Saudi Arabia

Despite reform, Saudi ‘guardianship’ still restricts women: HRW
Middle East

Despite reform, Saudi ‘guardianship’ still restricts women: HRW

Saudi Arabian laws requiring women to have male guardians have been reformed in recent years but continue to restrict and…
Saudi Arabia’s new jihadists: poorly trained but hard to stop
Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s new jihadists: poorly trained but hard to stop

Technical hitches limited the death tolls in three suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia but the apparent coordination of the blasts…
Saudi prosecutors bring charges over Grand Mosque crane disaster: newspaper
Middle East

Saudi prosecutors bring charges over Grand Mosque crane disaster: newspaper

Suspects including engineers and two government employees will face trial in Saudi Arabia over the deaths of 107 people when…
Saudi Interior Ministry names Qatif, Medina bombers; suspects arrested
Middle East

Saudi Interior Ministry names Qatif, Medina bombers; suspects arrested

Saudi Arabia said a suicide bomber who attacked Prophet Mohammed's Mosque in the city of Medina on Monday was a…
Saudi crown prince seeks to assure Saudis after triple bombings: agency
Middle East

Saudi crown prince seeks to assure Saudis after triple bombings: agency

Saudi Arabia's crown prince and anti-terror tsar sought on Tuesday to reassure Saudis of the country's security after suicide attacks…
Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities, killing at least four officers
Middle East

Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities, killing at least four officers

Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia on Monday, killing at least four security officers in an apparently coordinated…
Higher court to hear appeal on Red Sea islands ruling on July 3
Egypt

Higher court to hear appeal on Red Sea islands ruling on July 3

The Supreme Administrative Court has set a date of July 3 to consider the Egyptian government's appeal against Tuesday's court…
Court clears 22 suspects involved in protests over Tiran and Sanafir
Egypt

Court clears 22 suspects involved in protests over Tiran and Sanafir

On Wednesday, Qasr al-Nil Misdemeanor Court cleared 22 suspects accused of protesting in April against the border demarcation agreement between Egypt and…
Saudi-led Yemen coalition demands sources for critical UN report
Middle East

Saudi-led Yemen coalition demands sources for critical UN report

A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition has asked the United Nations to reveal details on the sources of information that led…
Egypt becomes world’s fourth-biggest weapons importer: report
Egypt

Egypt becomes world’s fourth-biggest weapons importer: report

Egypt became the world’s fourth-biggest weapons importer, spending almost US$2.3 billion, in 2015 the consulting company IHS Inc. said in…
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