Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on visit to Saudi Arabia

Pakistan’s Prime Minister has met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on a three-day state visit to Saudi Arabia.  Khan signed a number of agreements with Saudi officials and vowed to restore ties between the two longstanding allies, which became strained last year by disagreements over Kashmir and Yemen.     Prince Mohammed greeted Khan at … Read more

Yorkshire teacher in Mohammed blasphemy row in ‘safe house’

A teacher who sparked fury by showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to pupils during a lesson about blasphemy is living in a ‘safe house’ with his wife and children because of fears they will be attacked. More than six weeks after fleeing his home following angry demonstrations outside Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire, … Read more

Yorkshire teacher in Mohammed blasphemy row in ‘safe house’

A teacher who sparked fury by showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to pupils during a lesson about blasphemy is living in a ‘safe house’ with his wife and children because of fears they will be attacked. More than six weeks after fleeing his home following angry demonstrations outside Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire, … Read more

Boris Johnson lobbied by Saudi prince: Prime Minister acted on plea from Mohammed Bin Salman

Boris Johnson intervened in a Saudi bid to buy a top English football club after he was personally lobbied by its crown prince. Mohammed Bin Salman urged him to ‘correct and reconsider’ a ‘wrong’ decision by the Premier League, which was accused of blocking a £300million takeover of Newcastle United, it emerged last night.  The … Read more

Boris Johnson lobbied by Saudi prince: Prime Minister acted on plea from Mohammed Bin Salman

Boris Johnson intervened in a Saudi bid to buy a top English football club after he was personally lobbied by its crown prince. Mohammed Bin Salman urged him to ‘correct and reconsider’ a ‘wrong’ decision by the Premier League, which was accused of blocking a £300million takeover of Newcastle United, it emerged last night.  The … Read more

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s £44m superyacht is seen anchored off Cornwall

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s £44million super yacht has anchored off the coast of Falmouth amid a brewing scandal over meetings with David Cameron and his financier friend.  It comes just a day after a photograph emerged showing Mr Cameron and Lex Greensill dressed in business suits and drinking tea around a campfire … Read more

Mohammed bin Salman’s $450million Salvator Mundi may be the work of Leonardo da Vinci after all

A Salvator Mundi painting which Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly paid $450million to own may in fact have been created by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci after all. The expensive painting of Christ, dubbed the ‘male Mona Lisa’, has not been seen in public since it was reportedly bought for a monumental sum … Read more

Mohammed bin Salman’s $450million Salvator Mundi may be the work of Leonardo da Vinci after all

A Salvator Mundi painting which Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly paid $450million to own may in fact have been created by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci after all. The expensive painting of Christ, dubbed the ‘male Mona Lisa’, has not been seen in public since it was reportedly bought for a monumental sum … Read more

David Cameron ‘camped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and businessman Lex Greensill’

What was Greensill Capital and what did it do?  Greensill Capital was an Anglo-Australian finance company set up by billionaire banker Lex Greensill in 2011. The company focused on supply chain funding and made its money by acting as a middle-man in large business transactions – taking a cut during the process. It paid suppliers … Read more

David Cameron ‘camped with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and businessman Lex Greensill’

What was Greensill Capital and what did it do?  Greensill Capital was an Anglo-Australian finance company set up by billionaire banker Lex Greensill in 2011. The company focused on supply chain funding. In doing this, it essentially acts as a middle-man for large business transactions – making its money by taking a cut during the … Read more