Saudi Arabia plans next month to award licenses to at least 15 U.S. companies to operate in the kingdom, two Saudi officials said on Thursday, with one saying they would go to technology and pharmaceutical firms among others.

U.S. President Donald Trump may add a visit to Saudi Arabia to a trip to Europe in May in what will be his first overseas journey since becoming president, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

The United States wants to see a strong Saudi Arabia, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said during talks on Wednesday (April 19) aimed at reinvigorating the Riyadh-Washington alliance.

Major General Ahmad Asiri, the spokesperson of the Saudi-led military coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen, withdrew on Monday a statement he made recently that stipulated Egypt offered to participate in Yemen war with nearly 40,000 conscripts.

A political solution through U.N.-brokered negotiations is needed to resolve the conflict in Yemen, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday as he made his first trip in the role to Saudi Arabia.

A Saudi Black Hawk helicopter crashed during military operations in Yemen on Tuesday, killing 12 officers, Saudi news agency SPA reported.

Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri, spokesperson of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, said on Sunday that Egypt offered to send about 40,000 soldiers to Yemen to participate with the coalition.

More than two dozen U.S. insurers affiliated with Travelers Cos (TRV.N) have sued two Saudi banks, companies affiliated with Osama bin Laden's family, and several charities for at least $4.2 billion over the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attended the opening ceremony of the Saudi Camel Village on (Thursday, April 13, 2017), based on an invitation from his Saudi counterpart Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

A new report issued by Amnesty International said that executions in the world fell and that a lower number of states is issuing execution sentences, however, the number of people executed in the world increased in comparison to the previous years.

Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa received at Sakhir Air Base yesterday night (Wednesday, April 12, 2017) a number of participants in the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF)'s currently taking part in the "Operation Restoring Hope" in Yemen within the Saudi-led Arab Coalition.

The trial has begun in Saudi Arabia of the first woman accused of involvement in protests in a Shiite-majority area of the kingdom, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

A group of U.S. lawmakers said on Monday they had requested more information from President Donald Trump's administration about the potential sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia, expressing concern about civilian casualties in Riyadh's campaign in Yemen that delayed the deal last year.

U.S. allies expressed support on Friday for Washington's missile strikes on Syria, calling them a proportionate response to Syrian forces' suspected use of chemical weapons.

Three United Nations experts called on the Saudi authorities to stop the forced eviction and demolition of the Al-Masora neighborhood in Awamia.

Israel's transport minister proposed on Wednesday linking its freight railway network with Jordan and Saudi Arabia and said he presented the idea to U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy last month.

The Saudi Ambassador in Bahrain Abdullah Al-Sheikh, said that the delay is working on the one unified point, which was supposed to be launched on March 6 on the bridge linking Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, is due to technical procedures.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would raise "hard issues" with Saudi Arabia's leaders on a visit to the country, as critics urged her to pressure Riyadh over its air war in Yemen and human rights record.

The Saudi cabinet announced a pay increase of up to 60 percent for air force pilots on Monday, state news agency SPA reported, as a military campaign led by the kingdom in neighboring Yemen entered its third year.

Iran rejected an allegation by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis that it was "the primary exporter of terrorism" and said on Saturday that the main source was U.S. ally Saudi Arabia.