Britain on Monday identified 49 "notorious" individuals and organisations, 25 of them Russian and 20 Saudis, to be sanctioned under its first post-Brexit targeting of accused human rights violators, prompting immediate anger from Moscow. The Russians are listed for their alleged involvement...

Saudi Arabia announced health protocols to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the 2020 haj season, banning gatherings and meetings between pilgrims, the state news agency said Monday. Saudi Arabia decided in June to limit the number of domestic pilgrims attending the haj to around...

The United Arab Emirates announced a broad government restructuring Sunday, merging government entities and appointing new economy and industry ministers, and giving it a year to achieve new targets. The head of Abu Dhabi's national oil company ADNOC, Sultan al-Jaber, was named as industry...

Turkey begins trying 20 Saudi nationals in absentia Friday over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Istanbul. A 117-page indictment prepared by Istanbul prosecutors accusing the Saudi nationals of involvement in the gruesome premeditated...