Coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: cases cross 100,000, Hajj threatened
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks...
China & the uncertain security situation in Gulf
China and the Gulf states are in the same boat as they grapple with uncertainty about regional security against the backdrop of doubts about...
Saudi game of thrones in full swing as international pressure to release detained royals grows
A $2 million US lobbying effort and petitions from European lawmakers are piling pressure on Saudi Arabia to release a philanthropist prince jailed for...
Khashoggi family to pardon his killers
The family of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has declared “forgiveness” for his killers, extending pardons to the accused, who faced execution in Saudi Arabia, as...
Khashoggi fiancee hopes UK doesn’t let MbS put himself above British law
Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has urged the British government to block a planned Saudi Arabia-funded takeover of Premier...
Saudi Arabia will impose a full lockdown during Eid al-Fitr holidays
Saudi Arabia will enforce a round-the-clock nationwide curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry...
Saudi Aramco aims to cut oil output by 1 million bpd to stabilize prices
Saudi Arabia said Monday it had asked oil giant Aramco to cut its output by an additional one million barrels per day from June,...
Reforms sweep across Saudi Arabia: More & more women are entering the workforce
Like thousands of Saudi women, Rouaa al-Mousa entered the workforce as reforms sweep the ultra-conservative kingdom and are certain that neither grumbling male bosses...
2019 marks the biggest uptick in ‘global military expenditure’ including two ASIAN countries
Global military expenditure saw its biggest uptick in a decade in 2019, researchers said Monday, marking the first year two Asian countries were among...
Conservatism replaced with liberalism? Saudi Supreme Court abolishes FLOGGING
Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of "human rights advances" made by...
G20 vows to help global tourism sector
G20 nations pledged Friday to cushion the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic on global tourism, one of the hardest-hit industries in which millions...
UN pushes for COVID-19 vaccine as global death toll reaches 200,000
The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as the United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic. Governments...