Ahmed Al Omran

Sovereign wealth fund has exited positions in nine American companies, including Visa and Pinterest

A sector that once shunned the Gulf kingdom’s human rights abuses is now tapping its petrodollars

Hiring boom slows as kingdom reassesses where to direct spending

Agreement with Dar Global comes just months after US president’s visit to region

Prince Mohammed bin Salman has sidelined hardliners and sought to remake Islam in a country long seen as exporting radicalism

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledges to tackle climbing real estate prices in capital

Vast state spending is driving development, but some regions say the fast-growing capital is getting too much of the money

Sovereign wealth fund plans to move control of Sindalah resort away from Neom project

Deal with nuclear-armed Islamabad comes after Gulf states alarmed by Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

Show is over for many nightlife venues as some Saudis recoil at what they see as seedy side of kingdom’s liberalisation

Growth of homegrown businesses is sign of how economy is modernising

Agreement is kingdom’s latest effort to attract foreign capital

As water scarcity spreads governments are ploughing billions into a technology that comes with its own environmental costs

Saudi Arabia pledges to invest billions of dollars in Syria

ACWA Power leads consortium that will build five solar and two wind projects in the kingdom

Netanyahu floats reviving normalisation with the kingdom but Riyadh views state as an increasingly destabilising force

Shortage of courts and coaches creates opportunities for entrepreneurs

PIF-backed Humain courts US tech investors and plans $10bn venture fund

BlackBerry co-founder Jim Balsillie is investing $100mn to develop luxury golf resorts in the kingdom

The FT’s Saudi Arabia correspondent revisits a homeland in the grip of seismic change