Syria

Syria: Assad's enemies attempt a united front ahead of peace talks

As a first attempt to bring together fractured Syrian opposition parties is being made at a special meeting in Riyadh, on the battle front , around

8 December 2015

Economy

Oil output to stay high as OPEC fails to agree ceiling

OPEC countries are to carry on producing current high levels of oil for the time being. This comes despite complaints that the huge global surplus is

4 December 2015

Economy

Saudi Arabia unfazed as OPEC set to keep oil output high

OPEC members have been meeting in Vienna with the oil producers’ organisation widely expected to do nothing to tackle one of the worst crude gluts in

4 December 2015

Economy

Saudi Arabia hints it may back oil output cut - if others do too

Are there more signs of a chink in the Saudi armour over oil production? OPEC’s effective leader has been softening its stance against cutting

3 December 2015

Saudi Arabia

900 Saudi women running for office

With less than two weeks until voting gets underway in Saudi Arabia, campaigning by women taking part in elections for the first time is in full

30 November 2015

Economy

OPEC 'set to keep pumping oil' despite global glut

OPEC is determined to keep pumping oil despite the financial consequences on the policy’s main architect Saudi Arabia, according to Reuters. The news

25 November 2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has biggest number of ISIL supporters on Twitter

21 November 2015

Economy

BAE Systems to axe 371 jobs after cut in Typhoon jet production

Europe’s biggest defence company BAE Systems says it’s to cut jobs in Britain and Australia, seeing no growth in earnings after it reduced the rate

12 November 2015

Business Series

Following the Fed: impact of rate decisions on global currencies

The US Federal Reserve continues to be indecisive over interest rates. After its latest meeting the Fed kept the interest rate unchanged, which led

3 November 2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia promises "all support necessary" to Syrian allies

euronews’ Daleen Hassan poke to Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir after the talks in Vienna, which concentrated on Syria but also

30 October 2015

Europe News

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU's Sakharov rights prize

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, was awarded the

29 October 2015

Yemen

Yemen: Saudi-led air strikes to end as attention turns to talks

Saudi-led military operations in Yemen are nearing their end with the focus now turning to political talks. That was the message from the foreign

28 October 2015

Austria

Mideast: international mediators meet in Vienna

International Middle East peace mediators are meeting in Vienna. They are planning to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, as well as the growing

23 October 2015

Saudi Arabia

Last month's Hajj stampede becomes 'deadliest in history'

Almost a month after the Hajj stampede, the Associated Press reports the death toll has passed 2,000, making it the deadliest crush in the

22 October 2015

Russia

Russia tries to reassure Saudi Arabia over Syria air strikes

Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a diplomatic offensive trying to reassure Saudi Arabia that his intervention in Syria is aimed at

12 October 2015

Yemen

Yemen wedding brothers killed in rocket strike

Three brothers getting ready for a joint wedding have been killed in a rocket attack in the southwest of Yemen. Locals say Saudi-led coalition jets

8 October 2015

Economy

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed raises Twitter stake

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and his investment company have increased their stake in Twitter to more than five percent

7 October 2015

Iran

Thousands attend funeral ceremony in Tehran for Hajj crush victims

Thousands of mourners have attended a funeral ceremony in Tehran for Iranian pilgrims killed in the Hajj disaster in Saudi Arabia. They chanted

4 October 2015

Iran

Hajj stampede victims' bodies flown back to Iran

The first plane carrying the bodies of Iranian pilgrims who died in the hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia landed in Tehran on Saturday. President Hassan

3 October 2015

World News

Saudi-Iran tension still high despite deal to repatriate bodies of dead Haj pilgrims

Just hours after strong words from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, a deal has been reached to repatriate the bodies of his compatriots

1 October 2015