Saudi Arabia

Global energy prices spiked on Monday after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world supplies on record, an assault for which President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. was "locked and loaded" to respond. U.S. officials offered satellite images of the damage at the heart of the kingdom's crucial Abqaiq oil processing plant and a key oil field, alleging the pattern of destruction suggested the attack on Saturday came from either Iraq or Iran —

Al Arabiya op-ed warns that oil could jump "to $100, or $200, or even double."

PIF could invest more than $1 billion in Lucid Motors.

Secretive Public Investment Fund's money is tied up elsewhere.

The pressure is on Elon Musk to provide details of his financing plan.

"Now I'm very interested in buying a car"

The law may be changing, but attitudes may be slower to adjust.

"You can not empower women to become anything in your country if she still needs a man's permission"

It will still take some time to implement this reversal of the driving ban for women.

Women's rights continue to grow in Saudi Arabia.

Optimism or head-in-sand?

The Washington Post published a story this week about the one place Saudi women can get behind the wheel – an amusement park.

A new plan called Vision 2030 includes selling a portion of the state-owned oil company Aramco.

Russia and Saudi Arabia agree to hold production to January's near-record output, but with Iran's production ramping up, the effect on prices could be minimal. Still, we worry.