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Families of 9/11 victims are voicing their outrage over a Saudi Arabian-funded golf tournament being held at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey, as they claim that players are getting blood money from a government that allegedly supported the terrorist attacks.

Families of 9/11 victims are voicing their outrage over a Saudi Arabian-funded golf tournament being held at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey, as they claim that players are getting blood money from a government that allegedly supported the terrorist attacks.

U.S. federal prosecutors have charged a Saudi man with lying to federal officials about using a fake Instagram account to harass Saudi critics — mostly women — living in the U.S. and Canada. That’s according to a complaint unsealed last month in federal court in Brooklyn.

Members of the advocacy group 9/11 Justice condemned Trump for hosting a tournament for the Saudi-funded LIV golf league at his club in Bedminster, N.J.

President Joe Biden on Friday said he spoke with Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi along with economic and security issues while visiting Saudi Arabia.

President Joe Biden met Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the man he once pledged to shun for human rights violations, and shared a cordial fist bump as he tried to reset an important diplomatic relationship, bolster Mideast security and increase the global flow of oil.

President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel for the first Middle East visit of his presidency. It’s a whirlwind four-day trip in which he will hold talks with Israeli, Palestinian and Saudi Arabian officials.

Biden previously vowed to treat the Saudi kingdom as “the pariah that they are,” and as president, he vocally criticized the country’s human rights abuses.

Joe Biden took office looking to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. But so far, he’s struggled to separate his approach from Donald Trump’s. Biden is set to visit Israel and Saudi Arabia this coming week.

President Joe Biden, preparing for a trip to Saudi Arabia amid criticism of its poor human rights record, defended his decision in a newspaper opinion piece, insisting that he had long supported reforms and sought to “reorient but not rupture” relations with a longstanding strategic partner.

President Joe Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia. The White House on Tuesday announced the outline of Biden’s July 13-16 Middle East trip. The decision to pay a call on Saudi leaders comes after Biden as a Democratic presidential candidate branded the kingdom...

The White House never publicly confirmed a June visit to either country. Sources told NBC News a broader trip to the Middle East is now planned for July.

President Joe Biden is leaning towards making a visit to Saudi Arabia — a trip that would likely bring him face-to-face with the Saudi crown prince he once shunned as a killer. The White House is weighing a visit to Saudi Arabia that would also include a meeting of the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries as well as...

A Turkish court has decided to transfer the trial of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, raising fears that those responsible for the death of the Washington Post columnist won’t be brought to justice for a crime that drew international outrage

Qatar’s foreign minister said some countries were considering a “parallel system” of pricing oil, as the economic impacts of the Ukraine crisis hit home.

The Iran-backed Houthis claimed they were behind the strike with a military spokesperson adding that they had also used drones to hit the Ras Tanura and Rabigh refineries, according to Reuters.

The International Energy Agency said 3 million barrels per day of Russian production could be lost beginning next month, squeezing an already tight global oil market.

Saudi Arabia killed 81 people in a mass execution Saturday, leading to protests and condemnation outside the kingdom.

A Saudi prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who was suspected of trying to join the 9/11 hijackers has been sent back to his home country for treatment for mental illness.

It comes as crude prices rally to multi-year highs on supply disruption fears and Russia’s intensifying war with Ukraine.