Jailed Saudi women right’s activist on another hunger strike
Jailed Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has begun a new hunger strike in prison to demand regular contact with her family, her siblings...
Saudi-Turkish rivalry: International businesses in the eye of storm
From pickled vine leaves to coffee and cheese, Saudi supermarkets are taking Turkish products off the shelves after calls for a boycott, as rivalry...
US lawmakers urge boycott of Saudi-hosted G20 summit
Forty-five American lawmakers have urged the US government to boycott next month's G20 summit in Riyadh unless Saudi authorities address key human rights concerns,...
Afghanistan, world’s least peaceful country: Who is responsible?
Imagine Afghanistan. What do you see? Do you visualize poverty, refugees, drugs, suppressed voices, oppressed women, and structural violence? Surely, Afghanistan tells a tale of destruction, terror,...
Saudi Arabia: The journey from ultra-conservatism to ultra-modernism
Saudi Arabia, currently, is undergoing a phenomenal metamorphosis; a country widely known for its ultra-conservative posture is now gradually moving towards liberalism. It is...
Makkah reopens for limited Umrah pilgrimage
Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round Umrah pilgrimage with extensive health...
COVID-19: Saudi Arabia confers leadership award on Pakistani doctor
The government of Saudi Arabia has presented a leadership award to a Pakistani doctor for his services to the kingdom during the pandemic coronavirus....
No deal with Israel, but Saudi Arabia pushes outreach to Jews
From scrubbing hate-filled school textbooks to a taboo-defying religious sermon, Saudi Arabia is pushing for another kind of normalisation after declining to establish formal...
Saudi Arabia to gradually resume Umrah pilgrimage from October
Saudi Arabia will gradually resume the year-round Umrah pilgrimage for Muslims from October 4, the interior ministry said Tuesday, seven months after it was...
Op-ed: Saudi gestures signal kingdom’s endorsement of Arab rapprochement with Israel
The odds are that Saudi Arabia is not about to formalize relations with Israel. But the kingdom, with its image tarnished by multiple missteps,...
Trump believes Saudi Arabia to follow UAE and Bahrain in normalizing Israeli ties
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he believes Saudi Arabia will follow Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in fully normalizing relations with...
Saudi Arabia to ease international flight restrictions from Tuesday
Saudi Arabia will partially lift its suspension on international flights from Tuesday, the interior ministry said, six months after travel curbs were imposed due...