Saudi Arabia

Threat to upend 75-year alliance was central to US pressure campaign that led to landmark deal to slash oil supply

Security guards took shoppers’ temperatures as a small number of visitors entered upscale malls in central Riyadh

SIPRI says US, China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia world’s top spenders in 2019

The individual will receive prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in juvenile detention facility

As the kingdom recorded 16,299 cases of infection with 136 deaths

King Salman says he is saddened that Muslims cannot pray at mosques because of coronavirus restrictions

Collapse in prices has threatened to tilt the once-booming US oil industry into bankruptcy

Thousands of Pakistanis had stuck in Saudi Arabia when virus outbreak forced the kingdom to suspend air travel

Labour counsellor at Bangladesh’s mission in Jeddah tests positive for coronavirus, says Foreign Ministry

Encourages IMF to continue its participation and support for the Middle East and North Africa

Princess Basmah bint Saud was detained in March last year

To stem the spread of the new coronavirus

Saudi official says decision supports UN calls to halt clashes amid coronavirus outbreak

As the spread of COVID-19 slashed fuel demand sending crude prices below the cost of production

Amid pressure from Trump for OPEC+ countries to urgently stabilise global oil markets

Says Russia first to declare all participants absolved from commitments

Oil prices have tumbled in recent weeks over the new coronavirus pandemic

Saudi Arabia has advanced its curfew to 3pm in three areas

Amid uncertainty over the pandemic as the kingdom reports 1,563 infections and 10 deaths

The announcement comes after G20 financial chiefs voiced "real concern" last month at a summit in Riyadh

New measures include travel restrictions in kingdom's 13 regions

Saudi Arabia has so far confirmed 274 infections and no deaths

Plunge comes as fuel demand darkens with travel, social lockdowns

Prayer will continue only at the two grand mosques in Makkah and Medina

72-hour period given to citizens and valid residency holders to return to their countries is set to expire on Sunday

Cyprus government has announced 21 cases in the Greek Cypriot south

Targets big refiners of Russian oil in Europe, Asia as fight with Moscow escalates

Six flights over the weekend to ferry 2,200 passengers

If neighbours does extend cooperation to each other, then this would be a departure from their current state of ties

Saudi Arabia has 45 coronavirus cases

The Kingdom suspends travel with nine countries including neighbouring Arab states on Monday

After Russia balked at making a further steep output cut proposed by OPEC to stabilise oil markets

Iran has one of the largest number of deaths because of COVID-19 outbreak outside China – 124 up until Friday

Kingdom declares three new coronavirus cases, bringing total number of reported infections to five

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are the only countries around the Gulf not to have reported coronavirus infections so far

PIA to provide travel facilities to those possessing a work or a residence permit

Govt bars Umrah passengers; Sindh identifies 1,500 people for screening

Move comes a day after Pakistan also confirms its first two cases of the deadly contagion

Saudi liberals say the government is being ‘hypocritical’

They will also be allowed to perform Umrah but not Hajj

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet stresses on the need for urgent action on human rights

US Secretary of State's three-day visit to kingdom comes in wake of a US-ordered drone strike that killed Soleimani

Islamabad expects US president will push his mediation offer, says FO

Women are now allowed to drive, attend concerts, and obtain passports without the approval of a male guardian

While the religious police have stepped back, internal policing within Saudi families, society has not stopped

Qadri says govt hajj package would now cost Rs480,000 in northern region and Rs470,000 in southern

World Bank report places Saudi Arabia first in gender equality in GCC bloc and second in the Arab region

FM Qureshi thanks Saudi counterpart for ‘steadfast support’

OPEC+ agrees to recommend provisional additional cut in oil output of 600,000 bpd

According to Iranian foreign ministry, the Jeddah meeting will discuss Trump's Middle East peace plan on Monday