Ismaeel Naar

How Fi­del Cas­tro went from be­ing a law stu­dent to rev­o­lu­tion­ary leader, com­mu­nist fig­ure­head and po­lar­is­ing glob­al icon

In his role as for­eign min­is­ter, Prince Saud al-Faisal was the key ar­chi­tect of Sau­di diplo­ma­cy for the past 40 years.

An­a­lysts say the group must be beat­en ide­o­log­i­cal­ly, af­ter an at­tack on a Shia mosque in Kuwait killed at least 27.

Sheikh Ali Salman, head of al-We­faq bloc, was charged with in­cit­ing a change of gov­ern­ment by force.

Egypt and the Arab Gulf states’ mu­tu­al need for one an­oth­er are ex­pect­ed to tran­scend re­cent in­ci­dents.

The new­ly ap­point­ed crown prince and his deputy are both for the first time grand­sons of the found­ing king Ab­du­laz­iz.

Shake-up comes as the coun­try at­tempts to as­sert re­gion­al lead­er­ship and re­shape its ties with the West.

Sheikh Ali Salman, head of al-We­faq bloc, is charged with in­cit­ing a change of gov­ern­ment by force.

The un­ex­plained clo­sure of Alarab TV, 24 hours af­ter its launch, has reignit­ed con­cerns over press free­dom.

Ten­sions still high af­ter gov­ern­ment charged op­po­si­tion leader with in­cit­ing a change of gov­ern­ment by force.