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Shopping carts, selfie sticks and a changing earth - contemporary art in Jeddah

Jeddah's annual contemporary art festival - called 21, 39, from the city's latitude and longitude - this year has the theme environmental change under the title 'Earth and Ever After'.

24 February 2016

Saudi Arabia

Who is the global leader for importing major weapons?

The global supply of major weapons has increased 14 percent in the last four years, say the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

22 February 2016

Syria

Turkey mulls ground operation in Syria

Turkey’s foreign minister said some countries wants boots on the ground in Syria. But he said the offensive must be carried out jointly, like the

16 February 2016

Economy

Saudi Arabia and Russia agree oil output freeze but only if others do the same

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Qatar have agreed to freeze their country's oil output, but only if other major producers do the same. There will now be talks with Iran and Iraq.

16 February 2016

Syria

Syria: a deadly political chess game

Saudi Arabia's role in the Syrian conflict is evolving as it sends warplanes to a Turkish base has openly declared it is willing to intervene on the ground if the US-led coalition introduces ground tr

15 February 2016

Malaysia

Malaysia PM cleared over $681 million Saudi gift

26 January 2016

Yemen

New air raids on Sanaa cost at least 25 lives

There has been heavy loss of life in the latest of the Saudi-led coalition bombing raids on the Yemen capital Sanaa. The capital is being held by

18 January 2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudis come under pressure to find regional deal with Iran

A day after the US announced fresh sanctions against Iran for ballistic missile tests Washington says flout UN rules, the EU announced it will

18 January 2016

Saudi Arabia

Falconry, the "sport of Sheiks" in the UAE

Falconry racing is one of the most exclusive sports in the United Arab Emirates, with top birds of prey going for more than 200,000 euros. The sport

14 January 2016

Economy

Saudis begin opening oil industry to foreign investors

Saudi Arabia will open its oil refining ventures to foreign investors, but not state-owned exploration and production activities, according to

11 January 2016

World News

Saudia Arabia's tensions with Iran will not affect Syria peace talks

The United Nations special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, says he has been assured by Iran and Saudi Arabia that their recent tensions will not

11 January 2016

World News

Arab League denounces Iranian 'interference' in internal affairs

The Arab League has denounced attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran. At a meeting in Cairo on Sunday, foreign ministers from the

10 January 2016

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Saudi execution makes Bahrain protesters furious

Protesters in Bahrain took to the streets to express their anger over the execution of the leading Shia Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia

9 January 2016

World News

Rift deepens between Saudi Arabia and Iran

Further demonstrations against Saudi Arabia have taken place in Iran as the diplomatic rift between the two regional rivals grows. Riyadh and Tehran

8 January 2016

Business Series

Saudi Arabia confirms potential share sale of Aramco

It’s been confirmed Saudi Arabia has been studying options and is considering a share sale of its oil company Saudi Aramco. If the move went ahead it

8 January 2016

Yemen

Iran to complain to UN about 'damage' to embassy in Yemen

8 January 2016

Yemen

Tehran blames Iranian embassy air strike on Saudi Arabia

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of an aerial attack on its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. A foreign ministry spokesman in Tehran, Hossein Jaber

7 January 2016

Iraq

Saudi Arabia scuppers US Middle East policy by execution of cleric

Kawtar Wakil:"Here to discuss the impact of the diplomatic tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran is Mr Firas Abu Ali from IHS in London, an analyst on Middle Eastern affairs. Welcome to euronews.

6 January 2016

Iraq

Baghdad offers to mediate in growing row between Saudi Arabia and Iran

The Iraqi foreign minister is in the Iranian capital meeting his counterpart there, amid fears of a new sectarian conflict

6 January 2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudi diplomats return from Tehran

Saudi Arabian diplomats who had been based in Tehran have returned home to Riyadh’s with stories of mistreatment at the hands of Iranian officials

6 January 2016