DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's execution Saturday of 47 prisoners, including an influential Shiite cleric, has prompted a wave of condemnation from Shiite leaders around the region ...

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities on October 20, 2025, executed a man convicted of alleged crimes committed as a child, Human Rights Watch said today. Abdullah al-Derazi had been sentenced to death on ...

Amnesty International's annual report on capital punishment documented a surge in global executions to their highest level ...

RIYADH: Shaded by palm trees in a popular Riyadh square, children play where blood once ran, a decade after Saudi Arabia moved its soaring number of executions behind closed doors. Al-Adl Square, ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's execution of a leading cleric from the Shi'ite Muslim minority drew warnings of a backlash against the ruling Al Saud family and threatened to further intensify a wave ...

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, setting a new record in the country for the highest number of executions in one year since monitoring began, Human Rights Watch said ...

Facing an influx of amphetamines, the kingdom has put hundreds of people to death, many of them foreigners convicted of low-level smuggling. By Ismaeel Naar and Vivian Nereim Ismaeel Naar reported ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German foreign ministry official condemned the execution in Saudi Arabia of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr, saying it deepened worries about the region. Most of 47 ...