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UK to block UN probe into Yemen war after Saudi Arabia threatens to cut trade ties

Revelation comes ahead of UN resolution calling for a commission investigating war crimes in Yemen.

In a First, Saudi King Issues Decree Allowing Women To Drive

Allowing Saudi women to drive shows that economic reforms are more important than Islamic traditions

Saudi society is changing, and youths are satisfied with new developments in the Kingdom.

5 Things Women Are Still Banned From Doing In Saudi Arabia

Here are five things women in Saudi Arabia still can't do

Women can now drive in the Saudi kingdom, but their freedoms are still curtailed by strict laws.

Theresa May praises UK's 'long-standing friend' Saudi Arabia over women's driving ban lift

PM backs 'important step' from Gulf nation following Royal decree ending controversial ban.

'Saudi Arabia will never be the same again': Twitter reacts to royal decree allowing women to drive

"An important step in the right direction," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tweeted.

Saudi Arabia will finally allow women to drive after landmark announcement

The ultraconservative kingdom is ruled by Shariah law.

Women who drive 'don't care if they're raped' claims Saudi Arabia historian

Saudi cleric says women shouldn't be allowed to drive because their brains shrink after shopping

Religious leader is suspended and slammed on social media.

JK Rowling: No more plans to write Harry Potter after Cursed Child

From Pokemon to Harry Potter: The strangest things banned in Saudi Arabia

People have been arrested for dancing, listening to music and celebrating St Valentine's Day.

Woman sold in Saudi Arabia as human slave for £4,061

A travel agent, who facilitated her move to the Middle Eastern country, has been booked in the case.

Arms fair London Defence Security Equipment international DSEi

DSEi 2017 in pictures: World's biggest arms trade fair opens in London

More than 1,600 exhibitors from over 40 countries are displaying their latest weapons and defence systems at Defence & Security Equipment international (DSEi).

UK sold £3.6bn worth of arms to Saudi Arabia during Yemen conflict says report

The group Control Arms has accused the British government of double standards.

Outrage in Saudi Arabia after viral video shows ruthless man beating toddler with a stroller

'God kill him and curse him and do not bless him and show no mercy,' one YouTube user reportedly wrote in response to the video.

Swords and cheetah fur robes among dozens of gifts Trump received from Saudi Arabia

Gulf state gave 83 presents to US president during his first official foreign trip

Hajj 2017: Incredible aerial photos of two million Muslim pilgrims on Mount Arafat near Mecca

Two million Muslims from around the world gathered at Mount Arafat on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca.

Heartbreaking photo of Yemeni girl who lost family in air strike triggers anti-war backlash

The deadly strike on Sanaa killed 14 civilians, including six children.

Saudi Arabia deploys over 100,000 troops to oversee 2 million Hajj pilgrims travelling to Mecca

Kingdom authorities have reportedly denied entry to more than 450,000 Hajj violators and over 200,000 buses carrying illegal pilgrims.

Saudi Arabia police detain four as video of woman driving goes viral

Clip of woman disguised as man driving vehicle in country where woman are banned emerged on social media

Saudi teen arrested for doing the Macarena in public

Police in Jeddah say the boy disrupted traffic and violated public morals.

The King of Saudi Arabia takes 1,000 underlings on his $100m summer holiday

King Salman will take over 1,000 ministers, relatives and security staff to his summer palace in Morocco.

Saudi Arabia to reopen border with Iraq for first time since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990

Countries are working to boost ties in their bid to diminish Iran's growing influence in the Middle East.

Three dissident Saudi princes who mysteriously vanished from Europe 'were kidnapped'

Princes had relocated to Europe, from where they called for reforms in the Saudi Kingdom.

Saudi man who set wife on fire gets 19 months and a flogging

Wife survives, and has so far spent $100,000 on operations to treat her extensive injuries.

Toddler dies in 'harrowing pain' after he was shot by security forces in Saudi Arabia during Ramadan

The boy's hometown Awamiyah has been under siege since May.

Mamba ransomware that crippled San Francisco's transit system reappears in Brazil, Saudi Arabia

Mamba infected 900 computers used by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency last year.

Qatar signs $6bn deal with Italy for seven warships

The deal is the second of its kind in the past 12 months.

Religion has waged war on our vaginas, breasts and abdomens – it's time for this to end

Women's rights are sacrificed on the altar of political and religious correctness.

Over 400,000 infected in Yemen's deadly, but entirely preventable, cholera outbreak

Yemen is suffering the worst cholera outbreak ever recorded in any country in the space of a single a year, but it has put off a vaccination campaign until 2018.