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Saudi widens sanctions against Lebanon's Hezbollah
The move is in retaliation against the group's intervention in the Syrian conflict in support of President Assad
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HRW urges halt to US bomb sales to Saudi over Yemen
Washington this week approved a $1.29 billion deal for over 19,000 smart bombs to replenish Saudi air force's arsenal
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Saudi Arabia says will diversify oil economy to slow climate change
According to an estimate, Saudi Arabia emits 527 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
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Lebanon charges Saudi prince in record drug bust
A public prosecutor charged 10 people, including a Saudi prince and Saudi nationals with 'smuggling and selling drugs'
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Yemen hospital hit by Saudi-led air strikes
MSF facility was hit by several air strikes last night with patients and staff inside the facility, the group said
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Three women say Saudi prince abused them at Beverly Hills mansion
Unidentified women say they were hired by Majed Abdulaziz Al Saud as housekeepers in late September
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HRW meets Qaddafi son in Tripoli prison
Saadi Qaddafi was charged with first-degree murder in 2005 of a former trainer at Tripoli's Al-Ittihad football club
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Saudi prince held in record Beirut airport drug bust
The prince and four others were allegedly attempting to smuggle about two tons of Captagon pills and some cocaine
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Saudi tells UK it 'won't be lectured to' on human rights
Britain this month cancelled a bid to provide training to Saudi Arabia's penal system
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Saudi prince no longer facing felony charge in US sex assault case
Authorities decide not to pursue charges of forced oral copulation against the prince because of lack of evidence
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Saudi seeks death penalty for 16 after Shia unrest
Saudi media says the 'terrorist cell' was based in the Shia community of Awamiya
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Saudi Hajj stampede probe continuing
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was reassured of the progress of the ongoing investigation, Saudi Press Agency says
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Saudi execution toll climbs to 135
The number is up sharply from the 87 Saudis and foreigners executed during the whole of 2014
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Saudi forces arrest two foreigners at illegal bomb factory
One of those arrested was a Syrian man who the interior ministry said was preparing to carry out attacks
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At least 27 dead in air strike on Yemen wedding party
A local resident says 12 women, eight children and seven men died in the air strike
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Father of Saudi youth on death row asks king for clemency
In an interview with AFP, Mohammed al-Nimr said he hoped the king would save his son
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Yemen rebels free 3 Americans, 2 Saudis, 1 Briton: officials
The six were expected to leave the country on board an Omani plane carrying Huthi rebel officials to Muscat
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Saudi Arabia warns against Hajj unrest as pilgrims pray for peace
Security forces ready to confront behaviour endangering the lives of the guests of Allah, interior minister says
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Indian activists outraged as Saudi diplomat accused of raping Nepali maids flees
Citing diplomatic immunity, India's foreign ministry confirmed the first secretary at the Saudi embassy has left
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Saudi police seize suspected militants with guns and suicide vest
Police evacuate neighbouring homes and cordoned off building in Riyadh, brfore arresting two suspects after firefight
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India calls in Saudi ambassador over rape case
Two women allege the diplomat beat and sexually assaulted them while they were imprisoned in his apartment
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Qatar sends 1,000 ground troops to Yemen battle
The force will join a new push on Houthi positions in the capital Sanaa
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Saudi carries out 130th execution this year
Al-Shammari was found guilty of killing fellow tribesman in a frenzied attack, interior minister said
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Women register to run for election in Saudi first
Earlier this month, in another first, women started to register as voters at centres run by all-female staff
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Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 36 Yemeni civilians
The corpses of 36 workers were recovered after an air strike hit a bottling plant this morning, residents said
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Saudi Arabia executes Pakistani for drug trafficking
It brought to 128 the number of executions so far this year in Saudi Arabia
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Saudi executes four after moratorium call
The executions bring to 127 the number this year in Saudi Arabia, compared with 87 in 2014
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Saudi-led Yemen raid kills 13 teaching staff, 4 children
UNICEF condemned what it called 'senseless bloodshed' in Amran province
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Kuwait court frees 11 suspects in Shia mosque attack
A travel ban, however, remains in place on the freed defendants, including two women
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Iran FM urges Gulf Arabs to cooperate against 'terror'
Zarif insisted it was up to other states to change their policies, not the Islamic republic
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Saudi Arabia-led coalition announces five-day ceasefire in Yemen
News of ceasefire came after 80 people were killed and 150 injured in air strike on the central Yemeni city of Taiz
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Civilian suffering in Yemen at 'unprecedented' level: Red Cross
The ICRC voiced concern over worsening clashes in Taiz and Aden where Saudi-backed forces have made major gains
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Saudi Arabia considers its own nuclear options after Iran deal
Citing Pakistan and India's example, official says Saudi Arabia would seriously try to get the bomb if Iran did
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Saudi outreach to Hamas part of wider effort against Iran
The meeting was part of an effort by Riyadh to shore up Arab unity after the nuclear deal
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Former Saudi spy chief says Iran nuclear deal will 'wreak havoc'
Fears deal will allow Iran get an atomic bomb; says Arabs were now turning away from the United States
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Pakistani, Saudi killed in bombardments near Yemen border: media
Civil defence spokesman Ali al Shahrani said "military missiles" hit school, residential neighbourhood in Najran...
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Yemen ceasefire to begin Tuesday May 12, at 11 PM: Saudi FM
Adel al-Jubeir says the stop in fighting will be renewable, depending on compliance by Houthi rebels
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Saudi-led air strikes target Houthi bastion in Yemen's Saada province
Riyadh had promised a harsh response to cross-border Houthi attacks and asked civilians to leave the area