High-profile Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to five years in jail Wednesday over tweets critical of the war in Yemen, two human rights groups said. Rajab, a leading figure in 2011 protests against the Gulf state's Sunni minority rulers, was already serving a two-year...

Saudi Arabia has no interest in participating in a European Union-style regional security alliance as proposed by Qatar, its Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Monday. Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said Friday that Middle Eastern states should put their differences...

Britain called on Iran to stop taking actions which could escalate the conflict in Yemen after a United Nations group of experts found that missiles and military equipment of Iranian origin were introduced into Yemen after an arms embargo. "I call on Iran to cease activity which risks...

Women in Saudi Arabia can now open their own businesses without the consent of a husband or male relative, as the kingdom pushes to expand a fast-growing private sector. The policy change, announced by the Saudi government on Thursday, also marks a major step away from the strict...