A $33.5bn Q1 hole — most of the year's planned shortfall in one quarter — as military outlays jumped and Hormuz throttled oil exports despite high prices
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The flagship of Vision 2030 cuts its population target to 100,000 and faces a bigger bill to cancel contracts than to build, as Riyadh resets its megaproject
The US-Iran MoU sends Brent toward $77 and Aramco cuts its July price to Asia — even as the war banked Riyadh a routing windfall through the East-West pipeline
Seven members add 188,000 bpd for July — but Saudi Arabia's quota sits far above what the closed Strait let it actually export
Most for drug offences and many of them foreign nationals, with the total under King Salman now past 2,000 — as the kingdom courts the world on Vision 2030