Saudi Arabia

President Rouhani slams Saudi-led blockade against Qatar

Jul 12, 2017 09:06

President Hassan Rouhani has denounced a blockade imposed by a Saudi-led bloc of states against Qatar, saying resorting to such pressure tactics against neighboring states is a “wrong” policy.
Migrant workers die in fire at poor house in Saudi Arabia

Jul 12, 2017 09:06

Eleven migrant workers have suffocated as a fire engulfed a windowless house they shared in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia executes four in Qatif over terror allegations

Jul 12, 2017 03:09

Saudi Arabia has executed four people in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province over allegations of conducting terrorist activities, the Saudi Interior Ministry says.
'Wealthy Doha will outlast Saudi-led boycott'

Jul 11, 2017 10:20

The governor of Qatar's central bank said the emirate has enough money to weather the Saudi-led economic and political blockade.
Jeremy Corbyn says UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia 'unethical'

Jul 11, 2017 01:13

Britain’s opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticized a UK High Court ruling that allows London to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
UK court ruling deadly blow to Yemeni civilians: Amnesty

Jul 11, 2017 01:11

Amnesty International says a recent UK court ruling that the British government is entitled to continue authorizing arms supplies to Saudi Arabia is a deadly blow to Yemeni civilians.
Yemen cholera outbreak exceeds 300,000 suspected cases: ICRC

Jul 10, 2017 15:41

The Red Cross says the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 amid fears of a runaway outbreak of the disease and the threat of famine looming over the war-stricken country.
Yemeni court sentences 4 Saudis to death for beheading soldiers

Jul 10, 2017 15:41

A court in the Yemeni capital Sana’a has handed down the death penalty to four Saudi nationals convicted of belonging to the al-Qaeda terrorist group and decapitating 14 Yemeni troops some three years ago.
Yemeni forces capture strategic mountain, Saudi base

Jul 10, 2017 08:52

Yemen’s army and popular committee forces have taken a strategic mountain in the province of Jawf from Saudi-backed mercenaries.
Saudi Arabia to blame for Yemen cholera outbreak: Saleh

Jul 09, 2017 08:46

Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has singled out Saudi Arabia as the source of what the United Nations estimates to be the world’s worst cholera outbreak in Yemen.