Thirteen countries have joined a Saudi-led maritime coalition to protect the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb from Houthi attacks. The US, Europe and the UAE are all absent — and two Western naval missions are already there.
Alanoud Al Fayez left Saudi Arabia in 2003 and has lived in London ever since. Her four daughters by the late King Abdullah say they were confined for years in a Jeddah compound. UN experts were told they were medicated without consent. Two of the sisters are now dead.
At least 16 migrant workers were killed in a Riyadh factory fire. Why these fires keep happening, how sponsorship ties safety to job security, and what follows for families abroad.
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, declaring an attack on one an attack on all. What collective defence means, why these three, and why the timing matters.
Saudi Arabia says Houthi attacks reached the kingdom this week. Why Saudi Arabia is in this war, and how fighting in Yemen reaches global oil prices within hours.