US Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to meet Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the coming days for talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, US officials say.…
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UK: Saudi PhD student freed after being jailed over posts, activists say
A Saudi PhD student at the University of Leeds has been released from prison in Saudi Arabia after her sentence over critical social media activity was reduced, activists have said.…
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom slams Netanyahu’s suggestion it should host Palestinian state
Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suggestion that the kingdom’s land be used to establish a Palestinian state. In a statement on Sunday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry…
Saudi Arabia: Authorities flatly reject Trump’s Gaza takeover plan
Saudi Arabia reacted swiftly and sternly to US President Donald Trump’s pledge to “take over” the Gaza Strip, reiterating no normalisation deal with Israel will occur until Palestinians receive their own independent…
Brazil: Neymar set for Santos after Saudi’s Al-Hilal deal was terminated
Brazilian club Santos are in talks to re-sign Neymar after his contract with Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal was cancelled by mutual consent. The 32-year-old Brazil international is expected to…
Saudi Arabia: EU agrees to tackle Syria sanctions as Western, Arab leaders meet in Riyadh
European foreign ministers have agreed to meet at the end of January to discuss lifting sanctions on Syria as foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western countries and the Middle…
Saudi Arabia: Top Western and Arab officials gather in Riyadh to discuss Syria
Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western countries and the Middle East have gathered in the Saudi capital to discuss the future of Syria, the first such regional meeting since…
Germany: Saudi warnings about market attack suspect were ignored
The Saudi authorities, I am told, are currently working flat out to collate everything they have on the Magdeburg market suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, and to share it with Germany’s ongoing…
Saudi Arabia: UN talks fail to produce deal to tackle global drought
The 12-day meeting of parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), known as COP16, has ended in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh without an agreement on responding to drought.…