Saudi Arabia is starting 2026 with a benchmark-sized dollar bond, as it continues its rapid pace of international borrowing to help fund huge projects meant to diversify the economy from oil.

The confrontation threatened to open a new front in Yemen’s decadelong war, with forces allied against the Iran-backed Houthis possibly turning their sights on each other in the Arab world’s poorest nation,

Saudi Arabia has publicly accused the United Arab Emirates – a fellow Gulf Arab state and former partner in the Yemen war – of undermining its national security, an unusually blunt charge that exposes a rift long kept behind closed doors.

The Islamic kingdom is quietly loosening its laws against alcohol as part of a push to modernize and attract tourists.

After driving for nearly an hour north of Riyadh, the sand dunes start to give way to an emerging metropolis with thousands of newly-built single-family homes stretching over the horizon. They could be part of any American suburb.

Kylian Mbappe joins Real Madrid in Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup final against Barcelona, but his playing status remains uncertain.

While the Spanish Super Cup carries value as both a trophy and a commercial product, its importance to supporters is widely seen as secondary to La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and European competitions. This perception is reinforced by the tournament's location in Saudi Arabia, which many fans feel creates a disconnect.

In a sign of converging interests with Ankara and Riyadh, Islamabad is on the cusp of a $1.5bn weapons sale to Sudanese army