Kingdom announces sharp rise in budget shortfall amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026 Saudi Arabia has posted a sharp rise in its budget deficit amid declining oil revenues due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The kingdom’s budget shortfall widened to 125.7 … Read more
Multiple Gulf nations, Arab states, as well as Turkiye and Azerbaijan have been caught in the crosshairs of the war. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 6 Mar 20266 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency has reported that … Read more
Gulf expert Gregory Gause explains what Saudi Arabia wants from Washington and what Washington wants from Riyadh. United States President Donald Trump “looks at Saudi Arabia like a piggy bank or an ATM machine” and that’s why the recent Saudi-US summit focused on deals instead of strategic regional issues, such as Sudan, Palestine, Iran and … Read more
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visits Riyadh in his first trip abroad since taking office in January. Saudi Arabia will review “obstacles” to resuming Lebanese imports and ending a ban on its nationals visiting Lebanon, the two governments said. The announcement was made in a joint statement released after Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met Saudi Arabia’s … Read more
Football star Cristiano Ronaldo caught up with UFC fighter Shara Magomedov before Saturday’s huge fight night in Riyadh. Sharaputdin Magomedov, one of the headline UFC draws at the upcoming Fight Night 250 in Saudi Arabia this weekend, met football legend Cristiano Ronaldo at the Al-Nassr team’s training ground in Riyadh. Magomedov, from Russia, is a … Read more
A week after Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, was accused of being a “wrecking ball” jeopardizing global climate talks, Saudi officials are leading an effort to block a United Nations deal to tackle plastic pollution, negotiators said. Delegates from more than 170 nations have been engaged in tense negotiations in Busan, South Korea, … Read more
At least 323 Egyptian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries’ responses told AFP on Tuesday. “All of them died because of heat” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one of the diplomats … Read more
South Korea beat Saudi Arabia 4-2 in a penalty shootout to advance to the Asian Cup quarter-finals after a thrilling last-16 tie ended 1-1 in extra time at Education City Stadium in Qatar on Tuesday. After South Korea’s Cho Gue-sung equalised in second-half added time to cancel Abdullah Radif’s opener, Sami Al-Najei and Abdulrahman Ghareeb … Read more
The country also expected to host the World Cup in 2034 achieves the latest in a series of victories for Gulf states on international events. The Expo 2030 world’s fair will be held in Riyadh in another hosting victory for a Gulf country after Qatar put on football’s World Cup last year. South Korea’s Busan … Read more
