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Saudi dissident awarded £3m damages threatens enforcement action if he is not paid
ByHaroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent January 30, 2026

London-based satirist hails ‘amazing’ ruling that found Gulf state targeted and attacked him for his criticismA London-based Saudi dissident who a judge decided should receive more than £3m in damages from the kingdom for assault and the hacking of his…

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‘Don’t they have mercy?’: A mother on losing her son in a record year of Saudi executions
ByTom Levitt January 26, 2026

Essam al-Shazly is the latest foreign national to die in a ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under the rule of Mohammed bin SalmanIn his four years on death row, Essam al-Shazly’s mother was his only contact with the outside world. During their …

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Executions in Saudi Arabia hit highest number ever in 2025
ByAgence France-Presse in Dubai January 1, 2026

Analysts attribute increase to kingdom’s ‘war on drugs’ as authorities kill 356 people by death penaltySaudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year.Analysts h…

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Why Trump’s lavish Saudi courtship leaves Israel on the backfoot
ByJulian Borger, senior international correspondent November 23, 2025

Pageantry and trillion-dollar promises reveal how Washington’s loyalties may be tilting toward the GulfThe White House welcome bestowed on the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was the most lavish of the Trump presidency, and a gaudily clear sta…

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Why Trump’s lavish Saudi courtship leaves Israel on the backfoot
ByJulian Borger, senior international correspondent November 23, 2025

Pageantry and trillion-dollar promises reveal how Washington’s loyalties may be tilting toward the GulfThe White House welcome bestowed on the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was the most lavish of the Trump presidency, and a gaudily clear sta…

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Saudi Arabia releases US retiree jailed over critical tweets
ByEdward Helmore November 19, 2025

Saad Almadi’s family thanks Trump and state department as announcement comes after meeting with crown princeSaudi Arabia has agreed to allow US citizen Saad Almadi to return home to Florida, five months ahead of the scheduled lifting of travel restrict…

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Saudi Arabia releases US retiree jailed over critical tweets
ByEdward Helmore November 19, 2025

Saad Almadi’s family thanks Trump and state department as announcement comes after meeting with crown princeSaudi Arabia has agreed to allow US citizen Saad Almadi to return home to Florida, five months ahead of the scheduled lifting of travel restrict…

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What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder
ByAndrew Roth in Washington November 19, 2025

President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligenceDonald Trump on Tuesday said that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, had nothing to do with the murder of the Washington Post columnis…

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The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
ByKaren Attiah November 18, 2025

Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the countryThe first time I ever used the words “alhumdulilah”, which translates to praise be to God in Arabic, was the …

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Donald Trump to host Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at White House – live updates
ByLucy Campbell (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) November 18, 2025

President set to sell F-35 stealth jets to the kingdom in crown prince’s first US visit since 2018 killing of regime critic Jamal KhashoggiTrump says US will sell F-35 stealth jets to Saudis as Prince Mohammed visitsA senior official in Mohammed bin Sa…

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