Bottom Line Up Front: There has been a noticeable increase in far-right, anti-government, and violent extremist propaganda since the coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year.

Bottom Line Up Front: The combination of record-low oil prices and mounting demographic pressures poses significant challenges to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) future plans in Saudi Arabia.

The top Iranian and Russian diplomats have dismissed a plot by their US counterpart to press for the extension of a UN arms embargo against the Islamic Republic by resorting to a process outlined in a 2015 nuclear agreement that Washington has already abandoned.