Kings of Saudi Arabia

Shortly after the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated last month, a member of the kill team instructed a superior over the phone to "tell your boss," believed to be Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, that the operatives had carried out their mission, the New York Times reported Nov.

Top Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman discussed hiring private companies last year to kill Iranian enemies of the kingdom, the New York Times reported Nov. 11, citing anonymous sources. 

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman told the U.S. he considered murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be a dangerous Islamist, media reports say.

Salah Khashoggi shakes hands with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after being 'invited' to receive condolences.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (L) is seen in this file photo with his top aide Saud al-Qahtani

Saudi Arabia pledged $100 million after U.S cut funding for Syria stabilization program.A handout picture released by Saudi Royal Palace on December 14, 2016 shows Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz attending the opening session of the Shura Council in Riyadh. AFP PHOTO / Saudi Royal Palace / BANDAR AL-JALOUD /

Saudi women will be allowed to start driving in the kingdom from June 24, the General Department of Traffic Director General Mohammed al-Bassami said on May 8.     

Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attended the ground-breaking ceremony on April 28 of a vast entertainment resort that is at the heart of an ambitious strategy to open the economy and ease social restrictions.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia launched its first commercial movie theater on Wednesday, ending a nearly 40-year ban on cinemas under a push by the crown prince to modernize the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince was set to arrive in France on April 8 the next leg of his global tour aimed at reshaping his kingdom's austere image overseas as he seeks to reform the petro-state.