Saudi Arabia’s status as home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina means grand mufti’s pronouncements closely watched.

The founder of modern Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz established the Kingdom on faith, unity, and resilience. From the capture of Riyadh in 1902 to the proclamation of the Kingdom three decades later, ...

Saudi Arabia has appointed prominent ultraconservative scholar Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the kingdom’s new grand ...

Saudi Arabia has appointed a new Grand Mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar, following a royal decree issued on ...

(CNN) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud has a lung inflammation and is receiving treatment, Saudi news agency SPA said, prompting the country’s Crown Prince to postpone a scheduled ...

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday launched a development next to Makkah’s Grand Mosque that ...

The most powerful man in Saudi Arabia is 32 and about to be king. — -- Never has any leader in Saudi Arabia had so much power since Ibn Saud founded the country in 1932. Crown Prince Mohammed bin ...

Saudi Arabia beat Indonesia 3-2 to move within 90 minutes of qualification for the 2026 World Cup. A victory against Iraq next Tuesday, also in Jeddah, would guarantee Saudi Arabia first place in ...

Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar. The ...

King Salman appoints Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan as Saudi Arabia’s new Grand Mufti, succeeding Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh, who ...

He also sees Saudi Arabia as a major player in world affairs and not merely an American dependency for aid and defense. He ...