Most Western media outlets are carrying headlines and hype about the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan after the fighting force swept through the country at a blistering pace...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's office announced on Monday that Baghdad is set to host a conference for neighbouring countries later this month to discuss de-escalating tensions and to...

The Saudi Arabian Prisoners of Conscience group has reported that the Kingdom's judiciary has sentenced a number of Jordanians and Palestinians to lengthy terms in prison. Some of them,...

A Turkish referee has received death threats on social media by Saudi trolls after he disqualified a Saudi karateka during the men's final event at the Tokyo Olympics last...

Nine Senate Democrats have sponsored a resolution condemning Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia for their unjust imprisonment of women. Among them are Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey,...

The Saudi Cabinet yesterday said that any assistance provided to the current or future Lebanese government "depends on carrying out serious and tangible reforms", the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. "Any...

A court in Saudi Arabia has issued stiff sentences to eight people convicted on various corruption charges, including a governor and a judge. Details of their sentences were reported...

Saudi Arabia and India have started their first ever joint naval exercise just a week after tensions escalated in the Gulf of Oman following an attack on an Israeli-linked...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani today named an ambassador to Saudi Arabia in a further sign of improved ties after Riyadh and its allies agreed this...

The nearly two-decade-long campaign by the families of victims of the September 11 2001 terror attack to expose the alleged role the Saudi Arabian government played has been given...

Iraqi leaders are working to hold a bilateral meeting between Iran and Saudi on the sidelines of a summit scheduled to take place in Baghdad later this month, Iranian...

There can be no peace in Yemen as long as the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia continues its raids and strikes on the country, the leader of the...

Yemen's Houthis announced yesterday that they are ready to swap Hamas prisoners being held in Saudi jails with Saudi officers in Yemen, Anadolu reported. This came during a speech delivered by...

Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) yesterday announced the arrest of 207 citizens and expatriates on various charges including bribery, abuse of power, and forgery, Anadolu reported. Nazaha said...

Saudi Arabia has appointed two female assistants for the management of the Two Holy Mosques in a historic first for the kingdom. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the imam of...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein met in the Saudi capital Riyadh to boost regional cooperation, Anadolu reported. The officials analysed the future...

Hamas said it was "shocked" by the Saudi sentences against Palestinian and Jordanian detainees it has held since 2019. In a statement issued yesterday, Hamas said: "We were shocked...

Saudi court sentences 69 Palestinians and Jordanians to up to 22 years in prison

The chief negotiator for Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday it would be futile to hold talks with the United Nations new special envoy for Yemen without movement...

Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that beginning Monday applications for Muslim pilgrims wishing to perform Umrah from abroad will be received and 2 million requests will be accepted per...

The Islamic New Year also known as Hijri New Year marks the start of the Muslim lunar calendar which runs for 354-355 days some 11 days shorter than the 365 day Gregorian calendar

Sunni and Shia clerics from Iraq have met in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, to promote unity and coexistence between Islam's two main sects. The Iraqi Scholars Forum got together yesterday...

Leaks about the Saudi authorities' request from local employers in the kingdom's southern governorates to dispense with their Yemeni workers have raised fears of the imminent deportation of hundreds...

Saudi Arabia's relentless pursuit of former top intelligence official Saad Al-Jabri has prompted a rare intervention by the US Justice Department over concerns that state secrets could be leaked....

In southern Saudi Arabia, which is historically part of Yemen, the Yemenis who provide quality services to the local people in the higher education and health sectors are now...

Hamas hopes political prisoners being held in Saudi will be released and their files closed in the kingdom, the movement's head Ismail Haniyeh said yesterday. In a statement Haniyeh...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday accused certain parties of seeking to drag Lebanon into a civil war, Anadolu Agency reported. "We will not go where the enemy wants (to a...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister has rejected the possibility of normalising ties with Israel, saying that the goal of Palestinian statehood must be addressed first. "The best way to build...

US Congress will be "closely" monitoring human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said yesterday in a tweet highlighting the fate of...

The West's silence regarding the situation in Tunisia shows their support for autocratic regimes including those in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who stand behind the coup, former Italian Prime...

Saudi Arabia has released 28 Pakistani prisoners who were languishing in the kingdom's prison system, in a drive by Islamabad to free numerous Pakistani nationals detained over petty crimes....

"As soon as the G20 spotlight on Saudi Arabia faded the authorities resumed their ruthless pursuit of people who dare to express their opinions freely or criticize the government,"