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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

639 mentions yesterday · 40% 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 927 mentions · 33% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  2. Syria’s press 507 mentions · 15% of its foreign attention · ×1.4 vs its habit
  3. Iran’s press 327 mentions · 4% of its foreign attention · ×0.5 vs its habit
  4. Pakistan’s press 290 mentions · 5% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  5. Egypt’s press 214 mentions · 12% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  6. Jordan’s press 201 mentions · 9% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  7. Kuwait’s press 188 mentions · 7% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  8. Iraq’s press 149 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.7 vs its habit
  9. Turkey’s press 147 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.5 vs its habit
  10. Palestinian Territories’ press 145 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×0.5 vs its habit
  11. South Korea’s press 91 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  12. Portugal’s press 91 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.6 vs its habit

Saudi Arabia’s own press: 2,713 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. Trump discusses potential Iran conflict 6 presses · 9 days · on 2 Nov 2026
  2. Gadi Eisenkot forms new Israeli government 5 presses · 5 days · on 6 Nov 2026
  3. Protests in France over cost of living 74 presses · 23 days · on 23 Oct 2026
  4. Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles 7 presses · 12 days · on 12 Oct 2026
  5. Houthi missile attack on Riyadh 21 presses · 6 days · on 19 Oct 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 →