A Saudi cargo ship that Spanish arms control groups suspect is carrying weapons for possible use in Yemen left the port of Santander Monday and sailed for Genoa, Italy. Alberto Estevez of the Control Arms Coalition of human rights and aid groups, which is trying to stop arms reaching...

Two Saudi oil tankers were damaged in a "sabotage attack" off the United Arab Emirates coast, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday, quoting the Saudi energy minister. "Two Saudi oil tankers were subjected to a sabotage attack in the exclusive economic zone of the United Arab...

Four commercial vessels were targeted by "sabotage operations" near the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates without causing casualties, the foreign ministry said Sunday in a statement tweeted by state news agency WAM. The incident occurred near the UAE emirate of Fujairah, it...

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says eight alleged terrorists have been killed in a shootout with security forces in the predominantly Shiite eastern region of Qatif. The ministry says security forces launched a raid Saturday on the island of Tarot off the coast of the kingdom's oil-rich...

Saudi Arabia’s oil output may edge up in June, sources familiar with the kingdom’s policy said, but the extra crude may be used for domestic power generation rather than providing the boost to exports that Washington has been seeking. The sources said any rise in Saudi output would still be...

Saudi Arabia advised its nationals to leave Sri Lanka, Al Ekhbariya state TV said Tuesday, citing the kingdom's embassy in Colombo. "Due to the current security situation in the Republic of Sri Lanka, the embassy advises citizens in Sri Lanka to leave," the embassy said in a tweet. The...

Dubai announced a series of futuristic urban projects on Tuesday, including a 15-kilometre (nine mile) cable car system above the emirate's main road. The projects -- approved by Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum -- also include a bridge with a garden, bicycle lanes and...

A suspected United Arab Emirates spy who was detained by Turkish authorities 10 days ago has committed suicide in prison, a Turkish government source and state media said Monday. The suspect was found dead in Silivri prison, on the outskirts of Istanbul, state news agency Anadolu reported....

The state-financed Abu Dhabi Fund for Development deposited $250 million in Sudan's central bank as part of a previously-announced grant, state news agency WAM said Sunday. The deposit was part of the $3 billion grant to Sudan announced by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia earlier...

Two top Saudi royal advisors have been linked to journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder. One has been labeled the "ringleader" but questions are swirling over the absence of the other in the closed-door trial of 11 suspects, multiple sources told AFP. Saudi prosecutors have said deputy...

The US government commission on religious freedom on Friday urged action against ally Saudi Arabia after its mass execution of 37 people, most of them Shiite Muslims. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose members are appointed by the president and lawmakers across...

Al-Qaeda in Yemen vowed on Friday to avenge beheadings carried out by Saudi Arabia this week – an indication that some of the 37 Saudis executed on terrorism-related charges were members of the Sunni militant group. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as the branch is called, posted a...

At least 192 countries will attend Dubai's Expo 2020 innovation fair, organisers said Thursday, with the Paris-based global body for the mega-events confirming Israel was among the invitees. "We have invited every country in the world without exception," organisers in Dubai announced,...

The U.N. rights chief Wednesday condemned the mass executions carried out by Saudi Arabia this week, stressing that those convicted were likely not afforded credible criminal trials. The men were executed on Tuesday after being convicted of terrorism, according to the official Saudi Press...

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday he had urged Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to be transparent about the circumstances surrounding the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Taking questions at a Time magazine forum, Kushner was not specific...

Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said Tuesday it executed 37 people in connection with terrorism crimes, state media reported. "The death penalty was implemented... on a number of culprits for adopting extremist terrorist ideologies and forming terrorist cells to corrupt and disrupt...

Saudi authorities arrested 13 "terrorist" suspects Monday a day after an attack claimed by Daesh (ISIS) on a security services base north of the capital, state media said. Saudi Press Agency, quoting a state security spokesman, said the arrests were part of an investigation by authorities...

Saudi Arabia is willing to compensate for any potential loss of crude supply if the U.S. ends waivers granted to buyers of Iranian oil, but the kingdom will assess the impact on the market before raising its output, a source familiar with Saudi thinking told Reuters on Monday. The United...

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Saudi state security building northwest of Riyadh, the group’s Amaq news agency reported on Sunday. Saudi state media earlier said four militants who targeted the Mabaheth (domestic intelligence) station in Zulfi, a small city about...

King Hamad has ordered that the citizenship of 551 Bahrainis revoked by courts be restored, official media said Sunday, days after a senior UN official expressed concern about the punishment. The king, who can reverse court decisions, requested that the competent authorities take into...