Saudi Arabia and the United States signed a Strategic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Partnership in what their foreign ministers hailed as a “historic step that establishes a new milestone in the strategic relationship between the two countries.

Investing.com -- MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP) stock soared 7% Wednesday after the company announced a strategic joint venture with the U.S. Department of War and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) to develop a rare earth refinery in Saudi Arabia.

Trump and MBS reaffirm highlights expanding U.S.–Saudi investments, diplomacy, and emerging tech partnerships.

The guests at President Trump’s dinner for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia included prominent figures in sports and business.

After Mohammed bin Salman’s last White House visit, U.S.-Saudi ties were strained by the slaying of Jamal Khashoggi. They’ve rebounded in Trump’s second term.

The US agreed major arms sales to Saudi Arabia during this week’s White House visit of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman

At the official dinner for Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the first lady offered an unexpected sign of allegiance.

President Trump is deepening the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, despite the government coming under fire for human right abuses, despite the concerns the prince himself ordered the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Trump says that he is designating Saudi Arabia a “Major Non-NATO Ally,” during dinner remarks for the Saudi crown prince. The president says the classification would take the country’s military cooperation with the United States “to even greater heights.

The United States and Saudi Arabia have finalized a long-delayed civil nuclear cooperation agreement that could allow U.S. companies to build reactors in the kingdom, pending further nonproliferation guarantees.