Saudi Arabia

A new report from Human Rights Watch revisits the torture camps of Yemen, where the only way out for the tens of thousands of migrant workers interned each year...

Saudi officials intervened at the last minute on Sunday to prevent a rift occurring between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Egyptian authorities during the inauguration ceremony of President...

Since the beginning of the Arab Spring we have witnessed things we haven't seen in decades. A popular storm swept public squares expressing the failure of states to meet...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal, during a telephone call today, ways to resolve the Syrian crisis and other regional issues. The...

Untangling the complex relations between China, Russia, the Gulf states and "the West"is no easy task. Although Beijing and Moscow have long kept a small hand in Gulf affairs,...

The ambassadors of the three Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain, who were withdrawn on March 5, are to return to their offices in Doha within days,...

The leader of Tunisia's Ennahda party, Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi, confirmed in an interview with Al Hiwar TV that he was visited in his Tunis offices by Sir John Jenkins,...

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have transferred billions of dollars to Egypt since the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood, to heal the rift that hit the...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah hailed on Tuesday the victory of the Egyptian coup leader in the presidential elections, after he allegedly won 96 per cent of the votes, and...

The visit of Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to Iran last Sunday didn't succeed in paving the way for Saudi-Iranian understanding and reconciliation, diplomatic sources revealed. Iranians appeared...

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Monday that the Syrian presidential election undermines efforts to reach a political solution to the crisis and they reinforced...

Activists on social networking sites confirmed that all of Islamist preacher Salman Ouda's books have been pulled from bookshops in Saudi Arabia. Saudi tweeps published an image of shelves...

Egyptian comedian and TV satirist Bassem Youssef said Monday his show has been cancelled, citing pressures faced by the Saudi-owned MBC group to suspend his show. According to producers...

The United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will provide Egypt with up to $20 billion in a new aid package to be negotiated following the inauguration...

Analysts suggest that Gulf countries are expecting tangible steps from Iran to prove its willingness to change its policies in the region ahead of the planned visit by Kuwaiti...

Iraqi authorities said Wednesday that Saudi intelligence sent "messages" to the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIS) urging them to "eliminate moderate Sunnis." The Iraqi official TV quoted...

The former Director of the General Intelligence of Saudi Arabia Prince Turki Al-Faisal has turned down an offer made ​​by the Israeli former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin to...

Saudi authorities denied a media report, which claimed that a cell working for Qatari interests had been arrested recently in Saudi Arabia. Spokesperson of the Saudi ministry of interior...

How has the Arab Spring changed Arab perceptions of their citizenship? Immeasurable sacrifices and atrocities were committed as millions took to the streets with the prospect of shaping democratically-elected...

Saudi Press Agency, SPA, reported that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Spain have signed on Monday a security cooperation agreement. The agency said that Saudi interior minister, Prince...

Saudi Arabia is considering trade sanctions against the Netherlands because of stickers printed by right-wing politician Geert Wilders bearing anti-Islam slogans in the colours of Saudi Arabia flag, a...

The media in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have expressed tacit support for the onslaught launched by armed forces loyal to retired Libyan Brigadier General Khalifah Haftar...

New questions were raised regarding the identity of "Mujtahidd", the person behind the famous Twitter account due to his latest leaks on the ruling family in Saudi Arabia. This...

Saudi Arabia called yesterday to strengthen security co-operation between the Gulf Co-operation Council, GCC and the U.S. against regional instability. Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Salman bin Abdul...

Edward Snowden's has almost completed the preparation of documents which are said to reveal Arab dictators' "secrets" and their backdoor deals with the US administration. According to a source...

Tehran has welcomed the invitation extended by the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal to his Iranian counterpart to visit Riyadh for bilateral talks. State news agency IRNA reported...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal said on Tuesday that the Saudi kingdom has extended an invitation to Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit Riyadh, expressing his...

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz reshuffled on Wednesday the top army and civilian posts in the Defence Ministry, state news agency SPA reported. Prince Sultan bin Salman was...

The 1950s saw the rapid spread of socialism, Pan-Arabisim and nationalism across the Arab world. These movements were led mainly by the president of Egypt, Gamal Abdel-Nasser, who was...

Saudi women continue to break the driving ban imposed on them. Analysts believe that in recent years the number of female students sent by their families to study abroad...

Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal Bin Fahd, General President of Youth Welfare authority in Saudi Arabia, said in an interview with the Saudi Sabq electronic newspaper that the Federation Internationale...

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) concluded on Thursday a meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in which they conducted a thorough revision of the measures exercised...