Flouting Iran's stated policy toward Saudi Arabia,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent the letter,filled with flattery and praise,with an invitation to help end the Yemen war.
The rich Western and Asian democracies are coalescing into a united front. China is starting to pay the exorbitant price for its wolf warrior diplomacy.
The US President reserved his"nasty"speech to female leaders,but was"inordinately solicitous"to strongmen like Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan.
The US has been asked to lobby Saudi Arabia for the release of a former Saudi official's children who were allegedly abducted in an internal power struggle.
Following a series of reckless gambles,the future of the entire kingdom now hangs in the balance.
The decision comes on the heels of another ordering judges to end the practice of flogging,replacing it with jail time,fines or community service.
After a week of marathon talks,the historic deal was almost derailed by a fight between Saudi Arabia and Mexico,forcing President Donald Trump to step in.
President Donald Trump is on the verge of getting the global oil deal he has been seeking - without taking steps to ratchet down US production.
OPEC and its allies led by Russia agreed to cut their oil output by more than a fifth and said they expected the US and other producers to join in their effort to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis.
Donald Trump suggested that he had brokered a deal that would have Saudi Arabia and Russia dramatically ratcheting down their oil production. The news sent oil prices surging but was immediately met with scepticism.
The US made its most direct intervention yet in the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.