“Sudanese are proud Arabs, they master the Arabic language and their firm Islamic adherence further emphasise their position as Arabs.”  Most Sudanese are sceptical, for various reasons, of being...

The international rights organisation We Record has documented 145 violations against women under Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. We Record said that violations against female detainees between 2017,...

Saudi Arabia has “engaged an independent mediation line” to construct a secret talk channel with Tehran to ease tensions and prevent any escalation, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported. The...

Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over family matters, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday, following a flurry...

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen launched an attack on Monday on military targets in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthi movement, Saudi state TV and Reuters...

Ousted President Omar Al-Bashir admitted receiving funds worth millions of Dollars from UAE and KSA. Al-Bashir’s confession came during the first session of his trial on a charge related...

At the beginning of July, the UAE started to reduce its troop numbers in Yemen, signalling a shift in its military engagement. The move has been interpreted as a...

Bedouin in the city of Negila west of Marsa Matrouh are staging a sit-in to protest the confiscation of their land they say is being sold on to the...

The number of Saudi Arabian nationals who apply for asylum in the European Union (EU) has increased by 106 per cent within the first six months of 2019 alone,...

The refusal of Yemeni southern separatists to hand back control of Aden port has delayed a summit in Saudi Arabia that is due to discuss reshuffling Yemen’s ousted government...

The Houthis in Yemen announced the appointment of an “ambassador of the Republic of Yemen” in Tehran, a move that the internationally recognised Yemeni government considered as “a flagrant...

Before Yemen’s war broke out four years ago Ali Muhammad used to cross the border into Saudi Arabia to work, joining thousands of other Yemenis from his poor, mountainous...

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Saturday claimed to have carried out drone attacks on oil facilities in southeastern Saudi Arabia, reports Anadolu Agency. Speaking on the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television,...

A US organisation has started publishing official documents dealing with the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year. The Open...

Ethiopian migrants to Saudi Arabia are suffering “indescribable hardships and abuses,” according to the latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), which described the “exploitation and torture” they were...

Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) has announced that it is ready to attend a summit held in Saudi Arabia in order to resolve the conflict in the port city...

The Yemeni government has demanded the withdrawal of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces from the areas they controlled in Aden, south of Yemen, before engaging in any dialogue....

The Yemeni government held the Southern Transitional Council and the UAE responsible for the “coup” against the legitimate regime in the interim capital Aden. In a statement issued on...

A Saudi military commission arrived on Thursday to the Yemeni interim capital Aden to oversee the withdrawal of “separatist forces” from the city, Anadolu Agency reports. The Saudi commission arrived in...

Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in Aden on Thursday in support of separatist forces who took over the southern port, the temporary seat of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government, in...

Yemen’s internationally backed government yesterday sacked a number of police chiefs in the southern provinces of Aden and Lahj for allegedly taking part in a “coup against legitimacy”. Interior...

On Tuesday, the international organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemned the Saudi-led coalition’s attacks targeting civilians in Yemen, calling for urgent measures to ensure their protection. MSF tweeted that...

Turkey will open a new military base in Qatar this autumn, daily Hürriyet reported yesterday. “A new Turkish base has been built near Qatar’s Tariq Ibn Ziyad military base,” Hürriyet correspondent, Hande Fırat,...

Yemen’s southern separatists vowed on Wednesday to keep control over Aden, warning the only way out of the impasse that has fractured a Saudi-led military alliance was for Islamists...

A Saudi columnist has called Palestinians a scourge on the countries that host them. Mohammed Al Shaikh who writes for Al Jazirah newspaper posted a tweet on 9 August which he reposted yesterday...

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, publicly pledged his full support yesterday for the Houthi movement in Yemen, and has called for dialogue among Yemeni groups. The announcement came...

Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid Al-Adha, to commemorate the holy Prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son as a sign of his obedience to God

A Saudi women's rights activist has rejected a proposal to secure her release from prison in exchange for a video statement denying reports she was tortured in custody

Some 50 prisoners held in Saudi jails were given leave to complete the Hajj this year along with their families, the General Directorate of Prisons revealed. This comes as...

Yemen internationally-recognised government has just been kicked out...

Anthony Joshua’s promoter has defended a decision to stage the Briton’s heavyweight title rematch with Mexican-American world champion Andy Ruiz Jr. in Saudi Arabia and said it could change...

Hedge fund managers remain deeply divided about what matters more for the future direction of oil – intensifying fears about a global recession or Saudi Arabia’s production cuts and...