Prosecutors accuse the women of initiating ‘criminal’ contacts to share information

UN human rights commissioner voices concern over arrest and detention of peaceful activists

Expectation that 600 captives held since start of 3½-year civil war in Yemen will be freed

US president’s refusal to blame MBS for Khashoggi killing is bad news for Middle East

Hopes rise for breakthrough in conflict as UAE calls for early UN peace talks

Book author notes how much jihadism evolved between 9/11 and the 2015 Bataclan attacks

Not even royals are exempt from being ‘disappeared’ by despotic Wahhabist regime

Despite outward show of social reforms, Saudi authorities are cracking down on dissent

The decision to allow women to drive masks a tightening of social controls in other areas

Encouragingly, political leaders’ attempts to leverage the tournament for personal gain tend to end in failure

Russia and Saudi Arabia have co-operated on crude oil supplies since 2016

UN among those warning move on Houthi rebels may kill and maim 250,000 civilians

Reformist president Hassan Rouhani has vowed to continue abiding by the agreement

London’s weapons deals worth £4.6bn since the war on Yemen launched three years ago

Sabih al-Masri’s family received Irish passports under the ‘passport for sale’ scheme

French president has positioned himself as the foremost mediator in the Middle East

Signs that moderates among Saudi-backed opposition are winning ahead of Geneva talks

Saad Hariri’s Paris visit comes amid odd resignation and tense political situation

‘Worst humanitarian crisis in the world’ deteriorating over closure of ports and airports

King Salman embarks on three-day visit to Moscow as part of major policy shift

Crown prince Mohamed bin Salman highly sensitive to dissent as his policies are failing

Some 86,000 Iranian pilgrims to attend annual Hajj for the first time in two years

Republican gets flurry of congratulatory calls, as some worry about his anti-Islam remarks

Figure nearly double the number previously given by UN and could be much higher

Isis targets civilians and tries to stir sectarian strife amid onslaught in Syria and Iraq

White House keeps Prince Mohamed bin Salman in suspense on Washington visit

Mass execution elicits threats of retribution from jihadis and ruptures relations with Iran

Syrian president acknowledges ‘important’ input from Hizbullah

City key to getting control of country from rebels, says exiled president

King Salman elevates nephew and son to crown prince and deputy crown prince

The deployment against the Houthi indicates an all-out Saudi offensive