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Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry says the kingdom is in talks with Syria to resume consular services for the first time since 2012, according to Saudi state media

A Brazilian government watchdog is giving former President Jair Bolsonaro five working days to return to authorities a set of jewels he received from Saudi Arabia in 2021

Muslim authorities in Saudi Arabia and several other Middle Eastern countries say this year’s fasting month of Ramadan will begin Thursday based on the expected sighting of the crescent moon

Muslim authorities in Saudi Arabia said Ramadan fasting is set to begin on Thursday. This year's fasting month is starting based on the expected sighting of the crescent moon.

Muslim authorities in Saudi Arabia and several other Middle Eastern countries say this year’s fasting month of Ramadan will begin Thursday based on the expected sighting of the crescent moon.

Saad Almadi, a 72-year-old living in Florida, was arrested in Riyadh in 2021 after posting tweets critical of Mohammed bin Salman's government.

Saad Almadi, 72, a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen, was behind bars more than a year over tweets critical of the kingdom's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

Saudi Arabia has freed an American citizen it had imprisoned more than a year over old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince.

Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince, his son said. Neither Saudi nor U.S. officials immediately confirmed the release of Saad al Madi, a longtime Florida, resident. Madi on Monday night was at home with family members who live in Riyadh, said his son, Ibrahim al Madi, in the United States.

A United Nations-brokered deal has caused Yemen's warring sides to agree to release 900 POWs. It is unclear how many prisoners remain but it is estimated to be thousands on both sides.

Yemen’s warring sides say they have agreed to release nearly 900 prisoners of war in a U.N.-brokered deal amid international efforts to end the yearslong conflict

Saudi Arabia has reportedly sent a letter to Tehran, inviting Iranian President Raisi for an official state visit after the two sides agreed to end more than seven years of hostility.

The potential deal was criticized by soccer stars and hosts Australia and New Zealand, who highlighted Saudi Arabia's poor record on women and LGBTQ rights.

Days after Iran agreed to restore diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia in a deal brokered by China, a senior official from Iran, Ali Shamkhani, is visiting the United Arab Emirates.

Buoyed after cementing his power in China and facilitating a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Xi Jinping is set to visit Russia — and further tweak the U.S.

In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster agreements with the world’s two leading powers.

The U.N. special envoy for Yemen says intense diplomatic efforts are underway to end the eight-year war in Yemen

The renewal of ties between bitter rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, brokered by China, heralds the shifting geopolitics in the Middle East.

Brokered by China, the agreement between the two regional rivals reflects shifting economic—and ideological—alignments.

An agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations has cast China in a leading role in Middle Eastern politics — a part previously reserved for longtime global heavyweights like the U.S. and Russia.

Riyadh Air hopes to fly to 100 destinations by 2030, as Saudi Arabia seeks to lessen its dependence on oil revenue.

Beijing stepped into what could be seen as a geopolitical vacuum in the Middle East, becoming a mediator in Saudi Arabia and Iran relations after a seven-year deep freeze.

China claims it was not pursuing selfish motives when it brokered the end of hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the weekend.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations says a breakthrough agreement with Saudi Arabia restoring bilateral relations will help bring a political settlement to Yemen’s yearslong war

Former national security adviser John Bolton said the United States is "sitting still" while China and Russia strengthen relations and Beijing expands its influence in the Middle East.

The world's biggest oil company has announced it made $161 billion in profits in 2022, a whopping figure for the corporation and its main shareholder, the Saudi government.

Saudi officials who oversee the kingdom’s U.S. investments haven’t been shy about flaunting their ties with top American business and political figures.

Officials who oversee Saudi Arabia's tens of billions of dollars in U.S. investments haven’t been shy about flaunting their ties with top American business and political figures, down to wearing MAGA caps as they swing golf clubs alongside former President Donald Trump. A judge, citing what she described as the kingdom's hands-on management of LIV, found that when it came to the new golf league, Saudi officials and the Saudi government aren't shielded from U.S. courts the way sovereign nations usually are.

Oil giant Saudi Aramco says it earned $161 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe was "troubled" by the restored ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, blasting President Biden's foreign policies.

Syria has welcomed the agreement reached between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations saying it will lead to more stability in the region

News of the rapprochement between long-time regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran sent shock waves through the Middle East and dealt a symbolic blow to Israel's prime minister.

News of the rapprochement between long-time regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran sent shock waves through the Middle East on Saturday and dealt a symbolic blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has made the threat posed by Tehran a public diplomacy priority and personal crusade. The breakthrough — a culmination of more than a year of negotiations in Baghdad and more recent talks in China — also became ensnared in Israel’s internal politics, reflecting the country’s divisions at a moment of national turmoil. The agreement, which gives Iran and Saudi Arabia two months to reopen their respective embassies and re-establish ties after seven years of rupture, more broadly represents one of the most striking shifts in Middle Eastern diplomacy over recent years.

After decades of U.S. failures in the Middle East, China takes a turn as regional power broker and scores a win with Iran-Saudi Arabia deal.

Saudi Arabia and Iran are restoring full diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China, a move that could reduce tensions in the region and that asserts China's growing influence in the Gulf.

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to resume ties after years of hostility which had threatened stability and security in the Gulf

A deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic ties has wide-reaching effects across the Middle East and reduces the chance of armed conflict between regional rivals.

The landmark agreement between the two long-time foes amounts to a major diplomatic victory for Beijing.

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 after the Saudi embassy in Tehran was attacked and burned by Iranian protesters.

Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions.

A Saudi man long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected al-Qaida operative has been returned to his home country.

Saudi Arabia said Monday it deposited $5 billion into the Turkish central bank, likely helping Ankara firm up its long-weakening currency, the lira, after last month's massive earthquake that struck southeast Turkey and northern Syria. The deposit provides a capstone for just how far relations have improved between the kingdom and Turkey after years of tensions the nations, particularly after the 2018 killing and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Turkey also backed Qatar in a yearslong boycott by the kingdom, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

Such a move would significantly impact on the oil producer group's global clout, and allow the UAE to pump as much oil as it wants.

Saudi Arabia is making a major push to become an arts and entertainment destination, but is the effort succeeding in overcoming the kingdom's conservative image?

The surprise announcement, which went into effect immediately on Feb. 28, comes just months after Qatar hosted the 2022 World Cup.

Tommy "TNT" Fury has handed Jake "The Problem Child" Paul his first career boxing loss, as he was the split-decision winner in Saudi Arabia on Sunday night.

Watch Paul vs. Fury on ESPN+This will be Paul’s seventh professional boxing bout, and arguably his toughest yet. Tommy Fury, the half-brother or legendary champion Tyson Fury, is also undefeated in his pro boxing career. The Manchester native has four wins coming by knockout, the last KO coming back in 2021. Fury has previously fought on a card that Paul was apart of, as he Fury beat Anthony Taylor the same night of Paul’s first fight against Tyron Woodley. PAUL vs. FURYWHEN: Sunday, February 26WHERE: Diriyah Arena (Diriyah, Saudi Arabia)STREAM: ESPN+MAIN CARD (2 p.m.

Southern separatists in Yemen condemned statements by a close ally insinuating that secession from the Houthi rebel-dominated north of the country should be delayed.

A federal judge is trying to keep LIV Golf’s antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour on track.

Yemen’s southern separatists are seeking a role in back-channel peace talks between Saudi Arabia, which leads a coalition fighting for Yemen’s internationally recognized government, and the country’s Houthi rebels

Saudi Arabia is disputing a federal magistrate’s ruling that its sovereign wealth fund and the fund’s governor be required to provide documents and testimony in LIV Golf’s antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Attorneys for the kingdom filed a letter on Thursday challenging the reasons a magistrate judge cited for allowing subpoenas of the Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir al-Rumayyan. The letter was sent to U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman, who is overseeing the case in the Northern District of California.

On a nearby rock, archaeologists also found a “unique” inscription.

Saudi Arabia has deposited $1 billion into the central bank of Yemen’s internationally recognized government in a bid to bolster the country’s ailing economy, state media said

A federal judge has ruled the head of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the financial backer of LIV Golf, must sit for depositions and produce documents in LIV Golf's antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Lawyers for the Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir al-Rumayyan, had sought to quash subpoenas claiming sovereign immunity.

A Saudi sovereign wealth fund now owns 8.26 percent of stock in the video game company.

A Saudi sovereign wealth fund now holds 8.26% of the stock in the video game maker Nintendo, making it the largest outside investor in the Japanese gaming company.

Shares of Premier League club Manchester United rose sharply ahead of the deadline for takeover bids and reported interest from Saudi Arabia.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Mad.) wrote that Kushner had failed to respond to an earlier inquiry into whether he had “improperly traded” on his government work.

A criminal court has imposed a $5.3 million fine on the Saudi BinLadin Group and sentenced seven people to prison over the collapse of a crane ahead of the 2015 hajj pilgrimage

A criminal court has imposed a $5.3 million fine on the Saudi BinLadin Group and sentenced seven people to prison over the collapse of a crane ahead of the 2015 hajj pilgrimage.

Greenpeace says it will appeal a Spanish Supreme Court decision blocking public access on national security grounds to government export licenses for vehicle-mounted weapons systems sold to Saudi Arabia.

New technology promises to ease the strain caused by energy-guzzling data centres.

Forward Alex Morgan says the U.S. national team should have internal discussions about whether to play exhibition games in states that restrict transgender kids from participating in sports.

Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have urged FIFA not to sign a sponsor deal with the tourism authority of Saudi Arabia.

Donald Trump has defended his business ties to Saudi Arabia-backed golf tournament despite monarchy's human rights record.

Administration officials now point to intensified opposition in Congress as a chief outcome of OPEC’s decision to slash output ahead of last year’s elections.

Khashoggi's killing "wasn't remotely the kind of action that should cause the United States to abandon an important partner," Pompeo writes in his new book.

Cristiano Ronaldo has failed to score in his Saudi Pro League debut for Al Nassr.

Yemen is seeing its longest-ever pause in fighting, more than nine months.

European champion Real Madrid could face Seattle Sounders at the next edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco in February.

A new report has found that weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition in war-torn Yemen killed at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others in just over a year.

Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will return to pre-pandemic levels this year after restrictions saw the annual religious commemoration curtailed over concerns about the coronavirus.

The minister of higher education in the Taliban government has broken his silence over his decision to ban women from universities.

Leaders from the Middle East and Europe have gathered in Jordan on bolstering security and stability in Iraq.

Multiple Iraqi officials have told The Associated Press that Baghdad-mediated talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia have come to a halt.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has vowed to import more oil and natural gas from energy-rich Gulf Arab states while not interfering in their affairs.

A few days after Mohammed Salem was detained in Saudi Arabia last month, his family contacted the media. They say that it definitely helped the Melvindale man gain his freedom.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is meeting with Saudi Arabia’s king and crown prince while on a visit to the kingdom.

A Melvindale man is headed back to American soil Wednesday after being detained in the middle east for over a month.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in Saudi Arabia to attend meetings with oil-rich Gulf Arab nations crucial to his country’s energy supplies as Beijing tries to revive an economy battered by strict coronavirus measures.

A federal judge has dismissed a U.S. lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Henry Martin and Luis Chaves scored a goal each in Mexico’s furious attempt to stay alive at the World Cup but the 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia was not enough.

Robert Lewandowski finally scored at the World Cup.

Saudi Arabia’s shocking upset of Lionel Messi and Argentina suddenly put the Green Falcons in the international spotlight.

A recent boost in titles for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has proven crucial to shielding him from a U.S. lawsuit in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist.

The Biden administration says Saudi Arabia's crown prince should be shielded from lawsuits over his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist.

Whether served on a skewer or grilled whole and beautifully plated, Aliz Seafood is serving up fresh fish with Arabian flavors.

Mohammed Salem traveled to the middle east to visit the Kaaba, a sacred building in Mecca when an argument in line led to his arrest, and now Local 4 has learned that he’s been moved to a higher-security prison.

Saudi Arabia’s vision of an environmentally friendly future is on display just a short drive from the venue of the U.N. climate summit being held in Egypt.

Saudi Arabia has released an American woman it took into custody after she spoke out on her efforts to leave the country with her young Saudi-American daughter.

A detailed inventory of the top known sources of greenhouse gas emitters launched by former U_S_ Vice President Al Gore at the U_N_ climate summit in Egypt on Wednesday found that the top 14 individual polluters are all gas and oil fields and their associated facilities, despite their emissions being “significantly underreported.”.

A Melvindale man was arrested during a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia after he lost his temper while waiting in line at the holy site in Kaaba.

Saudi Arabia has taken into custody an American woman who has struggled for years to leave the kingdom with her daughter.

Saudi Arabia has shared intelligence with American officials that suggests Iran could be preparing for an imminent attack on the kingdom.

Oil giant Saudi Aramco is reporting a $42.4 billion profit in the third quarter of this year, buoyed by higher global energy prices that have filled the kingdom’s coffers but helped fuel inflation worldwide.

The back-and-forth between Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy continued Wednesday, with the rhetoric tuned down considerably from some past verbal jousting involving PGA Tour players and those who left for Saudi-funded LIV Golf.

Saudi Arabia’s powerful 37-year-old crown prince will not attend an upcoming summit in Algeria after his doctors advised him not to travel.

The family of an American citizen arrested in Saudi Arabia says he was tortured and sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets he sent while in the United States.

Saudi Arabia says that the U.S. had urged the kingdom to postpone a decision by OPEC and its allies — including Russia — to cut oil production.

President Joe Biden is reevaluating the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia.