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Members of a civil society group burn representations of Israeli, U.S. and Indian flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians during the latest round of violence in Jerusalem, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
The Latest: Israeli aircraft strike another building in Gaza

May. 11, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Hawthi Shiite rebels chant slogans at the compound of the army's First Armored Division, after they took it over, in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen’s war began in September 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and other countries, entered the war alongside Yemen’s internationally recognized government in March 2015. The war has killed some 130,000 people and driven the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa

Feb. 11, 2021 01:04 AM EST

Pandemic keeps Spanish Super Cup at home, not Saudi Arabia

Dec. 17, 2020 02:22 PM EST
MADRID (AP) — This season's Spanish Super Cup will be contested by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad, the Spanish football federation...

Brazil F1 GP to be held at Sao Paulo's Interlagos until 2025

Dec. 16, 2020 03:40 PM EST
PARIS (AP) — The Brazilian Grand Prix will remain at its traditional Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo after promoters signed a five-year deal, Formula One said...

Visitors prepare to fish in front of the Red Sea port, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Dec.14, 2020. An explosion rocked a ship off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jiddah on the Red Sea, authorities said Monday, without elaborating. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
'External source' causes oil tanker blast off Saudi Arabia

By Jon Gambrell Dec. 14, 2020 03:51 AM EST

Last Post bugler Tonny Desodt stands on social distancing markers at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing prior to an Armistice Day ceremony in Ypres, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. In a town usually crowded with visitors, coronavirus restrictions prevented the general public from attending a ceremony under the Menin Gate, with even dignitary attendance reduced to a minimum. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Virus makes for one of Europe's loneliest WWI remembrances

By Raf Casert And Virginia Mayo Nov. 11, 2020 10:06 AM EST

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain and Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland make an honor lap next to each other after taking first and second place in the Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix, at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrack, in Imola, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. (Davide Gennari/Pool Photo)
Vietnam dropped from 2021 F1 calendar, Saudi Arabia added

Nov. 10, 2020 06:04 AM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2019 file photo, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco, center right, and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, center left, steer their cars during the start of the Baharain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. Saudi Arabia says it will host a Formula One race starting next year. The kingdom says on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, it will host the race in November 2021 in the Red Sea city of Jiddah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Saudi Arabia to host Formula One race in 2021 in Jiddah

By Aya Batrawy Nov. 05, 2020 09:45 AM EST

The sun sets behind the Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, after a knife attack took place on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. An attacker armed with a knife killed at least three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, prompting the prime minister to announce that France was raising its security alert status to the highest level. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
The Latest: Prosecutor: attacker not on intelligence radar

Oct. 29, 2020 08:54 AM EDT

Police officers stand guard near Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. An attacker armed with a knife killed at least three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, prompting the prime minister to announce that France was raising its security alert status to the highest level. It was the third attack in two months in France amid a growing furor in the Muslim world over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that were re-published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. (Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP)
French prosecutor: Nice killer Tunisian, entered from Italy

By Lori Hinnant And Daniel Cole Oct. 29, 2020 08:18 AM EDT

" Sugar", a lovebird, stands over an empty cup of tea in front of the laptop of Associated Press photographer Amr Nabil displaying images in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
VIRUS DIARY: In Saudi Arabia, a photographer finds new focus

By Amr Nabil Jul. 09, 2020 09:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2020 file photo, workers disinfect the ground around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia after authorities emptied Islam's holiest site for sterilization over fears of the new coronavirus. Saudi Arabia said Tuesday, June 22, 2020 this year’s hajj will not be canceled, but that due to the coronavirus only “very limited numbers” of people will be allowed to perform the pilgrimage that traditionally draws around 2 million people from around the world to Mecca once a year. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' hajj due to virus

By Aya Batrawy Jun. 22, 2020 02:53 PM EDT

A mosque official takes the temperature reading of a man entering the Cut Meutia mosque to attend a Friday prayer amid concerns of coronavirus outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 5, 2020. Muslims in Indonesia's capital held their first communal Friday prayers as mosques closed by the coronavirus outbreak for nine weeks reopened at half capacity. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
The Latest: COVID-19 in New Mexico healthcare workers spikes

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2020 12:38 AM EDT

A woman takes a book from a shelf at an outdoor book market set up, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 6, 2020. Muscovites clad in face masks and gloves ventured into Red Square for an outdoor book market, a small sign of the Russian capital's gradual efforts to open up amid coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)
The Latest: China has 1st non-imported infection in 2 weeks

By The Associated Press Jun. 06, 2020 12:50 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2019 file photo, Saudi Arabia's King Salman attends the official welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Salman ordered an end to the death penalty for crimes committed by individuals when they were minors, according to a statement Sunday, April 26, 20202, by a top official. The decision comes on the heels of another which orders judges to end the practice of flogging and to issue in its place jail time, fines or community service, bringing to a close one of the kingdom’s most controversial forms of public punishment. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors and floggings

By Aya Batrawy Apr. 26, 2020 01:17 PM EDT

Two clerics visit a workshop where volunteer woman sew bed sheets for hospitals, in a mosque in southern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Iran is battling the worst new coronavirus outbreak in the Mideast. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Saudi Arabia halts parental visitation rulings to curb virus

By Aya Batrawy Apr. 08, 2020 06:54 AM EDT

In this April 3, 2020 photo, a woman carrying a child walks past a closed courier business featuring a U.S. flag and the Spanish phrase: "Send to U.S.A" in the largely indigenous town of Joyabaj, Guatemala, where half of the residents depend on remittances, almost all from the U.S. The devastation wrought by COVID-19 across the developed world is cutting into the financial lifelines for people across Latin America, Africa and Asia. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Virus crisis cuts off billions sent to poor around the world

By Gisela Salomon, Sonia Pérez D. And Michael Weissenstein Apr. 07, 2020 12:32 PM EDT