The kingdom’s 2025 toll of 356 has been reported as a record for Saudi Arabia, beating 2024’s record of 338, by multiple ...

The sharp rise in executions is linked to Riyadh’s intensified “war on drugs” launched in recent years, with many of those ...

Saudi Arabia executed 356 people in 2025, the highest on record, with most deaths linked to drug offences amid an intensified ...

Saudi Arabia set a new record with 356 executions in 2025, largely driven by drug-related cases. Rights groups criticize the ...

Official government data show that 243 of the executions in 2025 were linked to drug-related offences, AFP reported.

Saudi-backed forces moved to capture a key southern Yemeni city on Thursday after Riyadh accused the UAE of helping a separatist leader flee.

Saudi Arabia executed 356 people in 2025, a new record driven by its “war on drugs.” Rights groups warn the surge contradicts the kingdom’s reform narrative and disproportionately affects foreigners.

ADEN, Yemen -- Saudi-backed forces spread across Yemen's Mukalla on Sunday after retaking the port city which was seized by ...

Separatists in Yemen say Saudi warplanes have carried out airstrikes on a military camp in the port city of Mukalla and other ...

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates burst into the open this week with an unusually direct ...

A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there.