Venezuela's government has requested OPEC hold an emergency meeting due to a collapse in oil prices that has left the country's economy in dire straits, sources at the company said Wednesday.
The oil industry has entered a challenging phase recently with oil prices dropping and oil-producing nations continue to face financial crisis. These include Venezuela and others like Iran, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Time is winding down on President Barack Obama's promise to shut down Guantanamo Bay, but the country made a step in that direction as prisoner Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Awn al-Shamrani got released and sent back to his native Saudi.
The tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran continues to intensify after the Iranian government announced on Thursday that they are ending all commercial ties with their fellow Middle East nation.
In light of the continuous Syrian civil war, it has been recently announced that Iran and arch-rival Saudi Arabia will be attending Friday's conference in Vienna for the first time in the hopes of finally closing the unfortunate chapter of Syria in its four years of civil war.
A 74-year-old pensioner, who suffers asthma and has battled cancers thrice, is set to face public flogging after being arrested carrying homemade wine.
New numbers regarding last month’s deadly stampede near Mecca have revealed that the casualties, which were last put at 769 by the Saudi government, are actually closer to 1,470.
The United Nations has been heavily criticized for its decision to appoint Saudi Arabia as the head of a key human rights panel, particularly in light of the country's decision to sentence a Saudi teen to be crucified.
A man named Ali Mohammed al-Nimr is set to be crucified in Saudi Arabia for his participation in anti-government protests he engaged in back in 2012, when he was 17.
Saudi authorities have determined that the Saudi Binladen Group, a multinational construction conglomerate, is partially responsible for a crane collapse that killed 107 people at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
Leading a coalition of Sunni nations, Saudi Arabia has begun strikes against Houthi locations in Yemen as the Shiite rebels continue their advance through the country.
President Barack Obama and new Saudi Arabia King Salman will discuss recent concerns over Yemen and the Islamic State. The two leaders will have their first formal meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday.
On Friday, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud vowed to the policies of his predecessor, the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, as he took over the reign of Saudi Arabia, one of the closest Middle East allies of the United States. The new ruler called for unity among his region's countries in a period of widespread unrest.
Abdullah, who had ruled Saudi Arabia since 2005, had been suffering from a lung infection. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who cautiously reformed Saudi Arabia amidst the Arab Spring revolts and Islamic State militants' threats, died on Friday at age 90.
On Friday, Saudi Arabian authorities began carrying out a sentence of 1,000 lashes for a citizen who criticized the country's powerful clerics on his liberal blog.
Global crude prices have dropped by 50 percent just June, and gas prices around the world are plummeting as the barrel reaches a price not seen since after the 2008 recession.
Saudi Arabia insisted on Monday that it would not cut back production no matter the value of crude, comments that put new pressure on oil prices the morning after the biggest one-day gain in over two years.
Saudi Arabia bans flights from Ebola-affected regions Saudi Arabia is the only country to ban flights from countries affected by Ebola amid a religious holiday.
Officials in Saudi Arabia have quelled fears of the spread of deadly diseases like Ebola and MERS as 2 million Muslims made their way to Mecca for the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Thursday.
Organization claims the country is using a sypware app on dissidents' phones. Human Rights Watch on Saturday claimed that the Saudi Arabian government has been using a spyware app to monitor political dissidents on their mobile phones, according to a report from RT.
