Saudi Arabia put two Ethiopians to death July 10, pushing this year's number of foreigners executed past 100 — a spike in capital punishment that human rights groups have strongly condemned. The pair ...

LONDON -- Saudi Arabia is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote scheduled for Oct. 9, hoping to reverse its 2020 failure to win a spot on the 47-seat body. The kingdom ...

DUBAI — A prominent Saudi journalist who was arrested in 2018 and convicted on terrorism and treason charges has been executed, the kingdom said. Activist groups say the charges against him were ...

Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions for the second year in a row, sparking outrage from human rights groups. Some 356 people have been put to death by authorities in the ...

Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the Gulf monarchy particularly over drug-related convictions. The official ...

Saudi Arabia has broken its own record for executions carried out in a single year, according to an AFP tally, after authorities said three people were put to death Monday.

Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year. Analysts have largely attributed ...