Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes over accusations he insulted Islam, could now be facing the death penalty, Channel 4 News learns.
Female jihadis publish a “manifesto” on women’s life under the Islamic State group, stating that girls can marry from age nine and labelling western education as “strange”.
Within moments of arriving in Saudi Arabia, US first lady Michelle Obama causes a Twitter furore by ignoring Saudi Arabia’s strict dress code for women.
Yemen is currently without a president and a government after Shia rebels took over the capital Sana’a causing ramifications for the region and the US’s war on terror.
Saudi Arabia’s new monarch, 79-year-old King Salman, takes over after the death of his half-brother King Abdullah – but is his future heir the only likely break from a controversial family rule?
King Abdullah’s death has trained a spotlight on Saudi Arabia, one of the most devout and politically insular countries in the Middle East. Here are some facts about the kingdom you may not know.
A candlelit vigil is held outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in London, against the public flogging of blogger, Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes, as activists criticise the UK’s response.
Jon Snow
On Friday, as Jewish shoppers were being held or murdered in a Paris Supermarket, Raif Badawi, a Saudi blogger, was being lashed fifty times in a public flogging in Saudi Arabia.
Two women from Saudi Arabia have been referred to a court established to try terrorism cases, after being held for defying a ban on women driving cars.
Have the Saudis and the United States conspired to collapse the price of oil – and in the process the Russian rouble?
Lindsey Hilsum
It’s startling to hear someone advocate all out warfare: no negotiations with Iran, a campaign to defeat Assad by military means, faith in a “moderate” opposition.
British Tornado fighter jets fly into Iraq ready to carry out air strikes against the Islamic State group, but the Ministry of Defence says no targets were hit in the first approved combat operation.
Jon Snow
Have we learned from 9/11? From my own experience reporting sporadically across the region for over three decades, my fear is that we have not.
Jon Snow
Amid the rise of and widespread exhibition of the vile inhumanity of the Islamic State, has been the tender opening of dialogue between two vast regional enemies – Iran and Saudi Arabia.
A US man was left gasping for air for almost two hours after his lethal injection execution went wrong, leading to calls for the return of the firing squad.