Saudi Arabia plans to sell a one per cent stake in state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco to a "leading global energy company" within the context of its Vision 2030 plan to diversify the...

As allegations of cronyism continue to bog down the ruling Conservative party, it's now emerged that a co-investors in the Saudi-led consortium behind last year's failed takeover bid of...

Saudi Arabia yesterday prevented more than 400 Jordanian trucks loaded with fruits, vegetables, and livestock from entering its territories, citing "technical reasons" related to the trucks' production year, Anadolu reported....

A Lebanese music composer close to the president's party is believed to be detained in Saudi Arabia for unknown reasons, according to local media reports confirmed by two sources...

A number of people have been arrested in Iran over the years accused of spying against the government. Last year, the authorities arrested five Iranians on charges of spying...

Army helicopters are spraying agricultural land in northeast Lebanon to help farmers battle swarms of locusts that flew to the country in what a UN agency said was a...

Turkey's presidential advisor and spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has announced that his country welcomes and accepts Saudi Arabia's trial following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in efforts to repair ties...

Lebanese security forces announced the detention of a suspected drug smuggler at Beirut airport today, a day after Lebanon pledged to crack down on the crime to persuade Saudi...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun yesterday demanded security forces increase efforts to combat drug smuggling. The president's demands came after Saudi Arabia Friday banned the entry of fruits and vegetables imported...

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry will increase control and oversight of fruits and vegetables imported from Lebanon in the Kuwaiti markets, Al-Rai newspaper reported yesterday. The Kuwaiti paper quoted...

Lebanon said on Monday it hoped Saudi Arabia would reconsider a ban on its produce imposed over what Riyadh called a rise in drug smuggling, and tasked its interior...

The Yemeni Prime Minister, Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, arrived yesterday in the eastern province of Hadhramaut for the first time since he fled the interim capital Aden to Saudi Arabia in March, where the UN-recognised government in exile has been...

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon has revealed that large quantities of drugs smuggled from Lebanon — "enough to drown the whole Arab world" — have been seized before entering...

Yemen's Houthi have achieved significant gains towards the strategic city of Marib, the internationally-recognised government's last northern stronghold, AFP reported. Military officials in the pro-government forces said the Houthis have taken...

Yemen's Houthi movement said on Sunday it had attacked and hit a military air base in southern Saudi Arabia with a drone, but the Saudi-led coalition fighting the group...

Iran the world's 2nd most frequent executioner accounted for 56% of all recorded executions in the Middle East followed by Egypt which has witnessed a 300% rise in the implementation of the death penalty

Houthis in Yemen said that they targeted an airbase in southern Saudi Arabia with an explosive-laden drone, Anadolu Agency reports. "The UAV air force (of the group) managed to retarget...

Saudi Arabia will ban fruits and vegetables originating from Lebanon from entering or passing through the kingdom due to an increase in drug smuggling, Reuters reported Saudi state media saying today. The...

The family of a former top Saudi intelligence official who is living in exile and locked in an international feud with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman say they have...

Reporters Without Borders has said that the MENA region is the "toughest and most dangerous for journalists" following the publication of its yearly report which ranks 180 countries and...

Saudi security forces stormed the house of Palestinian detainee Mohamed Al-Khodari in Jeddah yesterday and took his 70-year-old wife Wijdan and daughter-in-law to a security centre, the Euro-Mediterranean Human...

Saudi Arabia yesterday reiterated its call for Iran to engage in the ongoing negotiations over the 2015 nuclear agreement, avoid escalation, and not expose the region's security and stability...

MENA region accounts for 88% of executions worldwide in 2020

Iran said on Tuesday it welcomes Iraqi mediation to help mend its ties with Gulf Arab states, following reports that Saudi and Iranian officials had held discussions in Iraq, Reuters reported....

The Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize is awarded by the PACE to figures who actively defend human rights in civil society

Ankara filed a complaint against Riyadh at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the semi-official Saudi boycott of trading with Turkey, Arabi21 reported yesterday. Reporting the Turkish Sabah newspaper, Arabi21 said that Turkish officials had...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is said to have supported an Israeli plot to overthrow the Jordanian King Abdullah II in exchange for guardianship of the holy sites...

A senior German Foreign Ministry official on Monday offered a cautiously upbeat assessment of "progress" in Vienna-based talks aimed at bringing the US back into the 2015 Iran nuclear...

Abdullah Mashayekh better known as 'Mashour Al-Snap' Arabic for 'Snapchat famous' claims he has tried to take his own life after online bullies attacked him for his 'feminine' appearance

A senior Saudi official has denied holding secret talks between the kingdom and Iran. The Saudi official's remarks came hours after the Financial Times reported that Riyadh and Tehran held direct talks...

Pakistan has summoned a number of its diplomats in Saudi Arabia due to "multiple" complaints from the Pakistani community there, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Quresh announced on Saturday. "The...

Senior Saudi and Iranian officials have held direct talks in a bid to repair their relations, four years after they cut off diplomatic ties, the Financial Times reported on...