India’s foreign ministry has complained to Saudi Arabian authorities after the arm of a 58-year-old Indian woman was allegedly chopped off by her employer in Riyadh.
At least 450 people have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi officials say.
The Gulf’s most powerful state has been catching flack for its policy on Syrian refugees (or lack of same). What chance is there of a change?
Saudi war planes have bombarded the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sana’a just hours before a five-day humanitarian ceasefire was set to begin.
Saudi Arabia projects confidence, but in reality it is not a very stable nation. The threat of tribal, sectarian and class paradoxes within the kingdom is much graver than the threats imposed by so-called Shia Crescent.