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Syria talks: US optimism could be short-lived as Saudi Arabia and Iran face off over Assad
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said he is optimistic about the talks.
Syria conflict: US to step up efforts to end civil war 'hell' as Iran enters talks
John Kerry says the international negotiations in Vienna crucial to reach a political solution.
Karl Andree: Briton sentenced to flogging in Saudi prison to be released 'within a week'
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond sent a tweet about the grandfather who was set to be flogged 350 times.
Saudi Arabia: Actor Abdul Aziz al-Kassar detained for taking selfies with female fans
Star of Kuwaiti dramas released on bail pending an investigation into 'mixing with women unrelated to him'.
Saudi Arabia-UK relations: Is this realpolitik or greedy nihilism?
Trade is lucrative between Saudi Arabia and the UK but we are compromising our values.
Isis affiliate terror group Hijaz Province claims suicide bomb attack on Saudi Arabia mosque
Attack comes amid rise in anti-Shiite attacks in Saudi Arabia by Islamic State affiliates.
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr: Who is Saudi Arabia's most vocal Shia critic sentenced to death and crucifixion for dissent?
Nimr has lost his final appeal and could be executed at any time.
Saudi Arabia: Prince allegedly snorted cocaine and had gay sex in Beverly Hills
Saudi prince arrested at Beverly Hills mansion last month reportedly went on rampage after snorting cocaine.
Saudi Arabia: House of Saud in disarray as momentum to oust King Salman grows
Eight of the 12 surviving sons of the kingdom's founding monarch support King Salman's deposition.
Saudi Arabia may run out of financial assets by 2020 says IMF
Riyadh's budget deficit forecast to hit 20% of GDP this year amid low oil prices.
Isis gunman kills 5 and injures 9 in Shi'ite meeting hall in Saudi Arabia
Islamic State gunman was killed by Saudi police.
Al-Qaeda leader Sanafi al-Nasr reportedly killed by Russian forces in Syria airstrike
Leader was killed with fellow al-Qaeda operatives Abdul Malik al-Jazrawi and Abu Yasir al-Maghrebi in the Aleppo province.
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro calls on $70 oil floor again ahead of Opec meeting
Maduro also said he was 'doing everything to save the price and the stability of our oil'.
Arab Gulf states in talks to buy Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile system
A deal, mediated by US, could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars to US and Israeli firms.
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr: Mother of protester sentenced to crucifixion pleads for Obama to intervene
Nusra al-Ahmed has claimed Nimr was tortured in prison.
David Cameron's U-turn on Saudi Arabia prison contract: The story they didn't want you to read
Requests for information from the MoJ met with labyrinthine world of Kafkaesque contradiction and confusion.
France and Saudi Arabia sign agreements worth €10bn
Accord signals the deepening of ties between Paris and Riyadh.
Raif Badawi, Karl Andree and Mohammed al-Nimr: Saudi Arabia's history of cruel and unusual punishments
The cases of Raif Badawi, Karl Andree and Mohammed al-Nimr are only three examples of many
Karl Andree: David Cameron urges Saudi Arabia to abandon grandfather flogging and drops prison contract
Prime minister's move comes after an investigation by IBTimes UK into the prison programme.
74-year-old British pensioner to be publicly flogged in Saudi Arabia for carrying alcohol
Karl Andree's family members appeal to UK government to stop him from receiving 350 lashes.
Saudi Arabian women having affairs with Islamic State fighters exposed by anti-Isis hackers
Anti-Isis hackers reveal identities of IS members and reveal majority of Saudi supporters are female.
Saudi Arabia: Employer chops off Indian domestic help's arm
The Indian government has reacted strongly calling for strict action against the accused.
Saudi Arabia: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal pays $50m to become Twitter's second largest shareholder
The billionaire prince's company originally invested $50 million in the tech company in 2011.
Saudi Arabia: Woman who posted video of husband cheating with housemaid facing jail
The video clip, posted on social media, shows the husband kissing the housemaid.
Ali-Mohammed al-Nimr: Juvenile prisoner speaks out ahead of death sentence
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, 21, said he does not think about death and hopes for a last minute reprieve.
Jeremy Corbyn speech: Five things you might have missed the Labour leader say
Corbyn covered Trident, anti-austerity, and a call for a kinder politics – but what else?
US: Judge dismisses claims from 9/11 families against Saudi Arabia
Judge rules that Saudi Arabia is protected by sovereign immunity.
Saudi Arabia threatens 'military action' against Syria's Assad
Saudi foreign minister reiterates Syrian president will have no role in Syria's future.
UK made 'secret pact' with Saudi Arabia for human rights council place
Foreign Office refuses to confirm if vote-trading deal took place before 2013 election.
Saudi Arabia: Bus driver killed in crash carrying British pilgrims to holy site of Medina
British nationals were injured in a coach crash near the city of Mecca on a Hajj pilgrimage.