Around the world, Muslim communities in different places have confirmed the official start of the next lunar month - and ...

A young Shia Muslim man has reportedly lost his life in captivity after being tortured at the hands of Saudi regime forces in the kingdom’s oil-rich al-Qatif region of the Eastern Province.

There is never a definitive date for Eid every year. Has Saudi Arabia confirmed it for 2025? How the date is determined, more on the Islamic holiday.

In April, Saudi Arabia announced it had executed 37 men who, according to rights group Reprieve, were mostly from the kingdom’s Shia minority. The country has one of the highest rates of ...

The majority Shia region has been a flash point of violence since May when authorities began demolishing the historic Almosara area Saudi Shia protestors take part in a demonstration against the ...

A Shia Muslim judge abducted in eastern Saudi Arabia a year ago has been killed by his kidnappers, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Monday. Sheikh Mohammed al-Jirani disappeared last ...

The kingdom has often reported moon sightings on days when scientists and astronomers insist it is not possible to see it ...

The Saudis could regain the political and financial clout they once enjoyed in Lebanon, which was lost for two decades to Hezbollah and its foreign patrons. Could that restore a measure of prosperity ...

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will celebrate Eid Al-Fitr on Sunday, 30 March, after sighting the crescent moon, while Oman ...