Saudi Arabia

Dozens of nations condemned Saudi Arabia before the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday over serious violations and demanded accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Saudi Arabia will partially lift its suspension on international flights from Tuesday, the interior ministry said, six months after travel curbs were imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jobless and broke, Sudanese electrician Hatem is stranded in limbo in Riyadh like countless other illegal workers, but he hopes the fast-spreading coronavirus will offer a chance for escape.

Saudis braced Wednesday for a tripling in value added tax, another unpopular austerity measure after the twin shocks of coronavirus and an oil price slump triggered the kingdom's worst economic decline in decades.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III dismissed Friday (June 26) reports that some overseas Filipino workers are digging through garbage bins for food while awaiting repatriation.

Muslims expressed disappointment Tuesday at Saudi Arabia's decision to scale back this year's hajj pilgrimage, but many accepted it was necessary as the kingdom battles a major coronavirus outbreak.

Malacañang extended on Sunday its sympathies to the families of the 282 migrant Filipinos who died in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia plans to reopen from Sunday mosques in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, after they were closed for three months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, state television reported.

Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year's hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, observers say, a perilous decision as coronavirus cases spike.

Malacañang condoled with the family of Michelle Silvertino, the woman who died waiting for a bus ride to Bicol.

Spain's Supreme Court announced Monday an investigation into former king Juan Carlos's alleged role in a scandal over a multi-billion-euro contract with Saudi Arabia.

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped six million Sunday, with Brazil registering another record surge in daily infections as divisions deepened on how to deal with the pandemic.

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was fully justified in firing an internal watchdog who was reportedly probing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over alleged misuse of staff as well as an arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

Qatar on Sunday began enforcing the world's toughest penalties of up to three years' imprisonment for failing to wear masks in public, as it battles one of the world's highest coronavirus infection rates.

Like thousands of Saudi women, Rouaa al-Mousa entered the workforce as reforms sweep the ultra-conservative kingdom and is certain that neither grumbling male bosses nor the coronavirus will change that.

The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as the United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic.

The US acting director of national intelligence is weighing ways to pressure countries with anti-LGBT policies, including reducing intelligence sharing, the New York Times reported Thursday.

The Duterte administration is bracing itself for a massive influx of jobless overseas Filipino workers arising from the global recession due to the corona pandemic.

The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign affairs (DFA), on Saturday, denounced the recent missile strikes launched against Saudi Arabia.

Twitter said Thursday it has removed thousands of accounts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Honduras, Indonesia and Serbia that allegedly took direction from governments or pushed pro-government content.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has imposed temporary travel restrictions on the Philippines amid the fast-spreading 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) worldwide.

Saudi Arabia released images of King Salman carrying out his royal duties on Sunday, after a stunning purge of at least three princes including his brother and nephew for allegedly plotting a coup.

The Philippine government is closely coordinating with Saudi Arabia following reports that some overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for the Middle Eastern country have been barred from entering due to the new coronavirus disease…

House Minority Floor Leader Bienvenido Abante has been barred by authorities in Dubai from boarding a commercial flight bound for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.