Inside Saudi Arabia’s Anti-corruption Campaign - BBC News

The BBC has heard details about how Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption drive is being conducted. It began in November with the rounding-up and detention of dozens of citizens, including members of the royal family.

A Canada-based businessman who was flown to the kingdom to help the authorities construct a case against the billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has been talking to Newsnight's Mark Urban.

Trump’s Reply to Saudi Prince Proves “America Made the Right Choice”

Ezra Levant of TheRebel.media looks at Donald Trump's tweets in reply to a Saudi prince who tried to pick a fight with him.

Billionaire Saudi Prince to Give Away $32 Billion Fortune

THE TELEGRAPH: Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal to donate entire $32 billion wealth to his charitable foundation

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, the Saudi Arabian billionaire and one of the world's richest people, announced on Wednesday that he will donate all of his wealth of $32 billion (£20.5 billion) to charity over the coming years.

The money will go to the Saudi prince's organisation called Alwaleed Philanthropies to work in the fields of "intercultural understanding" and supporting communities in need, he said in a statement.

Programmes will include promoting health, eradicating disease, bringing electricity to remote villages, building orphanages and schools, as well as "empowering women".

The prince, chairman of investment firm Kingdom Holding Company, said he has already donated $3.5 billion to the charitable organisation. » | Associated Press | Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Saudi Prince Criticised for Offering Bentleys to Pilots Bombing Yemen

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and his wife Princess Amira
of Saudi Arabia

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Saudi prince offers Bentleys to pilots who bomb Yemen as Saudi-led coalition launch new air strikes

A member of Saudi Arabia's royal family has offered luxury cars to fighter pilots taking part in the country's bombing campaign in Yemen.

"In appreciation of their role in this operation, I'm honoured to offer 100 Bentley cars to the 100 Saudi [fighter] pilots," Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal announced to his three million Twitter followers on Tuesday evening.

The prince, once described by Time magazine as the "Arabian Warren Buffett", later deleted the tweet, but not before it had been re-posted more than 5,000 times.

A Saudi-led campaign of coalition air strikes has pounded rebel positions across Yemen since March 25. » | Louisa Loveluck | Thursday, April 23, 2015

TV Preacher Fired for Brotherhood Links

AL JAZEERA: Renowned Kuwaiti preacher sacked by Saudi prince from top job at religious TV channel.

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has fired a renowned Kuwaiti preacher and motivational speaker from the top job at the religious television channel he owns for what he described as "extremist inclinations" and links to the Muslim Brotherhood.

There is no place for those who carry any deviant thoughts at Al Resalah Channel, Alwaleed wrote in a letter to Tareq al-Suwaidan, according to a news release from the prince's office.

Prince Alwaleed said in the letter that he had repeatedly warned Suwaidan against political affiliation. » | Source: Agencies | Sunday, August 18, 2013

Dollarless in Seattle
Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company Prince Alwaleed bin Talal with billionaire businessman Bill Gates at the 14th Microsoft CEO Summit in Washington, Seattle. The summit was attended by 100 top CEOs. Prince Alwaleed and Gates are co-owners of the Four Seasons group of hotels and resorts. [Source: Arab News]

Le prince saoudien Al-Walid veut bâtir une tour de 1000 mètres
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: RYAD | La course se poursuit dans le Golfe. Alors qu'une tour de 828 mètres vient d'être inaugurée à Dubai, l'Arabie pourrait bien dépasser largement l'émirat...

Le prince milliardaire saoudien Al-Walid ben Talal a annoncé lundi que son groupe, Kingdom Holdings, préparait des investissements dans l’hôtellerie et l’immobilier, y compris une tour d’un kilomètre de haut dans la ville portuaire saoudienne de Jeddah.

Si cette tour voit le jour, elle battra en hauteur la tour Khalifa de Dubaï, haute de 828 m, et qui a été inaugurée le 4 janvier.

Le prince, l’une des plus grosses fortunes du monde, a indiqué avoir transféré 180 millions de ses actions dans Citigroup au Kingdom Holdings, soit 597 millions de dollars, pour financer les nouveaux investissements. >>> AFP | Lundi 11 Janvier 2010

Saudi Prince Al-Walid bin Talal