Saudi Arabia

Story gist: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stated he believes the United States will reach an agreement with Cuba. Mexico’s president pledged to send humanitarian aid to Cuba.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provided no coverage, leaving that perspective absent. Center outlets like Sky News Arabia emphasized Mexico’s humanitarian aid pledge to Cuba, focusing on regional support amid crisis. Right-leaning outlets like Al Arabiya highlighted Trump’s statement on a potential U.S.-Cuba deal, stressing diplomatic progress and optimism.

Story gist: Aqua signed a memorandum of understanding to create an ammonia export corridor from Saudi Arabia to Germany. CEOs of Siemens and ThyssenKrupp will join a German minister on a visit to Saudi Arabia.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential scrutiny of Saudi energy deals or green ammonia implications. Center (Arqam) neutrally reports MoU signing as business agreement. Right (Al Arabiya) emphasizes high-level executive involvement and diplomatic visit, highlighting strengthened Saudi-German ties positively without environmental caveats.

Story gist: The first passenger plane landed at Khartoum Airport after a three-year suspension. Sudanese capital authorities reactivated hospitals and health centers for post-war recovery.

Bias summary: Left-leaning coverage absent, leaving that perspective unrepresented. Center (BBC) frames story as dual recovery milestone—aviation resumption and health services reactivation amid war effects—with neutral, comprehensive tone. Right (Al Arabiya) emphasizes plane landing via governor quote as positive aviation return, omitting health reopenings and war context for optimistic, isolated success focus.

Story gist: Saudi Arabia’s economy achieved its highest annual growth since 2022, driven by oil. Official statistics project real GDP growth of 4.5% in 2025.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets omitted coverage, absenting progressive perspectives on oil dependency. Center sources like Bloomberg emphasize oil propelling highest growth since 2022, with upbeat recovery tone. Right-leaning Ajel focuses on official ‘Statistics’ data for 4.5% real GDP growth in 2025, prioritizing factual figures over narrative emphasis.

Story gist: Eight Arab and Islamic countries issued a joint statement on Israel’s violations in Gaza. The statement states these actions threaten the ceasefire agreement.

Bias summary: Left-leaning CNN Arabic frames the story as eight Arab and Islamic countries issuing a statement on Israel’s ‘violations’ in Gaza, using quotes around the term. Right-leaning Saudi MFA emphasizes foreign ministers’ strong condemnation of Israel’s repeated ceasefire breaches. Center outlets absent, providing no neutral or balancing perspective.