Saudi Arabia posts $33.5bn budget deficit amid drop in oil sales
Kingdom announces sharp rise in budget shortfall amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Kingdom announces sharp rise in budget shortfall amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
High-level GCC summit in Jeddah embodies ‘unified Gulf stance’ towards the war, Qatar’s emir says.
Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that Joshua and Fury have inked a deal for a heavyweight boxing showdown later this year.
Samantha Johnson looks at how geopolitics could impact the business of sport in the Gulf
Beyond supporting peace, GCC states need to work towards joint defence, energy security and economic development.
Drop a pin on the map for every location and see how close you get. Can you get a perfect score of 100?
Asim Munir leaves Tehran while PM Shehbaz Sharif heads home from Turkiye with hopes of another round of US-Iran talks.
‘This will be a great and brilliant day for the world’ Donald Trump said as Iran fully opens the Strait of Hormuz.
Frenchman Herve Renard, who won AFCON with Zambia and Ivory Coast, departs Saudi role despite World Cup qualification.
From Gulf energy shocks to divisions among allies, the conflict has made strategic ambiguity harder to sustain.
Draw for the 24-team 2027 AFC Asian Cup, originally set for Saturday, moved to May 9.
![Herve Renard, who returned to Saudi Arabia for his second stint in 2024, has been sacked shortly before the FIFA World Cup [Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AFP__20250610__49UZ3KF__v1__HighRes__FblWc2026AsiaQualifiersKsaAus-1776430026.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
