Saudi Arabia

Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia to discuss ‘strategic cooperation’
The trip next week will be the top US diplomat’s first to the kingdom since the Iranian-Saudi normalisation deal.
Published On 2 Jun 2023
Saudi, US astronauts splash down on return from space station
Saudi Arabia’s Rayyanah Barnawi, a biomedical scientist in cancer research. became the first Arab woman sent into orbit.
Published On 31 May 2023
Saudi freed in Lebanon after kidnapping
Lebanese interior ministry says that nine people had been arrested in connection with Sunday’s kidnapping.
Published On 30 May 2023
Saudi Arabia executes two Bahrainis accused of ‘terrorism’
Government did not specify the groups the men were associated with, but said they had been planning to launch attacks.
Published On 29 May 2023

Ronaldo ends his first season in Saudi football empty-handed but his move to Al Nassr had impacts on and off the pitch.

After joining Al Nassr in January, Cristiano Ronaldo will finish his first season in Saudi Arabia without a trophy.

Diplomatic rupture began in 2018, with tweets from Canada’s foreign ministry denouncing human rights in Saudi Arabia.

Sponsored by Saudi Arabia, Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, is the first Arab woman to go to space.

Rayyanah Barnawi, the first female Arab astronaut, is also on the mission.

Truce will come into effect 48 hours after signing of agreement and is to be enforced by the US and Saudi Arabia.

As the war enters its 451st day, we take a look at the main developments.

On Friday, the Syrian president attended the regional bloc’s 32nd summit that kicked off in Saudi Arabia.

Syrian president attends first regional bloc summit since suspension over crackdown on anti-government protests in 2011.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on the Arab League to help protect ‘our people’ and the Ukrainian Muslim community.

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