Saudi Arabia executed a record 184 people in 2019 while capital punishment generally declined in the rest of the world, human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday.
Bahrain Follows Saudi Arabia, Oman With Budget Cuts Amid Crisis
Bahrain became the latest nation in the oil-rich Gulf to announce drastic spending cuts, an effort to stretch the budget at a time the crash in oil prices and measures to combat the global pandemic …
Turkey blocks Saudi and UAE news websites
Turkish authorities blocked Saudi and United Arab Emirates news websites on Sunday, days after the sites of Turkey’s state broadcaster and news agency were blocked in Saudi Arabia. The apparently reci …
How is the UAE Changing Its Geo-Political Game?
Whereas the leaders of both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, popularly known as MBS and MBZ respectively, have a number of reasons to stay united and support each other, inter-state relations are never …
Pray at home during Ramadan, Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority says
Lubna Hussain and Reuters Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing, to …
Owners from the autocratic medieval sandpit of Saudi Arabia? Newcastle fans won’t care
Newcastle United might very soon be prised from the meaty grasp of owner Mike Ashley, much to the euphoria — perhaps misplaced euphoria — of the club’s long-suffering supporters. They have wanted …
Bogged down Saudis look for exit from Yemen quagmire using COVID-19 as fig leaf: Report
This image grab taken from a handout video released by Yemen’s Houthis shows Saudi mercenaries captured in an August offensive near the southern Saudi region of Najran. (AFP) Saudi Arabia is …
Saudi Arabia executes dance troupe attacker
A man who stabbed at least three Spanish dancers in Saudi Arabia during a live performance has been executed. The assault on the theatre group took place during a festival in the capital Riyadh in …
How Saudi Arabia’s religious project transformed Indonesia
The world’s largest Muslim-majority country was long considered a tolerant place. But thanks to Saudi money and influence, it has taken a sharply conservative turn …