Fear sparked by a recent cholera outbreak has led to a significant decline in consumer’s demand for fruits and vegetables from Algeria. Algeria’s export market has suffered particularly badly. Despite unprecedented growth...

The diplomatic crisis between Canada and Saudi Arabia is around a month old. It blew up after a Canadian official criticised the poor human rights record of Saudi Arabia...

The diplomatic crisis between Saudi Arabia and Canada sparked a silent crisis with Germany. This began when German and European newspapers criticised the Saudi authorities for its response. Moreover,...

Saudi Arabia has exempted its trainee doctors in Canada from the deadline the kingdom set for more than 12,000 students to return home after severing diplomatic relations with Ottawa....

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland yesterday refused to retreat in her country’s row with Saudi Arabia over the human rights situation in the kingdom. “Canada will always defend human...

More than 30 members of Congress on Monday urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to unequivocally condemn a recent crackdown on rights activists in Saudi Arabia and call for their...

Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that “the Israeli navy participated in the world’s largest maritime exercise alongside Islamic countries”. The military expert Yoav Zitun stated on Saturday that “this exercise, known as...

The European and American medicines agencies have sent a letter to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman warning him of the dangers that the continuation of diplomatic disputes between...

Turkey’s presidential spokesman has blasted Washington for disregarding the legal process in the case of an American pastor facing terrorism-related charges. In a written statement to Reuters late Wednesday,...

Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called on followers to fight on despite recent defeats, according to an audio recording...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Wednesday remarks by the US National Security Adviser regarding Turkey’s economic situation were proof that the US administration is targeting a NATO...

Five Canadian universities said on Wednesday that Saudi trainee doctors enrolled in their programs had been granted an extra three weeks in the country, a brief reprieve as a...

Canada called for the release of human rights activists in Saudi Arabia three years before the same request was made via Twitter sparking tension between the two countries, according...

Libya and Canada have agreed on the importance of the provision of a solid constitutional basis for holding parliamentary and presidential elections and on holding both elections simultaneously, the...

International human rights groups and German parliamentarians have called on the European Union and the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel to “publically and unequivocally” support Canada in its dispute...

Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia has been touting socio-political and economic reforms in his country since June 2017; they include the privatisation of ARAMCO, the country’s...

The European Union has asked Saudi Arabia to shed light on the arrests and charges facing women human rights activists, saying that the detainees should be granted due process to defend themselves....

Canada has asked its allies to help de-escalate tensions with Saudi Arabia, news agencies reported an informed government source saying. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said...

The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed, Wednesday, his country’s persistence in defending human rights, refusing to apologise to Saudi Arabia for Canada’s opposition to the detention of activists...

The Canada-Saudi spat looks set to accelerate as the Kingdom’s central bank ordered its fund managers to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars in equities, bonds and cash from...

If ever there was a time for the government of Saudi Arabia to stand up and defend its female citizens it is now, with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s...

Saudi Arabia’s oil supplies to Canada will not be impacted by a dispute between the two countries, the kingdom’s energy minister said on Thursday, reassuring customers after Riyadh froze...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Joubeir stated that Canada’s recent tweet demanding the release of a female activist is unacceptable and Saudi Arabia does not accept impositions. He called on Canada...

Canada took on a courageous position through its foreign minister and embassy in Riyadh when it expressed its concern regarding the Saudi authorities’ arrest of human rights activists, including...

A Saudi dissident who was granted political asylum by Canada said Saudi authorities have threatened to arrest his family if he does not stop writing about the Kingdom’s conflict...

The United States has asked Saudi authorities for information about the arrest of a number of Saudi activists and demanded Riyadh respect legal procedures, US media reported. “We have...

Egypt said on Tuesday it supported Saudi Arabia in a political row with Canada, and stood in “solidarity” with the Gulf Arab kingdom against foreign interference in its domestic...

Canada plans to seek help from the United Arab Emirates and Britain to defuse an escalating dispute with Saudi Arabia, sources said on Tuesday, but close ally the United...

Britain urged Canada and Saudi Arabia to show restraint on Tuesday amid a diplomatic row triggered by Canadian comments expressing concern over the arrests of activists in Saudi Arabia. “Canada and Saudi Arabia are both close partners...

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday announced his support for his Saudi “brothers” led by King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, official PA news agency Wafa...

Canada on Monday refused to back down in its defence of human rights after Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment and expelled the Canadian ambassador in retaliation for...

Saudi Arabia will suspend new trade and investment with Canada after that country’s foreign ministry urged Riyadh to release arrested civil rights activists, it said in a statement released...