White House rebuffs pressure to punish Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi murder

By Kevin Breuninger, CNBC KEY POINTS • The White House is holding firm on its decision…

What gives Saudi Arabia the confidence to ease coronavirus restrictions

What gives Saudi Arabia the confidence to ease coronavirus restrictions *Enayah, in Riyadh, is Saudi Arabia’s…

Prophet’s Mosque to open to public in stages from Sunday

  RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced that the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah will gradually open to the…

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia to ease restrictions, restart business, return to ‘normal’

Saudi Arabia will ease coronavirus restrictions, resume some economic and commercial activities, and return to “normalcy”,…

COVID-19 : Saudi Arabia installs self- sterilization gates at grand mosque in Mecca – How it will operate

The General Presidency of the Sacred Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has inaugurated the “advanced self-sterilization…

Success of Saudi Arabia’s COVID-19 testing allows easing of restrictions for Ramadan

A variety of testing techniques have helped the Saudi Ministry of Health to track and treat…

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia closes all mosques except two

RIYADH — The daily congregational prayers and the weekly Friday prayer in all mosques across Saudi…

From death sentence to freedom: The case of Ibrahim Ibrahim – By Maryam Kehinde Abdulazeez

“If I knew, I wouldn’t have travelled”, was a regrettable statement from Malam Ibrahim Ibrahim. Malam…

NAHCON pays condolence visit to Saudi Embassy

By Fatima Sanda Usara The outgoing Chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar…

Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Nigeria, Adnan Bostaji is dead

Adnan bin Mahmoud Bostaji, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Nigeria is dead. Adnan died…

Saudi Arabia to stop funding mosques in foreign countries

Former Saudi minister of justice, Mohammed Bin Abdul-Karim Issa, has announced that his country will stop funding…

The Khashoggi verdict is exactly what impunity looks like. It must be denounced, By Agnes Callamard

*Agnes Callamard is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and director of…

Saudi Arabia ends gender-segregated entrances for restaurants

  RIYADH (Reuters) – Restaurants in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to maintain entrances segregated…

Major Takeaways From President Buhari’s Visit To Saudi Arabia

By Garba Shehu President Muhammadu Buhari’s four-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came to…

Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter rivals, By Jonathan Marcus

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Saudi Arabia and Iran…

Saudi Arabia intercepts two missiles heading to Mecca, Jeddah

Saudi Arabia said yesterday that its Air Defence Forces intercepted two ballistic missiles at dawn yesterday;…

Saudi Arabia executes Nigerian woman, three others for drug trafficking

Four people – including one woman – were executed in Saudi Arabia on Monday for drug…

Saudi Arabia to notify women of divorce via text

Saudi Arabian courts will notify women by text message when their husbands have been granted divorces…