Saudi Arabia

Houthi militia says it will continue attacking ships in the Red Sea until Israel ends its war in Gaza

Foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan insists Saudi Arabia will not fund Gaza’s reconstruction if there is a return to the pre-war status quo involving warfare every one or two years

Former Man City defender says players are not being treated as well as they are used to at big European clubs

The greatly increased use of the term Global South reflects the old international liberal order giving way to a world less focused on development or cultural difference

Thinking in a climate emergency: Sheer quantity of the material in our environment is beyond staggering

Big firms are ordering their vessels to reroute around the tip of Africa as Yemen’s Houthis step up missile strikes in response to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza

Compromise deal reached at UN climate talks in Dubai is ‘certainly not perfect, but it’s a significant step forward for the world,’ says Eamon Ryan

Countries battle to save climate deal after row over ending fossil fuels

Failure to agree elimination would push planet ‘into climate breakdown’, summit hears

Failure to agree concrete measures undermines regimes’ credibility

Attack by Israel condemned by Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Saudi Arabia as Egypt terms it ‘inhumane’ and a ‘blatant violation of international law’

A statement from Football Australia said it had ‘explored the opportunity’ of a bid but had decided against it

A surreal night of Saudi extravagance as a former UFC fighter almost beat the world heavyweight champion

Saudi Arabia spends €875m on soccer players in three months and ‘can afford’ to contribute more towards climate crisis

BlackRock’s Geopolitical Risk Indicator remains way below levels seen during Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic

Mohammed bin Salman calls for a halt to US-backed Israeli military operations

Worldview: The fact that the most radical Palestinian groups are fundamentalist Sunni Muslims or Marxists never deterred the Shia Muslim Islamic Republic from arming, financing and training them

Israelis and Palestinians will suffer greatly but the political fallout will be felt much further afield

Winner of the bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will become the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era

Campaign by Palestinian activists warned that such a move would be considered a step towards normalisation with Israel

Remarks directed at Saudi prince who said normalisation between kingdom and Israel was ‘getting closer’

‘For us, the Palestinian issue is very important. We need to solve that part’

‘Peace was and remains our first choice,’ says Houthi supreme political council head Mahdi al-Mashat

Saudi Arabia and Russia have curtailed supplies in the face of record global demand

Wording of statement suggests western powers have given up trying to recruit the Global South in support of Ukraine’s war effort

Even if the Biden administration agreed to pay Saudi Arabia’s price for normalising relations with Israel, the US Congress would be unlikely to support such a deal

Civil lawsuit in US claims company, under leadership of then-chief executive Jack Dorsey, wilfully ignored or had knowledge of the Saudi government’s campaign to ferret out critics

Political prisoners use starvation to pressurise authorities to deliver on pledge to improve conditions

Human Rights Watch claims hundreds of people have been killed trying to enter Saudi Arabia from rugged border region

Riyadh and Tehran have renounced confrontational policies in move that may calm tensions between Sunnis and Shias

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Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman seeking to ease regional tensions and appoints the country’s first ambassador to Palestine

Sports video service will feature all matches of Cristiano Ronaldo club Al-Nassr

The US plan to normalise the countries’ relations would remake the region but faces big obstacles

Advisories ahead of the peak tourism season follow clashes last month between Palestinian factions in refugee camp near the Lebanese city of Sidon

‘If we considered leaving LFC this year, we wouldn’t have renewed the contract last summer’

Grain supplies in focus after string of Russian air strikes on Ukrainian ports

Company that recruited Saudi Arabian medical students has ‘only itself to blame for this outcome’, says High Court judge

Palestinian statehood, relations with Israel, financial support and weapons among matters where agreement sought

Rory McIlroy has consistently been one of the strongest voices but even his remarks have softened