Alaa Shahine Bloomberg

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was among friends the moment he entered Pakistani airspace to start a grand tour of Asia. A fleet of F-16 fighter jets escorted his royal plane and a car chauffeured by none other than the prime minister awaited him on the ground.

Saudi Arabia is winding down an unprecedented and controversial anti-corruption drive that led to dozens of princes and billionaires being detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh.

Almost two months into it, Saudi Arabia's crackdown on corruption is yielding at least some of the $100 billion the kingdom is targeting. Dozens of former officials and businessmen have exchanged part of their wealth for freedom.

Saudi Arabia will boost spending in an attempt to revive economic growth as the government enters a critical 12 months for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plan to prepare the kingdom for the post-oil era.

Saudi Arabia is in talks with some of the world's biggest companies to develop tech that will power life in the $500 billion city being planned for the Red Sea.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Saudi Arabia is in talks with some of the world's biggest companies to develop technologies that will power life in the $500 billion city he's planning to build on the Red Sea.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans to build an entirely new city called "NEOM" on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, the latest project in his drive to remake the kingdom in a time of dwindling resources.

Visitors to Saudi Arabia could be forgiven for thinking the country just got a dynamic young new king. Images of him holding babies, drinking coffee with soldiers or meeting the world's most powerful rulers are all over television. On National Day last month, a giant picture of him was projected onto a Riyadh skyscraper.

The drop in crude prices is making economists more skeptical about whether some of the plan's medium-term targets can be met.

The worst crisis in decades among the Gulf's Arab monarchies intensified on Wednesday, with a Saudi-led alliance imposing more punitive sanctions against Qatar and a senior UAE official playing down the chances of a quick diplomatic resolution.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was among friends the moment he entered Pakistani airspace to start a grand tour of Asia. A fleet of F-16 fighter jets escorted his royal plane and a car chauffeured by none other than the prime minister awaited him on the ground.

Saudi Arabia is winding down an unprecedented and controversial anti-corruption drive that led to dozens of princes and billionaires being detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh.

Almost two months into it, Saudi Arabia's crackdown on corruption is yielding at least some of the $100 billion the kingdom is targeting. Dozens of former officials and businessmen have exchanged part of their wealth for freedom.

Saudi Arabia will boost spending in an attempt to revive economic growth as the government enters a critical 12 months for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plan to prepare the kingdom for the post-oil era.

Saudi Arabia is in talks with some of the world's biggest companies to develop tech that will power life in the $500 billion city being planned for the Red Sea.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Saudi Arabia is in talks with some of the world's biggest companies to develop technologies that will power life in the $500 billion city he's planning to build on the Red Sea.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans to build an entirely new city called "NEOM" on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, the latest project in his drive to remake the kingdom in a time of dwindling resources.

Visitors to Saudi Arabia could be forgiven for thinking the country just got a dynamic young new king. Images of him holding babies, drinking coffee with soldiers or meeting the world's most powerful rulers are all over television. On National Day last month, a giant picture of him was projected onto a Riyadh skyscraper.

The drop in crude prices is making economists more skeptical about whether some of the plan's medium-term targets can be met.

The worst crisis in decades among the Gulf's Arab monarchies intensified on Wednesday, with a Saudi-led alliance imposing more punitive sanctions against Qatar and a senior UAE official playing down the chances of a quick diplomatic resolution.