side, MBS mood swings won’t work

Pakistan sent Qureshi to China and Bajwa to Riyadh. Its design of the new Middle East policy is likely to be made in Rawalpindi not Islamabad.

How Mohammed bin Salman hit a dead end in Washington

MBS is as close to a pariah as a senior member of the royal family has ever been in the 75 years of the Saudi-American alliance.

Saudi authorities arrest king’s brother, ex-crown prince for ‘treason’ in fresh crackdown

The arrests come at a time of increased pressure on Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 34-year-old de facto ruler, due to fall in oil prices.

Facebook says hacking of Jeff Bezos’s phone highlights security loopholes in smartphones

Facebook Inc. Vice-President Nicola Mendelsohn said in Davos that the company would take any allegations that its service was used in a hack very seriously and would look into it.

Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman is the prince of mixed messages

In 2019, MBS gave free rein to both sides of his public persona, presiding over both reform and repression.

No more separate entrances for women & men in eateries as Saudi eases segregation curbs

Previously, eateries in Saudi Arabia required to have one entrance for women and families and another for men on their own. 

On Camera

What Gulf states would say to Iran. War is temporary, geography is permanent

Iran faces a choice that is larger than the immediate conduct of war. It can continue the logic of short-term escalation, or it can think in the longer historical frame.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.