All news on the topic: Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia prepares military operation against Houthis as Red Sea tensions escalate
Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen
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US launches heavy strikes after Trump vows: "We’re going to beat the fing s** out of Iran"**
The US has carried out another ‘heavy wave of strikes’ on Iran in response to attacks on its bases in the Middle East.
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Foreign governments spent nearly £700,000 on overseas trips for British MPs, investigation finds
Foreign governments and influence groups have splurged vast amounts of money taking British MPs abroad since the last election.
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Gianni Infantino plans to sell FIFA World Cup stakes to private investors
FIFA president Gianni Infantino reportedly plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors, including Joshua Kushner, according to The Times. If the deal were to go through, Infantino would reportedly stand to gain tens of millions of dollars, per The Times.
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UK borrowing costs surge as oil tops $100 amid Iran conflict
UK borrowing costs soared yesterday amid a global bond market rout sparked by a surge in the oil price back above $100.
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Ethiopia arrests 17 traffickers who tortured migrants on camera to extort millions
Ethiopian authorities have arrested 17 key operatives behind a brutal human trafficking syndicate that trapped tens of thousands of migrants in Yemen, systematically filming their torture to extort millions from terrified families.
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US and Saudi Arabia sign landmark civilian nuclear deal despite proliferation concerns
Saudi Arabia has signed a landmark civilian nuclear deal with the US aimed at pushing deeper ties between the two countries - but it has raised concerns about a nuclear arms race.
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Lebanon’s bid to disarm Hezbollah faces growing risk of civil war
Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon has become a strategic dead end as its desire to guarantee its own security collides with the weakness of the Lebanese authorities. The government in Beirut is trying to use diplomacy to restore the Lebanese Armed Forces’ control over the territory.
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U.S. probes whether Russia helped Iran target CIA sites in Gulf drone attacks
Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Persian Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, said four people familiar with U.S. intelligence.
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Saudi prince died after mixing alcohol with GHB in £600-a-night London hotel, inquest hears
A Saudi prince found dead in his Kensington hotel room was almost three times over the drink-drive limit and had mixed alcohol with the party drug GHB, an inquest has heard.
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Gulf allies split over Trump’s Iran strategy as regional tensions escalate
Washington’s Gulf Arab allies are increasingly frustrated as hostilities between the US and Iran intensify, jeopardizing their national security and economies.
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Houthis threaten Saudi maritime blockade as Middle East energy crisis deepens
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis will impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, they said on Monday, further throttling a global energy market already greatly restricted by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump poised to approve Saudi uranium enrichment deal without key UN nuclear safeguards
The Trump administration has tentatively agreed to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without enacting international safeguards intended to prevent nuclear weapons development, according to sources familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by CNN.
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Iran’s IRGC sets up secret Iraq cells to strike Gulf states hosting US forces
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set up secretive new cells in Iraq to carry out attacks on Gulf countries that host American forces, bypassing established militia networks to avoid detection, eight Iraqi sources told Reuters.
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"Captagon King" Hassan Daqqou released from Lebanese prison after seven-year sentence
A notorious Syrian-Lebanese trafficker widely known as the “Captagon King,” has been released from a Lebanese prison after completing a seven-year sentence for drug manufacturing and trafficking. Judicial sources confirmed the release of Hassan Daqqou to Daraj, OCCRP’s Lebanese partner.
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Iran strikes damage 20 US military sites across Middle East
Iran has damaged 20 US military sites since the start of the war, according to satellite images and video analysis by BBC Verify, suggesting the attacks may be more extensive than officially acknowledged.
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Starmer lands historic Gulf trade pact after years of Tory failure
As details of the deal emerge, POLITICO has identified the sectors that seem most likely to benefit as well as those that appear to be left out.
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“Abbas dynasty”: 90-year-old Palestinian leader is preparing his millionaire son as successor against the will of the people
A series of announcements by official Palestinian Authority institutions this month has sparked speculation that Yasser Abbas, the millionaire son of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, may be being positioned as a potential successor to his aging father.
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Iran could charge ships $1 million to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
Iran could soon be rolling in cash if it goes ahead with charging vessels for passing through the Strait of Hormuz – at $1,000,000 per ship.
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Iran’s Hormuz toll scheme could generate up to $500bn in five years
Oil tankers once sailed straight through the center of the Strait of Hormuz. But since February 28, vessels crossing the 21-mile-wide waterway have been forced onto an alternate route.
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Marble looting in Marib exposes Yemen’s broken state and rising tribal power
Tribal warlords in Yemen are sidestepping regulations to plunder marble reserves in Marib province,
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UK deploys air defences and troops to Gulf as Iran threat escalates
Extra British troops and more UK air defence systems will be deployed to the Middle East for defensive action against Iranian attacks
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BBC accused of boosting Saudi image with branded content funded by sovereign wealth fund
BBC Storyworks, the corporation’s commercial division, has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to produce films and articles highlighting the kingdom’s claimed progress on women’s rights and environmental initiatives, published on a BBC-branded mini-site.
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Ronaldo’s £61M jet flees Riyadh as Iran strikes shake the Middle East
Cristiano Ronaldo’s private jet left Riyadh for Madrid on Monday night following the escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
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Oil and gas shock threatens UK economy as Rachel Reeves faces grim spring forecast
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to respond to the latest economic outlook as a sharp surge in global energy prices threatens to undermine expectations of easing inflation.