Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will hold 40% of company behind well known department stores

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urges Muslims to stand with Hizbullah in ‘confronting’ Israel

Golf, snooker, boxing soccer ... Saudi Arabia’s rampant colonisation of sport continues apace

Hammad Albalawi denied accusations of sportswashing country’s human rights record ahead of football tournament’s hosts announcement this December

Mahmoud Abbas praises what he sees as a unified Arab and Muslim stand on Palestinian statehood

At his first press conference since taking office in July, Iran’s president said the US ‘must show they are not hostile towards us’

Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Turki Alalshikh has somehow been inducted into Nevada Boxing’s Hall of Fame

Extreme temperatures this year cause fivefold increase in fatalities due to lack of ‘shade or comfort’

Temperatures reached 51.8 degrees Celsius in the shade of the Grand Mosque

The US president came to office threatening to make the kingdom a pariah state. But in a volatile Middle East, their ties have become stronger than ever

‘At my age you have to be open to everything’ says Belgian playmaker who has a year left on his City contract

PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas lauded Norway and Ireland for support over many years

Logistical problems coinciding with concerns about not fit for purpose decision making with deck stacked heavily on side of carbon polluters

According to the plan, Israel would agree Gaza deal in exchange for normalised relations between itself and Saudi Arabia

Washington appears determined to reassert influence in the Middle East after recent disengagement

Arabs do not want to be caught up in tit-for-tat strikes that could morph into war, and have called for restraint

Senators assail consultants for helping Riyadh use ‘soft power’ to build influence in the US

Senator Richard Blumenthal suggests McKinsey, BCG and other firms may be violating federal disclosure rules

The prime minister is a political survivor but with his poll ratings at rock bottom and no clear end in sight to the conflict in Gaza, his situation looks increasingly grim

Customers at new off-licence must carry diplomatic passports and register to buy fixed amounts of alcohol

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