Presidential panel agrees to transform the country into "federal state of six regions", state news agency reports. A presidential panel has agreed to transform Yemen into a six-region federation as part of its political transition, state news agency Saba reported. The final...

An Arab-Iranian poet and human rights activist, Hashem Shaabani, has been executed for being an "enemy of God" and threatening national security, according to local human rights groups. Shaabani and a man named Hadi Rashedi were hanged in unidentified prison on January 27, ...

Saudi Arabia has called for an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly to discuss the Syrian crisis, Al-Arabiya channel reported on Sunday quoting the Kingdom’s permanent mission at the UN. The mission has sent a message to John Ashe, current president of the general assembly,...

The social media has been circulating messages that commended the royal decree issued by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, imposing stiff punishment on Saudis taking part in civil wars abroad and joining terrorist outfits inside and outside the Kingdom. The king’s...