Saudi Arabia

Since 1979, when Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran and held American diplomats captive, the US strategy towards Iran has been aggressive. The US led the whole...

On Thursday 7 October, I received a call from the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Middle East office seeking more assistance to alleviate the...

The assistant for operations affairs in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Abbas Neil Foroshan, said that the Saudis have no choice but to negotiate an end to the Yemeni war,...

At least 134 Houthi fighters have been killed in air strikes in the south of Marib province, the Saudi-led coalition said on Tuesday. "We targeted nine military vehicles of...

Kuwait has decided to allow women to sign up for military service, joining other Gulf Arab states which have enabled female citizens to be part of their armed forces...

Iran and Saudi Arabia are very close to reopening consulates in each other's countries to restore diplomatic relations, AFP news agency reports. According to a foreign diplomat who resides in Saudi...

Rare gifts awarded by Saudi Arabia to former US President Donald Trump during his first official visit to the kingdom in 2017 are fakes according to an investigation into their origins...

A car bomb targeting the governor's convoy shook Yemen's southern port city of Aden yesterday killing at least six people and wounding seven, the information minister said on Twitter...

Qatari-based accounts on Twitter have fuelled speculation among some Arsenal fans about the prospects of a takeover of the English Premier League club by the Gulf state following the...

Premier League Club Newcastle United have been taken over by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium, the league announced in a statement on Thursday. "Following the completion of the Premier League's...

Saudi Arabia's controversial bid to buy Newcastle United Football Club could be approved very soon, ending an 18-month long saga that has seen many twists and turns, dragging regional...

Saudi Arabia is planning to locally produce 70 per cent of the energy products it requires over the next ten years, the country's energy minister announced yesterday. Abdulaziz Bin...

Saudi Arabia has lobbied heavily against a Western resolution that would extend the mandate of UN investigators who have documented possible war crimes in Yemen, including by the Riyadh-led...

Despite US President Joe Biden's scathing criticism of his predecessor's policies in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has not shied away from implementing them. In Afghanistan, he stuck to Trump's...

A firm headed by Tory Party donor, Ayman Asfari, handed out—or offered—bribe money to obtain contracts in Iraq, Saudi and the UAE between 2011-2017. The corruption charge, which was...

Over the past year, Saudi Arabia has detained, disappeared, or kept under travel bans at least 89 people who are either US citizens or have been living permanently in...

Recent reports of direct talks between regional rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have been welcomed by the US, according to an official in the Biden administration yesterday. "Our regional...

Saudi and Iranian officials have agreed to look for a practical mechanism for a solution in Yemen, Jadeh Iran website reported yesterday. The site quoted an unnamed Arab diplomatic source as...

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan yesterday confirmed that his country had held talks with regional rival Iran last month; the first since President Ibrahim Raisi took office. "The...

The US 'honored Jamal Khashoggi's "extraordinary life and legacy" on the third anniversary of his murder, with a statement Saturday from Washington's Secretary of State, reports Anadolu Agency. "In...

Clashes in the Yemeni city of Aden on Saturday between members of the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) killed at least four fighters before armoured vehicles were deployed and...

US prosecutors on Saturday said they charged a Saudi-born Canadian man for aiding Daesh militant group, alleging he tossed grenades in battle and worked with propagandists who publicised the...

The International Press Institute (IPI) said on Friday that justice has not been achieved for late Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, three years after his murder. On its website, the...

Pinning Palestinians down while applying harsh measures of violent repression accompanied by a fanatical settler movement of arch-racists given free rein to attack and plunder, is a notorious game...

Qatar will host Formula One races in November as part of a ten-year deal announced today. The Gulf state became the third Middle Eastern setting for the grand prix...

Smartphone technology has revolutionised our lives in many ways that go well beyond telephone calls for the millions who use them. Many of us have become amateur photographers, capturing...

Saudi Arabia's controversial bid to take over Newcastle United Football Club could be sanctioned on the condition that the government in Riyadh is not involved as a director in...

The health of 63-year-old Saudi preacher Salman Al-Ouda is deteriorating while he is being held in solitary confinement in Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said on Monday. "Al-Ouda lost his...

When Australia cancelled its French submarine deal and replaced it with a US nuclear submarine deal, Switzerland followed a similar path, deciding to buy the F-35 aircraft from America...

The death of 89 Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia over the past two years has been described as "suspicious" by the African state's foreign ministry. Saudi authorities have told...

US President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates along with the US special envoy to Yemen, the White...

Pakistan will pursue individual trade deals with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, a Pakistani official said on Sunday, as talks with the Gulf Cooperation Council remain...