Yemen’s Houthis say they launched drone attack on Saudi’s Jizan airport
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it launched a drone attack on Jizan airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia early on Wednesday, part of an escalation of
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Saudi Arabia and Russia among 37 states backing China’s Xinjiang policy
Saudi Arabia, Russia and 35 other states have written to the United Nations supporting China’s policies in its western region of Xinjiang, according to a
Saudi king says attacks by Iran-backed groups threaten global oil
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said on Saturday that attacks on Saudi oil assets last month by Iran-backed groups are a threat to global oil supplies and regional security. “The drone
Great powers, endless wars and the path to insanity
By Gwynne Dyer “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech last February, but he was
EU adds Saudi Arabia to dirty-money blacklist, upsets Britain
By Francesco Guarascio STRASBOURG, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The European Commission added Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria and other jurisdictions to a blacklist of nations seen
Netflix pulls comedy show episode in Saudi Arabia
Jan 2 (Reuters) – Netfilx pulled an episode of the comedy show “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” from its Internet streaming service in Saudi Arabia
UN watchdog presses Saudi Arabia on alleged torture of activists
A UN human rights watchdog has urged Saudi authorities to free over a dozen rights activists detained in the kingdom, alleging that some had been
Cyprus contractor reportedly defaults on $2 billion debt in Saudi
The Saudi unit of Joannou & Paraskevaides has defaulted on about 7 billion riyals ($1.9 billion) of bank loans, Bloomberg new agency reported quoted unnamed
Hurriyet says CIA has recording of Saudi prince saying “silence Khashoggi”
The CIA has a recording of a phone call in which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave instructions to “silence Jamal Kashoggi as soon
Government to pay for stranded Cypriot J&P workers to fly home
The government is making arrangements to bring back some 200 Cypriot employees of the now defunct Joannou & Paraskevaides Overseas who are stranded in Saudi
Party leader in Turkey compares Saudi leaders to Osama bin Laden
The leader of Turkey’s nationalist party compared Saudi leaders to Osama bin Laden on Tuesday and said the net was closing around Crown Prince Mohammed
Trump does not want to hear tape of ‘vicious’ Khashoggi murder
US President Donald Trump said he does not want to listen to an audio recording of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi despite facing mounting pressure
CIA believes Saudi crown prince ordered journalist’s killing
The CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, sources familiar with the matter said on
Turkey’s Erdogan says Khashoggi recordings ‘appalling’, shocked Saudi intelligence
President Tayyip Erdogan said recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which Turkey has shared with Western allies, are “appalling” and shocked a Saudi
Turkey’s Erdogan: Khashoggi killing ordered at Saudi “highest levels”
The order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the “highest levels” of the Saudi government, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in the Washington Post
J sues P in attempt to pay J&P workers stranded in Saudi (Update)
THE Joannou family, representing half of Joannou & Paraskevaides Overseas Ltd that went into liquidation last month, said on Thursday they have filed a law
Turkey demands truth about Khashoggi as Saudi prosecutor visits
Turkey called on Monday for the full truth surrounding the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be revealed, as Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor held talks in
The dark and amoral circus of politics
By Andonis Vassiliades Most of the so-called western democracies are acting like a self-appointed cleaning squad, rushing around trying to mop up the mess on
Yemen: The bigger Saudi lie
While the west has a collective meltdown over the Khashoggi murder, it has long failed to question a far bigger crime By Gwynne Dyer
Saudi Foreign Minister says Khasoggi reaction is ‘hysterical’
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat says that the global outcry and media focus on the killing of a Saudi journalist earlier this month has become “hysterical”.