Saudi Arabia abolishes court-ordered floggings as punishment
Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a form of punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of “human rights advances” made by the king and his…
U.S. accuses two former Twitter employees of spying for Saudi Arabia
Two former employees of Twitter and a third man from Saudi Arabia face U.S. charges of spying for the kingdom by digging up private user data and giving it to…
In Saudi Arabia, criticism of Crown Prince grows after attack on oil infrastrucure
Some members of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family and business elite have expressed frustration with the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure last month….
Khashoggi murder ‘happened under my watch,’ Saudi crown prince tells PBS
Mohammed bin Salman Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch,”…
Turkey’s Erdogan says ‘some people’ paying ‘serious money’ to bury Khashoggi murder issue- NTV
Turkey’s Erdogan says ‘some people’ paying ‘serious money’ to bury Khashoggi murder issue- NTV Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said “some people” were paying “serious money” to bury the issue of…
Khashoggi: U.S. granted authorisation to share nuclear power info with Saudi Arabia after killing
The Trump administration granted two authorisations to U.S. companies to share sensitive nuclear power information with Saudi Arabia shortly after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018, a…
Journalists win Time Person of the Year Award
Time magazine on Tuesday named a group of journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and a pair of Reuters journalists imprisoned by Myanmar’s government, as its “Person of the…
Saudi Foreign Minister Rules Out Extraditing Suspects in Khashoggi Murder
Jamal Khashoggi Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Sunday ruled out the extradition of suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Istanbul’s chief prosecutor filed warrants for…
US senators link Khashoggi death to Saudi Crown Prince
Leading U.S. senators said on Tuesday they were more certain than ever that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was culpable in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. They took…
Oil Output: Saudi Arabia Seeks United Front; Russia and Nigeria May Resist Production Curbs
Saudi Arabia will not cut oil output on its own to stabilise the market, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Wednesday as Nigeria and Russia said it…