Daily Memo: US Seeks to Repair Ties With Saudi Arabia

Elsewhere, the U.S. and Japan joined Philippine coast guard exercises in a warning to China.

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Blinken’s Saudi visit. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on day two of a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia focused on boosting U.S. cooperation with the kingdom and the Gulf states. Washington also hopes to make progress toward normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Blinken’s visit, which included a sit-down on Wednesday with […]

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