Saudi ambassador defends human rights record in interview with BBC Newsnight
Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations, Abdallah Y. al-Mouallimi, took part in a BBC Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis to defend Saudi Arabia's human...
Saudi says ready to send forces to Syria if coalition decides
Saudi Arabia would be willing to commit its special forces to Syria should the international coalition decide to deploy ground troops against Islamic State,...
King Salman rejects questioning of Saudi role as hajj organiser
King Salman on Monday rejected any suggestions that Saudi Arabia should give up its role as the organiser of the hajj following last month's...
ANALYSIS-Saudi Arabia's new oil policy works in reclaiming market share
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is slowly regaining market share following its 2014 decision to no longer support prices, data shows, but has a...
Flooding brings Qatar to near standstill, Twitter users share videos
Qatar was hit by heavy flooding on Wednesday causing gridlock on the desert country's roads as well as closures of schools and the US...
8 dead, 150 hurt in train crash in Bavaria, Germany
Eight people were killed when two trains collided head-on in southeast Germany on Tuesday, police said, adding about 150 people were injured, including 50...
Libya rivals declare unity Cabinet under UN plan
Representatives of Libya's rival factions who are sitting in Tunis and negotiating through a U.N.-brokered process announced on Tuesday that they have formed a...
Bosnian imam jailed for encouraging ISIS jihadists
A Bosnian court on Thursday jailed a radical Muslim leader for seven years for inciting terrorism by encouraging his followers to fight alongside jihadists...
Iran confirms death penalty for Sunni preacher
Iran’s supreme court this week confirmed the death penalty of a Sunni preacher arrested in 2009.
The court issued the final verdict for Shahram Ahmadi,...
ISIS executioner of Chechen 'spy' is Russian
The jihadist who beheaded a Chechen man in an ISIS video is an ethnic Russian from a far northern city, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov...
