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Leaders from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reportedly refused to take phone calls from President Joe Biden during the Ukraine crisis, after he snubbed them repeatedly during the first year of his administration.

RIYADH – Air defense systems have been front and center at Saudi Arabia’s first defence show as drone and missile attacks increase in the energy-rich Gulf.

Saudi Arabian security forces arrested 150 people for trying to illegally cross the border into the kingdom between February 24 and March 2, “of whom 46 percent were Yemeni nationals [and] 42 percent were Ethiopians,” the Saudi Gazette reported this weekend.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman told the Atlantic on Thursday his human right to remain “innocent until proven guilty” was violated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) when it accused him of ordering the 2018 killing of Saudi

Former PGA champion Phil Mickelson has run into trouble with yet another sponsor following his comments expressing willingness to join a golf league sponsored by Saudi Arabia.

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), who boasted of his push to ban domestic oil and gas drilling in 2019, suffered a major backlash online after he called upon the government of Saudi Arabia to supply “more oil” or be held accountable for the deaths of Ukrainians.

Golf great Greg Norman is accusing the PGA of violating players’ freedom by threatening to ban them if PGA members decide to play for the new Saudi-backed Super Golf League.

President Joe Biden’s energy policies are driving up oil prices, which will result in Americans paying the most for gasoline in nine years.

A prominent American is apologizing for wanting to play sports in a land governed by a tyrannical and abusive regime, but it’s not the right American.

The strict Islamic nation of Kuwait has moved to modernise its armed forces by allowing women to sign up for combat roles, however they will be required to wear hijab face coverings at all times and not be allowed to carry weapons into battle.

A number of shops in Saudi Arabia conspicuously sold red lingerie in advance of Monday’s Valentine’s Day holiday despite the Islamic kingdom banning the use of the term “Valentine’s Day” to promote sales, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported Monday.

Abdallah bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden — the former leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group — allegedly traveled to Afghanistan in October 2021 to meet with the Taliban, India Today reported on Sunday citing a United Nations (U.N.) report published February 3.

The U.S. will deploy a guided-missile destroyer and fighter jets to assist the UAE following ongoing rocket attacks from Iran-backed rebels

Saudi Arabia’s government reopened all of the Kingdom’s elementary schools and kindergartens on Sunday after a nearly two-year-long suspension of in-person learning for children aged 5 to 11 due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) state media reported on Monday that three people were killed and six more injured when a fuel tanker exploded at a port in Abu Dhabi.

Saudi Aramco, the extremely wealthy national oil company of Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday announced the establishment of a “Non-Metallic Excellence and Innovation Center” (NEXCEL) in Beijing to promote the use of alternatives to metal in construction projects.

A court imposed a 4-year prison sentence on man convicted of attempted murder for firing gunshots at the Saudi embassy in The Hague.

Pandemic? What pandemic? That was the universal message delivered Sunday by a record crowd of over 700,000 revellers who hit the sand to party at Saudi Arabia’s MDLBeast Soundstorm music festival, drawing the curtain on the four-day event in the oil-rich desert kingdom.

Border Patrol agents in Yuma, Arizona, arrested a 21-year-old Saudi Arabian national crossing into the United States on Thursday. The agency reportedly determined the man was a positive match linked to several Yemeni subjects of interest.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named China the world’s worst jailer of journalists on Thursday, the third year in a row that the host of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics has taken the title.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi authorities have conducted their biggest-ever crackdown on camel beauty contestants that received Botox injections and other artificial touch-ups, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Wednesday, with over 40 camels disqualified from the annual pageant.

Several countries in the Middle East will not show Disney’s and Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story” reportedly because of the inclusion of actor Iris Menas, who claims to be “nonbinary,” playing a queer character. 

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Pop star Justin Bieber performed to a packed crowd in the Red Sea city of Jiddah in Saudi Arabia, singing some of his most popular hits. The Sunday night concert took place even as human rights campaigners and activists called on Bieber to cancel his performance to protest the kingdom’s arrests and crackdown of critics.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Wednesday quoted a “person familiar with the matter” who said President Joe Biden asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to release China’s oil reserves, thus stabilizing the high oil prices that have been helping to drive Biden’s poll numbers down.

The State Department said on Thursday that the Iran-backed Houthi insurgency abducted at least 25 Yemenis who work for the United States. President Joe Biden lifted the Houthis’ designation as a terrorist organization as one of his first actions in office.

Saudi outlets reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources within Syria, that the nation’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, had expelled Iranian Quds Force Commander Mustafa Javad Ghaffari from the country after the terror chief attempted to create a black market in Syria and needlessly inflamed tensions with the country’s neighbors.

Disney-owned Marvel Studios’ latest superhero epic, “Eternals,” has so far been barred from showing in markets in the Middle East, and many wonder if it is because the film features an openly gay character.

The BBC has been revealed to have received hundreds of thousands in ad revenue from Saudi Arabia’s national oil company.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Upon arrival at Dubai’s international airport, travelers can pick up a free guide to the city’s top attractions and events. Curiously, the cover of this month’s “Time Out-DXB” beckons visitors to Saudi Arabia. Emblazoned with an image of the kingdom’s ancient Diriyah fort near the Saudi capital, it reads: “Welcome to Arabia. A Journey You’ve Never Imagined”.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry declared last week that Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter’s call to denounce genocide and slavery in China was “not worth refuting.”

Police in Saudi Arabia arrested an American citizen in Mecca on Wednesday for wearing a shirt reading, “Pray for the end of China’s genocide & occupation in East Turkistan,” his son, the head of the East Turkistan Government in Exile, denounced.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on Monday announced the launch of the Middle East Green Initiative, a prospective $10.4 billion investment fund for clean energy and reduced carbon emissions. 

Saudi Arabia’s government announced Sunday plans to nationalize 12,000 state-run marketing jobs, meaning only Saudi citizens will be hired for the positions, Al Arabiya reported.

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter published a video Friday condemning “heartless dictator” Xi Jinping for the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities in western China.

During a town hall on CNN on Thursday, President Joe Biden predicted that gas prices will start to come down “into next year, in 2022. I don’t see anything that’s going to happen in the meantime that’s going to significantly reduce

The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.