An 18-year-old Saudi woman’s flight from what she said was an abusive family has rallied opposition to the kingdom’s male guardianship system, still a major constraint on women despite the conservative Muslim country’s efforts to open up. Some freedoms have been granted under Crown Prince...

Civil defense forces in Yemen’s port city of Aden fought to extinguish a fire at an oil refinery on Friday, sparked hours earlier by an explosion, the cause of which was still unknown, the refinery company said. There were no reports of casualties. Separately, Saudi state...

The United States and United Nations voiced alarm Friday over the escalation of violence in Yemen and urged restraint after a rebel drone attack on the country's largest airbase killed six loyalist soldiers. The United States, which supports the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi...

A Thai court rejected an attempt to block the deportation of a Saudi woman who made a desperate plea for asylum after arriving at Bangkok airport, a lawyer said Monday. "They dismissed the request... They said we do not have enough evidence," said human rights lawyer Nadthasiri Bergman,...