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Saudi-led role in Yemen's conflict 'welcome' says ex-prime minister Khaled Bahah
Former Yemeni PM's comments come as Riyadh faces criticism over civilian deaths from air strike campaign.
Yemen teetering on the 'brink of the abyss' as conflict kills thousands
A lack of doctors, medicine and other essentials is causing great hardship to Yemen, UN warns.
Saudi prince lashed and jailed for breaking law after recent royal execution
The unidentified prince was reportedly lashed inside a prison in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.
Football terrorism attempt: Saudis 'foiled plot to bomb football World Cup qualifier'
Bombing planned for game between Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates in Jeddah in 2018
Saudi Arabia and Qatar's banks most resilient to oil shock amongst Middle Eastern peers
Ratings agency Fitch says Saudi and Qatari banks are better placed than Gulf Cooperation Council peers to cope with a possible oil price shock.
Clinton Foundation: What happened to the money for Haiti?
Donald Trump calls the Clinton Foundation a 'disgrace'.
Yemeni source to blame for funeral bombing that killed 140 Saudi coalition claims
The "double tap" airstike also left more than 600 wounded.
Japan's SoftBank and Saudi Arabia's PIF to launch $100bn tech fund
Rajeev Misra, SoftBank's strategic finance head, will lead the fund.
Welcome to Djibouti: The tiny African nation that sees refugees as an opportunity not a burden
Refugees have flooded into Djibouti as Saudi Arabia's war rages Yemen.
WikiLeaks emails show Clinton was told Saudi Arabia and Qatar were secretly funding Isis
The email is one of 2,086 emails released by the whistleblowing outfit WikiLeaks.
Meet the British firms helping arm Saudi Arabia as it drops its bombs on Yemen
How many more will have to die before the UK government finally says that enough is enough?
Yemen: Dozens of casualties as huge 'Saudi-led airstrikes' target funeral
The blast in the capital city has been blamed on a Saudi bombardment.
UN hits out at Saudi Arabia over stoning, amputation and execution of children
The UN has criticised laws in the kingdom which allow children as young as 15 to be executed.
Navy widow is the first US citizen to sue Saudi Arabia over 9/11 terror attacks
Stephanie DeSimone's attorney expects more cases to be filed.
Saudi princess 'ordered decorator to kiss her feet' for taking photographs of luxury Paris home
The royal reportedly told bodyguards: 'Kill this dog, he doesn't deserve to live'.
OPEC agrees to cut oil production for first time in eight years
Brent crude rose to $49 a barrel on the news after a meeting of the cartel in Algeria.
US Congress overturns Barack Obama's veto of 9/11 bill
The first override of Obama's presidency may allow victims' families to sue Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia unveils first public sector pay cuts amid low oil prices and record deficit
The Kingdom announced radical new measures following a reported $98bn budget deficit in 2015.
Saudi Arabia executes Ethiopian woman accused of killing seven-year-old girl
Interior ministry says Zamzam Abdullah Boric cut girl's throat and left her bleeding to death in a bathroom.
14,000 Saudi women call on government to end male guardianship in ultra-conservative kingdom
The system is the 'most significant impediment' to women's rights in Saudi Arabia, HRW tells IBTimes UK.
Opec members to discuss oil production freeze in Algeria meeting
Algerian oil minister Noureddine Bouterfa hopes to achieve 'elements of an agreement'.
UK must stop arms sales to Saudis over Yemen breaches, say two MP committees
The joint report says an inquiry into human rights breaches is needed before arms should be sold to Saudi Arabia.
Judge refuses to 'give up' on British woman caged by father in Saudi Arabia
Al-Jeffery's lawyer is preparing to fly to Saudi Arabia to meet directly with her client.
15-year-old Muslim girl from Saudi Arabia wants a Hijab emoji, sends proposal to Unicode
Rayouf Alhumedhi, who currently lives in Berlin, has the backing of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
Iranian pilgrims banned from Hajj amid rising tensions with Saudi Arabia
At least one million Iranians have travelled to Iraq to observed Arafat Day in the holy Shia city of Karbala.
Vast throng of Muslims gather at Mount Arafat for climax of Hajj pilgrimage
Last year, more than 800 people were killed in a stampede on the last day of Hajj.
Hajj 2016: Essential travel advice for Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca
Millions of people will make the journey to Saudi Arabia for the largest annual pilgrimage in the world.
Hajj 2016: Saudi Arabia tightens security ahead of holy pilgrimage
Efforts are being made to strengthen crowd management following last years stampede, where over 2,000 people died.
Hajj 2016: Annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in numbers
Muslims are travelling to Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage, which this year starts on 9 September.
Is the Saudi Arabia and Russia deal to stabilise oil prices another false dawn?
The two countries account for more than 25% of the world's crude oil production.