The Latest Breaking News from Saudi Arabia

Travel at this World Cup was supposed to be easy in the tiny host nation of Qatar after fans had to take long flights between cities at the last three tournaments

Saudi sports minister says government would back any bid for Liverpool or Manchester United

With the Glazers putting Man United up for sale, Saudi Arabia says it would support a bid from a native private investor.

Saudi Commander of the Joint Forces and Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima received in Riyadh on Thursday Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sagheer Hammoud Aziz, reported the Saudi Press Agency. The officials reviewed issues of common…

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Fathan bin Abdullah held talks with first deputy prime minister of Kyrgyzstan Adelbek Qasim Aliyev in Riyadh on Thursday. The FM met with Aliyev on behalf of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. The officials held talks on bilateral ties and…

DOHA: Of all the Asian teams in the fray in Qatar, South Korea looked to be best suited to pull of an opening game win. Would a win over Uruguay count as an upset, one is not sure there, but the Asian side failed to emulate Saudi Arabia and Japan…

Cristian Romero misses Argentina’s must-win World Cup game with Mexico today.

Critics say former Italian foreign minister Luigi Di Maio lacks experience and has poor record in Gulf relations

Several leaders of the Houthi rebels initially congratulated the Saudi team, before retracting their comments.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Saudi Arabia will this afternoon attempt to bag a second famous win in a row when they face Poland at the World Cup.