The UN announced on Tuesday that the ongoing fighting and air strikes in the Yemeni city of Hudaydah since the beginning of this month have led to 5,200 families...

The Malaysian government announced yesterday that it is considering withdrawing forces deployed in Saudi Arabia. Malaysian Defence Minister Mohammed Sabu said in a statement that his country’s forces did...

Eighteen human rights groups and civil liberty organisations, including Amnesty International, have warned the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen about the arbitrary detention of their Yemeni colleagues. The warning came...

Iran’s representative to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said that his country as well as Iraq and Venezuela will reject any proposal from Saudi Arabia and...

The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said yesterday that resistance forces in Yemen have defeated European and Saudi forces in the...

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths left Sanaa on Tuesday, wrapping up a four-day visit during which he spoke with leaders of the Shia Houthi rebel group. Griffiths...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein, yesterday expressed deep concern over attacks by the Saudi-led coalition on the Yemeni city of Hudaydah....

After seven days of fighting, the Saudi-led coalition and its allied forces entered Hudaydah airport today. The Iranian-aligned Houthi group used mortar fire and artillery to ward off the...

Israel and Suadi Arabia are cooperating to prepare for the construction of a railway system which would like Riyadh to Haifa, Kurdish journalist in Israel Mahdi Majeed revealed on...

Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsya will investigate an incident on a Rossiya airline plane that was carrying the Saudi national soccer team to a World Cup game in Rostov-on-Don on...

Saudi Arabia dismissed a senior figure in its fast-changing entertainment sector on Monday, state-owned TV said, removing an official responsible for bringing shows, festivals and concerts to the conservative...

The much-anticipated 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off in Moscow on 14 June. There was low-key advance hype about this tournament for obvious reasons, not least because Russia has...

According to Haaretz, one option being discussed is a solar energy project to be built in northern Sinai to supply Gaza with electricity

Outbreaks of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) killed 23 people in Saudi Arabia between Jan. 21 and May 31 this year, the World Health Organisation said on...

The Saudi-led coalition resumed air strikes on Iran-aligned Houthi fighters holed up in the airport of Yemen’s main port Hudaydah on Monday as civilians fled in search of shelter...

At least 67 women in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province have passed their driving test and now have licences to take their cars on the road. Just under 13,000 women...

The UN envoy for Yemen arrived in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Saturday for talks on the key aid port of Hudaydah where rebel fighters are battling a regional...

The United Arab Emirates pledged a total of $3 billion in aid and investments to Ethiopia on Friday, an Ethiopian official said, a major show of support for the...

Somalia and Ethiopia announced they were jointly investing in four seaports to attract foreign investment to their two countries, the latest move in a tussle for access to ports...

This year’s Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Iran was staged with greater fanfare than ever, not least because of rising tensions with Israel. Last month Israel claimed to have staged...

Saudi Arabia’s soccer team may have been thrashed in its first World Cup match, but Saudi women attending the tournament said they still had lots to celebrate after a...

The battle for the western Yemeni port of Hudaydah could be an important milestone in the three-year civil war. But analysts say the conflict is so complex that even...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was among dignitaries in Moscow on Thursday as his country’s team suffered a 5-0 defeat against hosts Russia in the opening match of...

Forces from a Saudi-led coalition were poised to enter the airport of Yemen’s main port, Hudaydah, on Friday as the Arab alliance prepared to seize the city in the...

Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen’s Hudaydah on Thursday as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the port city in the largest battle of a war...

The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an urgent halt to a Saudi- and United Arab Emirates-led offensive in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, calling for the port to...

Debris from five missiles fired at Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi group since July 2017 “share key design features with a known type of missile” manufactured by Iran and some of...

President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top State Department Middle East post said on Thursday he would dissuade countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt from weapons deals with Russia that could...

Twenty-four Saudi princes including Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz had breakfast with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz on Tuesday at the Royal Safa Palace in Mecca in the absence...

Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi was forced to back a Saudi and UAE attack on Hudaydah following pressure from the Emirates, Middle East Eye reported yesterday. Hadi was...

A closed session at the Security Council has been called by the United Kingdom this afternoon to discuss ways to halt the military operation in Hudaydah, Al Jazeera reported...

The Saudi-led coalition yesterday called on the residents of the Red Sea port of Hudaydah to stay in their homes and not to approach Houthi groups in the city,...