Saturday, 06 February 2021 _A former Saudi intelligence official says the kingdom ’s infamous crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), directed agents to embark on the second assassination mission against him after the first one failed two years ago.
Monday, 07 December 2020_Saudi security forces have reportedly arrested a distinguished Shia scholar in the country’s Shia-populated and oil-rich Eastern Province as the Riyadh regime keeps its clampdown against members of the Shia community in the kingdom .
Thursday, 03 December 2020_The son of prominent Saudi dissident Sheikh Salman al-Ouda says his father has virtually gone blind and deaf in prison, as a brutal crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues unabated in the kingdom .
Friday, 20 November 2020 _A new damning report has revealed that imprisoned Saudi women’s rights activists are tortured and sexually abused by their interrogators at detention centers in the kingdom .
Wednesday, 12 August 2020_Reports say Saudi Arabia’s giant oil company Aramco, which is responsible for a bulk of the kingdom ’s finances, is planning to increase fuel prices in the country after a slump in international oil prices caused it to post massive losses in the second quarter of this year.
Wednesday, 23 July 2020 _Saudi authorities have reportedly arrested a writer, a journalist and an activist after they expressed great sympathy over the death of distinguished activist Abdullah al-Hamid as a brutal crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against the intelligentsia widens in the kingdom .
TEHRAN, May 29 - Scientists have identified a new species of rat snake living in Eastern Europe. The team of herpetologists decided to name the snake after the often overlooked Iron Age kingdom of Urartu.