Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday it had visited Saudi Arabia to seek freedom for 30 jailed journalists amid sustained Western criticism of Riyadh following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The group, known by its French acronym RSF, had not publicized...

Saudi Arabia is making the world complicit in a miscarriage of justice in the case of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings said Tuesday.  In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post, Agnes Callamard said Riyadh violated...

A sister of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia went on trial Tuesday in a French court over the alleged beating of a workman who was carrying out repairs in her ultra-luxury Paris apartment. Hassa bint Salman is a daughter of King Salman and a sister of powerful crown prince Mohammed bin...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Saturday that it carried out drone attacks on military sites at Abha airport in southern Saudi Arabia, the group’s Al-Masirah TV reported. There was no Saudi confirmation of the attacks. Earlier, the Houthis said they targeted warplane...

Saudi-led military coalition said on Thursday it had intercepted drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi group that was targeting Jizan airport, a statement on Saudi state media said. Earlier, the Houthis said they carried out drone attacks on Jizan and Abha Saudi airports. Iran-aligned...

Saudi Arabia's new ambassadors to the United States and the United Kingdom have taken up their posts after several months' vacancy amid tensions with Western allies over the Yemen war and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan, the Gulf kingdom's...

The son of the crown prince of the UAE has been found dead in his U.K. home, according to local reports.  Khalid Al Qasimi, who founded a fashion brand and exhibited collections in London and Paris, was hailed as a “great philosopher” and “an artist” in a statement on his brand’s...

A Democratic senator warned Tuesday that the United States could cut off arms sales to the United Arab Emirates over a report that the US ally shipped US missiles to Libyan rebels. In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign...

A Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia wounded nine civilians Tuesday, a Riyadh-led coalition said, the latest in a series of strikes on the site. "The terrorist attack on Abha airport... led to the injury of nine civilians, including eight Saudi citizens and...

An Arab military coalition said Monday it had intercepted a drone launched by Yemen's Houthi group that was heading towards the kingdom, a statement on Saudi state media said. "The drone was destroyed in Yemeni airspace," the coalition said. Iran-aligned Houthis, who are fighting in...

Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Sunday pointed to Saudi crown prince's silence on the report of UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard, which found "credible evidence" to further probe Saudi officials, including crown prince. Cengiz, having arrived at Geneva to...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to reduce its dependence on oil and promised Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Japan will help the kingdom with a sweeping reform plan. “Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ is an unprecedented major reform aimed at...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman must uncover the killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, adding that some aspects of the murder were still being hidden. Speaking at a news conference at the G20 summit in Japan, Erdogan...

US President Donald Trump praised Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday, saying he was doing a "spectacular job", despite international outcry over the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The young royal has faced international pressure after US-based...

The United Arab Emirates, a key member of the Arab coalition fighting in Yemen, is scaling back its military presence there as worsening U.S.-Iran tensions threaten security closer to home, four western diplomatic sources said. The UAE has pulled some troops from the southern port of Aden...

South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed an $8.3 billion economic co-operation pact Wednesday during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's first visit to Seoul, as the oil-rich kingdom looks eastward following Western criticism over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder. Saudi Arabia is resource-poor...

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next month on billions of dollars worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia already rejected by the Senate despite a veto threat from President Donald Trump. Representative Steny Hoyer, the number two Democrat in the House, told reporters Tuesday that...

The Turkish fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday appealed for an international investigation into his "premeditated" killing amid evidence of high-level Saudi involvement. Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor and US resident, was killed last...

A Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia killed a Syrian national and wounded 21 other civilians Sunday, a Riyadh-led coalition said, in a new escalation following a series of strikes on the site. The attack on Abha airport, which the coalition said left a...

Any conflict in the Gulf region may spread uncontrollably and threaten the lives of U.S. troops, a senior Iranian military commander said Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose further sanctions on the Islamic Republic. While flagging more sanctions, Trump had also...