Mohammed bin Salman

PM Modi in Saudi Arabia: Under MBS's dynamic leadership, the Kingdom is experiencing a period of unprecedented change, marked by ambitious economic and social reforms collectively known as "Vision 2030."

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's decision comes as the kingdom is trying to build a series of megaprojects and invest in sports and other fields aggressively abroad to wean the country off of relying solely on oil.

The MoU shall remain in effect for five years, and it shall be automatically be renewed for a similar period, read the document seen by Moneycontrol.

The two countries have also agreed to expedite negotiations on the India-Gulf Cooperation Council free trade agreement

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi against Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, citing President Biden's grant of immunity.

Prince Mohammed may invest around $500 million in the lender’s CS First Boston spinout, the newspaper said, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

The day-long visit on November 14 would be en route to the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, media reports have said

The reshuffle kept another son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, as energy minister, the aged king said in the royal decree, carried by state news agency SPA.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who just concluded his first official visit to Saudi Arabia and held talks with the top leadership here discussed measures for enhancing bilateral relations across all domains, including political, trade, energy, defence and security, the Indian embassy here said in a press release.

During his trip to France, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is staying at a lavish chateau dubbed "the world's most expensive home" when he purchased it in 2015.

The meeting will be seen as the latest step in the readmission of the de-facto ruler of the kingdom into the international fold, after US President Joe Biden met the man universally known as MBS earlier this month.

The skyscraper project, Mirror Line, is expected to cost a whopping $1 trillion.

After meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, on Friday for the first time since taking office, Biden insisted that he had pointedly blamed him for the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

The ex-intelligence official Saad al-Jabri, who resides in exile in Canada, claimed that in 2014, Prince Mohammed boasted that he could kill King Abdullah

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has pushed through social and economic reforms as part of plans to modernise the conservative Muslim kingdom and attract foreign investment under a diversification drive.

The murder of Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul in 2018 had already caused an international outcry prompting some people at the time to withdraw from the advisory board of NEOM.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the son of King Salman, has amassed immense powers in the kingdom since being appointed heir to the throne in 2017.

'There will be Aramco share offerings coming in the coming years, and this cash will be transferred to the Public Investment Fund,' said Prince Mohammed, speaking at the kingdom's Future Investment Initiative conference.

In February last year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that Saudi Arabia would invest over $100 billion in India in petrochemicals, refining, infrastructure, mining and manufacturing, agriculture and several other sectors.

Israeli media cited an unnamed official as saying that PM Benjamin Netanyahu and head of Mossad spy agency flew to the Saudi city of Neom, where they met with the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The prince was there for talks with visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.