Saudi Arabia: The journey from ultra-conservatism to ultra-modernism
Saudi Arabia, currently, is undergoing a phenomenal metamorphosis; a country widely known for its ultra-conservative posture is now gradually moving towards liberalism. It is...
Makkah reopens for limited Umrah pilgrimage
Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round Umrah pilgrimage with extensive health...
COVID-19: Saudi Arabia confers leadership award on Pakistani doctor
The government of Saudi Arabia has presented a leadership award to a Pakistani doctor for his services to the kingdom during the pandemic coronavirus....
No deal with Israel, but Saudi Arabia pushes outreach to Jews
From scrubbing hate-filled school textbooks to a taboo-defying religious sermon, Saudi Arabia is pushing for another kind of normalisation after declining to establish formal...
Saudi Arabia to gradually resume Umrah pilgrimage from October
Saudi Arabia will gradually resume the year-round Umrah pilgrimage for Muslims from October 4, the interior ministry said Tuesday, seven months after it was...
Op-ed: Saudi gestures signal kingdom’s endorsement of Arab rapprochement with Israel
The odds are that Saudi Arabia is not about to formalize relations with Israel. But the kingdom, with its image tarnished by multiple missteps,...
Trump believes Saudi Arabia to follow UAE and Bahrain in normalizing Israeli ties
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he believes Saudi Arabia will follow Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in fully normalizing relations with...
Saudi Arabia to ease international flight restrictions from Tuesday
Saudi Arabia will partially lift its suspension on international flights from Tuesday, the interior ministry said, six months after travel curbs were imposed due...
Bahrain normalizes ties with Israel as Trump plan for Middle East gathers pace
The island kingdom of Bahrain reportedly will be the fourth Arab country to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel — and the second as part...
Trump boasted of saving Saudi prince over journalist killing: report
US President Donald Trump boasted that he saved Saudi Arabia's crown prince from greater scrutiny over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to...
Khashoggi killing: Family pardons five involved from execution, court orders lengthy jail terms
A Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi after his family...
Saudi king calls for ‘fair’ Palestinian solution in Trump call
Saudi Arabia supports a "fair" solution for the Palestinian cause, King Salman has told Donald Trump in a phone call, as the US President...