Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi 'victim of brutal killing by Saudi officials': UN probe

Feb 08, 2019 03:45

A UN-led probe into Jamal Khashoggi's murder has concluded that the Saudi dissident was the victim of a “brutal and premeditated killing” planned and perpetrated by the kingdom's officials.
Saudi Arabia to take $3.46bn from state reserves to finance budget deficit

Feb 06, 2019 02:03

A high-ranking Saudi economic official says the oil-rich kingdom is going to draw down a total of 13 billion Saudi riyals ($ 3.46 billion) from the general reserves over the current year in a bid to close its budget deficit.
UNSC calls on Yemen’s rival forces to leave Hudaydah

Feb 05, 2019 03:50

The United Nations Security Council has called on Yemen’s warring parties to pull their forces out of the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah and two other ports “without further delays” under a recent UN-brokered ceasefire deal.
Saudis transferring US weapons to Qaeda in Yemen, report reveals

Feb 05, 2019 03:28

Saudi Arabia is “transferring” American weapons to al-Qaeda terrorists and Salafi militias in Yemen, a report reveals.
Pope Francis condemns Yemen plight, urges respect for ‘fragile’ truce

Feb 04, 2019 03:37

Pope Francis, the Head of the Roman Catholic Church, has in strongest terms ever condemned the Saudi-led coalition’s war on Yemen, urging the warring sides to respect a “fragile” peace deal, shortly before starting his historic visits to the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
UN believes MbS prime suspect in Khashoggi murder: Turkish official

Feb 03, 2019 08:55

An investigative team led by the United Nations (UN) believes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the prime suspect in the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
Yemen's Ansarullah, ex-govt. representatives meet aboard UN ship

Feb 03, 2019 08:38

A United Nations-appointed committee tasked with monitoring a ceasefire in the Yemeni city of Hudaydah has started its new meeting aboard a ship anchored off the key port city.
We are losing a generation of children in Yemen: UNICEF

Feb 01, 2019 03:12

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern about the humanitarian conditions of Yemeni children, warning about the formation of a "lost generation".
Saudi female activist tortured in 'palace of terror': Brother

Feb 01, 2019 02:48

The brother of detained Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has detailed in an opinion piece the abuse his sister has endured in prison.
Saudi-led coalition threatens to use ‘force’ in Yemen to drive Ansarullah out of Hudaydah

Jan 31, 2019 05:41

The Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen has threatened to use “force” to push the country’s Ansarullah Movement to withdraw from the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hudaydah under a UN-brokered ceasefire in the flashpoint area.