Saudi to host online G20 summit amid pandemic, recession
Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 summit Saturday in a first for an Arab nation, but the scaled-down virtual format could limit debate on a...
Bomb hits WWI memorial at Saudi cemetery
A bomb blast struck a World War I commemoration attended by French and other diplomats in the Saudi city of Jeddah Wednesday, wounding at...
Saudi rulers congratulate Biden over US election
Saudi Arabia's king and its powerful crown prince Sunday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the US presidential election, state media said, a day after...
Saudi Twitter users grapple with ‘digital authoritarianism’
The former Saudi official's tweet expressing condolences over an activist's death seemed benign, but his mysterious disappearance soon afterwards highlighted what observers call the...
The diversity of opinion in Islamic thought
Jordanian ruler Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein gloated in 1924 when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the visionary who carved modern Turkey out of the ruins of...
Jailed Saudi women right’s activist on another hunger strike
Jailed Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has begun a new hunger strike in prison to demand regular contact with her family, her siblings...
Saudi-Turkish rivalry: International businesses in the eye of storm
From pickled vine leaves to coffee and cheese, Saudi supermarkets are taking Turkish products off the shelves after calls for a boycott, as rivalry...
US lawmakers urge boycott of Saudi-hosted G20 summit
Forty-five American lawmakers have urged the US government to boycott next month's G20 summit in Riyadh unless Saudi authorities address key human rights concerns,...
Afghanistan, world’s least peaceful country: Who is responsible?
Imagine Afghanistan. What do you see? Do you visualize poverty, refugees, drugs, suppressed voices, oppressed women, and structural violence? Surely, Afghanistan tells a tale of destruction, terror,...
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....