More than two million people are expected to make this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca, but coronavirus could upend their plans …
Coronavirus: The controversy over ‘India’s first virus fatality’
It is the last day of February. Siddiqui has just returned to India after a month-long stay with his younger son, who works as a dentist in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 76-year-old Islamic scholar and …
Qatar demands Premier League blocks Saudi takeover of Newcastle
Qatar’s state broadcaster has demanded the English Premier League blocks the Saudi Arabia-backed takeover of Newcastle United football club because of the kingdom’s alleged involvement in television …
EPL told to consider blocking Saudi Arabia buying Newcastle
The English Premier League has been asked by human rights activists and one of its major broadcast partners to consider blocking Saudi Arabia’s attempt to buy Newcastle. Amnesty International wrote to …
England’s Premier League Becomes Latest Proxy for Saudi-Qatar Dispute
A Qatar broadcast company that has accused Saudi Arabia of pirating its signals is asking the league to block a sale of the Newcastle United team to a Saudi-led group.
Saudi Arabia executed more than 180 people last year, breaking its own record, Amnesty International says
While most of the world showed a decline in the death penalty, Saudi Arabia executed more people than ever, according to Amnesty International.
Amnesty: Saudi Arabia executed record number of inmates in 2019
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 …