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Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud attends Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment event on the day of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Pool)

Mohammed bin Salman delivers on a Reaganesque vision

By S. Rob Sobhani

Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty, lower left, where the World Trade Center was, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File)

Saudi Arabia seeks dismissal of claims it supported the Sept. 11 hijackers

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FILE - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, watches as defending champion Andy Ruiz Jr. fights Britain's Anthony Joshua in a World Heavyweight Championship boxing contest at the Diriyah Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Dec. 8, 2019. Saudi Arabia and the IOC are teaming up for their first commercial deal together with the oil-rich kingdom set to host the first Esports Olympics next year. The gaming partnership will be for 12 years “with Olympic Esports Games held regularly,” the International Olympic Committee said in a statement Friday July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

IOC and Saudi Arabia agree on 12-year deal for video gaming Esports Olympics

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud attends Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment event on the day of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Pool)

Make Saudi Arabia great again

By Rob Sobhani

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 17, 2024. More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday, June 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they arrive to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Muslim pilgrims were wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the farewell circling around Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Hundreds died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Muslim pilgrims gather at the top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. Masses of Muslims gathered at the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for worship and reflection on the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage. The ritual at Mount Arafat, known as the hill of mercy, is considered the peak of the Hajj. It's often the most memorable event for pilgrims, who stand shoulder to shoulder, asking God for mercy, blessings, prosperity and good health. Hajj is one of the largest religious gatherings on earth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Muslim pilgrims meet at Mount Arafat for daylong worship as Hajj reaches its peak

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Saudia Concludes First Phase of the Hajj Season 1445H, Transporting More Than 500,000 Pilgrims. (Photo: Business Wire)

Saudia Concludes First Phase of the Hajj Season 1445H, Transporting More Than 500,000 Pilgrims

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From left, members of the band Seera including Thing, Noura, Hayahuascah and Meesh take a selfie during an interview with The Associated Press in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 12, 2024. A public performance by Seera, an all-women psychedelic rock band that blends traditional Arabic melodies with the resurgent psychedelia of bands like Tame Impala, would have been unthinkable just years earlier in the kingdom. (AP Photo/Baraa Anwer)

In Saudi Arabia, an all-women psychedelic rock band jams out as its conservative society loosens up

By Baraa Anwer - Associated Press

U.S. influence in Middle East and Saudi Arabia illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Preserving U.S. influence in Middle East goes through Saudi Arabia

By Mohammed Alhamed and Jason Epstein

WTA CEO Steve Simon sits for an interview during the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday, April 4, 2024, by the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November’s season-ending championship to a record $15.25 million, a 70% increase from 2023. (AP Photo/Tim Heitman, File)

Saudi Arabia will host the women’s tennis WTA Finals for the next three years

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Fastest qualifier Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, centre, of the Netherlands sits with second fastest, Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, left, of Spain and Red Bull teammate and third placed Sergio Perez of Mexico at. Press conference following the qualifying session for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott Barbour)

Against post-surgery odds, Sainz returns to F1 racing with 2nd place in qualifying in Australia

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Rabbi Abraham Cooper, center, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders outside City Hall, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia over officials in the kingdom ordering a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

U.S.-mandated religious freedom group ends Saudi trip early after rabbi ordered to remove his kippah

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz returns the ball to Argentina's Sebastian Baez during an ATP Next Gen semifinal tennis match in Milan, Italy, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and the men's professional tennis tour announced a multiyear partnership on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, that includes naming rights for the ATP rankings, the latest move into sports by the kingdom.(AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Saudi Arabia and the ATP tennis tour have a 5-year sponsorship deal that includes the rankings

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

This handout image from the state-run Saudi Press Agency shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Zelenskyy arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and met the kingdom's powerful crown prince to push for a peace plan and the return of prisoners of war from Russia. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy lands in Saudi Arabia to push for peace and a POW exchange with Russia

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson stands on the field before an NFL football game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Las Vegas on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) **FILE**

Mike Tyson, Francis Ngannou set for Professional Fighters League debut in Saudi Arabia

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Xander Schauffele lines up a putt on the ninth green during the final round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in the Pacific Palisades area of, Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) **FILE**

Not even the majors can put golf’s fractured landscape back together

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Former tennis players Martina Navratilova, left, and Chris Evert are introduced before the start of the women's championship match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Hall of Famers Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are calling on the women's tennis tour to stay out of Saudi Arabia, saying that holding the WTA Finals there “would represent not progress, but significant regression.” (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) **FILE**

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova urge women’s tennis to stay out of Saudi Arabia

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Prince Mohammad bin Salman: America’s partner for positive global impact

By S. Rob Sobhani

England's Jordan Henderson applauds at the end of the Euro 2024 group C qualifying soccer match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. England international Jordan Henderson has arrived in Amsterdam amid reports he was about to sign a deal with struggling Dutch powerhouse Ajax to end his six-month spell in the Saudi Pro League. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Jordan Henderson completes move to Dutch club Ajax in blow to Saudi soccer league

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