Saudi Arabia

Eleanor Hawkins' naked antics on a mountain top are not the first time tourists have fallen foul of foreign cultural standards.

Ensaf Haidar said her husband's writings were innocent and pointed out that plenty of other writers make similar comments on social media.

Incident prompted Iran to suspend pilgrimages from country to sacred sites in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi passport department director general Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Yahya says new regulations being discussed

There are both economic and security concerns over Saudi Arabia's archaic restrictions on women's rights.

Saudi Arabia used a Patriot missile battery to shoot down a Scud which was fired across the border.

In clip posted on YouTube a male supervisor threatens students with expulsion for challenging his decision.

Former Saudi general and Netanyahu confidante have met for the past 18 months.

The Gulf state's $590bn stock market is poised to open to foreign investors later in June.

The national team will play its World Cup qualifiers in Qatar.

Former Florida Senator Bob Graham says US public would be 'outraged' if they knew about links.

Increase in oil production and continued government spending will help support country, says IMF.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince says incidents like the Isis Shi'ite mosque attack 'will not destabilise us'.

Two life-long friends stopped an Isis suicide bomber storming a mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia.

Move follows mosque attacks in Dammam and Qatif by Islamic State militants.

BREAKING: Suicide bomber disguised as woman killed four people outside Shi'ite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia

BREAKING: Second suicide bombing in a week hits eastern Saudi Arabia after deadly attack in Qatif

Video showing Saudi religious police preventing veiled woman without gloves from entering a shop goes viral.

World Bank figures show that Middle East states have contributed a fraction of funds that they promised.

The United Nations said 130 women and 234 children have been killed in Yemen

The bombing is the first time Islamic State has struck inside Saudi Arabia.

Qatif was at the centre of anti-government protests in 2011 to the present day.

Desert kingdom's oil minister expects an end to crude by about 2050.

A 'final nail in the coffin for credibility' for the UN's Human Rights Council, says Israeli monitor.

Saudi civil service advertises for eight positions of "religious functionaries" to carry out "judgement of death".

Robbers made away with about £180,000.

'Strategic decision' to acquire 'off-the-shelf' nuclear weapons sparked by concerns over Iran nuclear deal

Al-Turki's case has become a cause célèbre in Saudi Arabia with calls for Obama to free him.

Saudi Arabia continues to intensify production, moving market share away from high-cost rivals US shale producers.

More than a hundred people have died and over 300 others were injured in a number of air raids by Saudi Arabia.