Limited Hajj to be held this year due to coronavirus: Saudi state media
Saudi Arabia on Monday announced it would hold a "very limited" hajj this year owing to the coronavirus pandemic, with pilgrims already in the...
OIC emergency meeting on Kashmir issue
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir will hold an emergency meeting via videoconference on Monday to discuss the...
Saudi Arabia plans to reopen mosques in Mecca
Saudi Arabia plans to reopen from Sunday mosques in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, after they were closed for three months due to...
Hajj on the brink as Saudi Arabia mulls decision amid virus spike
Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year's hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, observers say,...
Saudi-led coalition removed from UN blacklist
Campaigners reacted angrily on Monday to the removal of the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen from a list of groups violating children's rights, in...
Attack on Saudi Arabia: UN says arms were of Iranian origin
Cruise missiles and drones used in attacks last year on Saudi Arabia were "of Iranian origin," including components that had been made in Iran...
Malaysia pulls out of Hajj due to coronavirus fears
Malaysia on Thursday pulled out of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca over coronavirus fears days after neighbouring Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation,...
Saudi wealth fund ‘shopping spree’ amid economic strain
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has snapped up around $8 billion worth of stakes in global giants -- from Boeing to Facebook -- in...
Coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: cases cross 100,000, Hajj threatened
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks...
China & the uncertain security situation in Gulf
China and the Gulf states are in the same boat as they grapple with uncertainty about regional security against the backdrop of doubts about...
Saudi game of thrones in full swing as international pressure to release detained royals grows
A $2 million US lobbying effort and petitions from European lawmakers are piling pressure on Saudi Arabia to release a philanthropist prince jailed for...
Khashoggi family to pardon his killers
The family of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has declared “forgiveness” for his killers, extending pardons to the accused, who faced execution in Saudi Arabia, as...