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US urges Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing ties with Zionist entity
Oct 14, 2020 13:02US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with illegal Zionist entity after Bahrain and the UAE.
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UN rejects Saudi bid for joining human rights council over abuses
Oct 14, 2020 03:44Saudi Arabia has failed to join the United Nations Human Rights Council after an international non-governmental organization called on the United Nations (UN) to refuse Riyadh’s bid.
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World must press Saudi Arabia to implement IAEA Safeguards: Iran's envoy
Oct 14, 2020 03:20Iran has called on the international community to press Saudi Arabia to immediately implement the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in full.
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One fifth of Yemen’s population suffering from mental health disorders: UNFPA
Oct 13, 2020 03:07The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Yemen says twenty percent of the population in the war-ravaged Arab country suffers from mental health disorders, amid the ongoing Saudi-led military onslaught and tight blockade.
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Geneva-based rights council urges Saudi Arabia to stop crackdown on Palestinians
Oct 12, 2020 04:27The Geneva Council for Rights and Liberties (GCRL) has strongly denounced the continued detention and prosecution of Palestinian and Jordanian figures in Saudi Arabia over their suspected support for the Palestinian resistance movement, calling on Riyadh to immediately release them.
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Saudi regime forces detain activist during raid against Shia-populated Qatif region
Oct 09, 2020 04:34Saudi regime forces have reportedly arrested a young man in the kingdom’s Shia-populated and oil-rich Eastern Province as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against members of the religious community.
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EU urged to skip Saudi G20 summit over human rights violations
Oct 09, 2020 04:23The European Parliament strongly urges the European Union to skip an upcoming Saudi-hosted virtual summit of the Group of 20 countries in light of Riyadh’s human rights abuses.
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Yemen’s Ansarullah lauds UN envoy's call for ceasefire in Hudaydah despite Saudi violations
Oct 08, 2020 11:32Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has welcomed the UN special envoy’s call on warring sides to put an end to fighting in the strategic western port city of Hudaydah and respect a ceasefire agreement despite frequent violation of the agreement by the Saudi side.
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UNICEF raises eyebrows with praise for Saudi ‘humanitarian’ role in Yemen
Oct 07, 2020 08:56The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has in a controversial move praised what it called Saudi Arabia’s “humanitarian” role in Yemen, closing its eyes to years of atrocities committed by Riyadh and its allies against the civilian population there, leaving a large number of children dead, maimed and malnourished.
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UN says over 90,000 displaced in Yemen’s flashpoint Ma'rib
Oct 07, 2020 05:15The United Nations says over 90,000 people have been displaced in Yemen's strategic central province of Ma’rib since January due to intense fighting between Saudi-backed forces loyal to Yemen's former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur and the popular Ansarullah Movement.