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How Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) has brought seismic changes to Saudi Arabia

By Sam Faddis

UAE says soldier killed in Saudi Arabia near Yemen border

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2019 file photo, Bodies covered in plastic lie on the ground amid the rubble of a Houthi detention center destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, that killed at least 60 people and wounding several dozen according to officials and the rebels' health ministry, in Dhamar province, southwestern Yemen. A database project that tracks violence says Yemen's civil war has left more than 100,000 people dead since 2015. The Armed Conflict Location &amp; Event Data Project, or ACLED, said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, the war's death toll includes more than 12,000 civilians killed in attacks directly targeting civilians. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s Houthi rebels in indirect peace talks

By AHMED AL-HAJ and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Performers wounded in knife attack on stage in Saudi Arabia

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A man walks near a compound for Saudi Aramco in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. Saudi Arabia formally started its long-anticipated initial public offering of its state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday, which will see a sliver of the firm offered on a local stock exchange in hopes of raising billions of dollars for the kingdom. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Aramco takes another step toward 1st public offering

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

3 charged with smuggling gun parts from US to Saudi Arabia

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 9, 2019, file photo a pedestrian walks across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. A complaint unsealed in a federal court detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi officials to recruit employees at the social media giant who could tap into the Twitter accounts of political opponents and access their personal data, including internet protocol addresses that can give up a user's location. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Latest: Judge orders bail in spy case; prosecutors appeal

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FILE - This July 9, 2019, file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

The Latest: Twitter spying case shows insider risks

Associated Press

FILE - This July 9, 2019, file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics

By DAISY NGUYEN and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2019, file photo, taken during a trip organized by Saudi information ministry, workers fix the damage in Aramco's oil separator at processing facility after the recent Sept. 14 attack in Abqaiq, near Dammam in the Kingdom's Eastern Province. Saudi Arabia formally started its long-anticipated initial public offering of its state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, which will see a sliver of the firm offered on a local stock exchange in hopes of raising billions of dollars for the kingdom. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia formally starts IPO of oil firm Saudi Aramco

By JON GAMBRELL and MALAK HARB - Associated Press

In this July 21, 2019 photo, Ethiopian migrant Eman Idrees shows her shoulder with a wound from torture after being held and abused for eight months in a desert compound known in Arabic as a &quot;hosh,&quot; run by an Ethiopian smuggler in Ras al-Ara, Lahj, Yemen. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Migrants endure rape and torture on route through Yemen

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

In this July 21, 2019 photo, Ethiopian migrant Eman Idrees shows her shoulder with a wound from torture after being held and abused for eight months in a desert compound known in Arabic as a &quot;hosh,&quot; run by an Ethiopian smuggler in Ras al-Ara, Lahj, Yemen. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Migrants endure rape and torture on route through Yemen

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, in New York, Monday, April 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mohammed al-Issa warns U.S. on ending ISIS fight early

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

American filmmaker Oliver Stone speaks during the Future Investment Initiative forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Stone praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a &quot;stabilizing force&quot; in the Middle East. Stone, who made the documentary &quot;The Putin Interviews,&quot; made the comment Wednesday during an appearance at the forum. Activists say Russian airstrikes have repeatedly targeted hospitals and civilian sites in Syria's war, something Moscow denies. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Oliver Stone lauds Vladimir Putin as ‘stabilizing force’ in Syria, Middle East

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia’s king names prince as new foreign minister

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A U.S. military convoy arrives near Dahuk, Iraqi, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that under the current plan all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence. (AP Photo)

Iraq: American troops leaving Syria cannot stay in Iraq

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 13, 2019 file photo, an oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman. For decades considered a U.S. national security priority, the Persian Gulf remains home to tens of thousands of American troops spread across sprawling bases protecting crucial routes for global energy supplies. But while U.S.-Iran tensions in the Gulf appeared close to sparking a global conflagration this summer, attention now rapidly has shifted to Syria. (AP Photo/ISNA, File)

AP Analysis: Gulf Arab states worry after US Syria pullout

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP)

Pakistan’s premier leaves for Saudi Arabia amid Gulf tension

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President Donald Trump bows his head down as they say their prayer at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Donald Trump’s Saudi Arabia deployment undercuts bid to end ‘forever wars’

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center left, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman, right, attend the official welcome ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Russia’s Putin visits Saudi Arabia on Mideast trip

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press