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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

Saudi Arabia · In the world’s press

Saudi Arabia in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention Saudi Arabia, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

451 mentions yesterday · 57% below its 30-day mean · 1% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned Saudi Arabia most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. Yemen’s press 876 mentions · 33% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  2. Syria’s press 483 mentions · 16% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit
  3. Iran’s press 308 mentions · 4% of its foreign attention · ×0.4 vs its habit
  4. Pakistan’s press 278 mentions · 5% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  5. Egypt’s press 211 mentions · 12% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  6. Jordan’s press 194 mentions · 9% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  7. Kuwait’s press 184 mentions · 7% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  8. Iraq’s press 146 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.6 vs its habit
  9. Turkey’s press 138 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.5 vs its habit
  10. Palestinian Territories’ press 130 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×0.5 vs its habit
  11. South Korea’s press 87 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  12. Portugal’s press 87 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.6 vs its habit

Saudi Arabia’s own press: 2,543 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the Saudi Arabia press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Protests in France over cost of living 74 presses · 23 days · on 23 Oct 2026
  2. Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles 7 presses · 12 days · on 12 Oct 2026
  3. Houthi missile attack on Riyadh 21 presses · 6 days · on 19 Oct 2026
  4. Trump's statements on Iran military actions 6 presses · 8 days · on 2 Nov 2026
  5. Gadi Eisenkot forms new Israeli government 4 presses · 4 days · on 6 Nov 2026
  6. Bomb threats across Europe affecting flights 38 presses · 4 days · on 5 Nov 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming Saudi Arabia, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

The observatory → · All Saudi Arabia briefings →