Saudi Arabia

Regional alliance emerges as Saudi confronts attacks from Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen

Saudi official says kingdom expecting co-ordinated attacks on economic and civilian sites by Houthis and Iraqi militias under supervision of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

US president says Israel is also committed to pause in fighting

Asim Munir is trying to refashion Pakistan’s place in the world — and bolster his power at home

Tehran, Washington, Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis continue attacks on sites across Gulf region

Trump wants to move on but Iranian leaders appear convinced they can outlast Washington while raising the cost of continued fighting

German manager has been in charge of Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli for last three years

Flare-up comes after apparent three-day pause in fighting

Recent fighting has provided conditions for Tehran’s forces to launch more precision strikes across Gulf and Jordan

The habitual trolling that serves him at home is sapping his potency on the global stage

Tehran accuses Ukraine of deadly attack on Iranian vessel in Caspian Sea

Belfast boxer made to pay for losing early and late rounds in a competitive super welterweight title fight

Iran-backed Houthis targeting kingdom, which has been diverting oil to skirt Tehran’s Strait of Hormuz blockade

Trump says Iran would be accountable for any further attacks by Yemen’s Houthi fighters amid widening conflict

UN’s António Guterres says Middle East being pushed to ‘edge of the unimaginable’ amid mounting fears over conflict’s trajectory

Nuclear experts say Trump’s deal creates a destabilising situation that could raise the risk of nuclear war

Deal does not include so-called Additional Protocol allowing United Nations atomic agency to ‌carry ‌out ​snap inspections

Washington continues attacks on Gulf nation with Tehran launching strikes at US sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan

A successful effort to ‌shut the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would strike at one of the world’s most important oil shipping routes

Move could lead to further disruption of international shipping and increases in energy prices

Sixth day of fighting threatens to turn into all-out war and casts serious doubt on peace deal struck last month

Qatari negotiators meeting ⁠officials in Iran seeking to de-escalate renewed tensions after attacks on vessels in Strait of Hormuz

Trip follows Monday’s meeting with Qatari prime minister

Israeli and Lebanese officials deny any Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon despite US statement

Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay find Saudi Arabia hard to beat

However Trump chooses to sell it, the deal that he has now struck reflects the failure of the military option

Shamrock Rovers defender Pico looks to keep dream going with Cape Verde

From UAE to Bahrain: We want to hear from Irish emigrants about the impact on life and your future abroad

Oil futures markets are sanguine, but history shows expectations have often been disappointed

A report claims vulnerable workers injured in Saudi Arabia – including one who says his legs were crushed – received no compensation

Tehran accuses US president of planning to restart war, threatens to retaliate for any strikes with attacks beyond Middle East

Mediator Pakistan says both sides ‘keep changing their goalposts’ and ‘we don’t have much time’

Gulf states have been grappling with how to deter Iran after the war made clear the limits of US security guarantees

Iran war now an international hostage situation where UAE is the hostage, Iran the hostage-taker, and US will have to pay the ransom

Four years ago, McDowell was one of the more bullish voices in support of the tour as Saudi Arabia turbocharged its sportswashing enterprise

Saudi Arabia stopped US military from using its bases or airspace to carry out operation top open Strait of Hormuz

The controversial group have had a year of a kind that few artists will ever experience. They’re determined to stand their ground as they release their album Fenian

Hopefully, this vulgar exercise in sportswashing will give others second thoughts

Developed countries could help by strengthening co-operation with developing ones and ensuring their full participation in global trade

The breakaway golf league was little more than a sportswashing project and now it looks like it has outlived its usefulness