PM mounts rearguard action despite execution of 81 people in kingdom last weekend

British prime minister Boris Johnson is travelling cap-in-hand to a state that murdered 81 people at the weekend

Gove criticised for ‘DIY asylum scheme’ requiring names and six-month minimum stay

Tehran criticises violation of ‘basic human rights’ and suspends reconciliation talks

Turkish president signs 13 co-operation deals on issues including joint defence industries

‘I’m happy to go there. I’m happy to earn my living going there and going and playing good golf’

Mohammed bin Salman meets other Arab leaders ahead of Riyadh summit next week

Detained man had been visiting Paris with a friend and held a valid visa for France

Former royal guard Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi detained at Roissy airport as he prepared to board flight

Net Results: Targeting of Palestinian activists’ phones is the latest evidence of abuse

In a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husband

Talks between rivals reflect tentative de-escalation in Middle East in wake of Joe Biden’s election

Motivation of Watford owners and those behind Newcastle takeover open to question

It's easy for celebrating Toon supporters to rationalise that position in their minds

News could have significant ramifications for a Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle

Analysis of hacked phones by project reveals capacity to access data and spy on the owner

Gulf countries such as UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia offered clandestine security co-operation

It is clear that not a few NSO clients would have little scruple in using phone-breaking technology to undermine basic human rights

NSO denies its software has been used to target journalists and dissidents across world

Proposed Premier Golf League another attempt to use sport for base political reasons

Riyadh no longer enjoys the unequivocal backing of the US administration

Report outlines the scale of spending and broad range of sports involved

US Wrap: Administration strongly criticised for decision not to sanction Saudi prince

US intelligence report finds Saudi crown prince approved of the journalist’s killing

Public denunciation tempered by desire not to hurt US business relationships with Saudi Arabia

Human rights body says US only penalising prince’s associates sends ‘terrible message’

Biden authorises first known military intervention since inauguration as US president

Firm controlled by Mohammed Bin Salman owns jets used by assassination squad

US president marks reset by distancing himself from both crown prince and Netanyahu

Biden has reversed the policy of providing diplomatic, intelligence and logistical backing to the Saudis and their Emirati partners

Supply of 50 F35 fighter jets and other weaponry agreed by Trump put on hold

Crown prince accused of dispatching agents to kill exiled senior Saudi official in Canada

English golfer previously said he would be ‘a hypocrite’ to accept appearance money at event

Family highlights Loujain al-Hathloul’s case in hope of securing better conditions for activist

Virtual event to focus on pandemic concerns as critics call for boycott of Riyadh for abuses

Same week Katie Taylor headlining on Sky boxing event, the Ladies European Tour backslides

Rightwing populists will be scrambling to adapt to the departure of Donald Trump

Autocrats will mourn Trump’s loss, but most will not miss his destabilising effect

Kingdom was only candidate not to secure a seat on the 47-member UN human rights council

Three more sentenced as family pardon spares five of convicted from execution