Five people sentenced to death, three get extended prison terms for last year's brutal slaying of journalist in kingdom's embassy in Turkey

3 more suspects get prison sentences for October 2018 murder of columnist by Saudi agents at Istanbul embassy that shocked the world

Instagram stars, former Victoria's Secret models, and Hollywood actors travel to Riyadh for three-day musical extravaganza

Facebook separately removes hundreds of accounts linked to governments of Vietnam and Georgia as tech companies try to rein in misinformation ahead of US elections

Riyadh-led bloc makes 13 key demands to resolve dispute, including shutting down broadcaster Al Jazeera, downgrading Iran ties, closing a Turkish military base

Surge in national oil company's share price vaults Saudi Arabia's stock market into seventh place among world's largest exchanges

September 14 missile and drone bombardment of facilities in the kingdom's east briefly knocked out half its crude oil production

Some 5 million Saudis, or one-quarter of the country's citizens, drop $13b to buy the 1.5% of the kingdom's crown jewel put up for sale on Wednesday

Al-Ahsa, a border desert oasis where shoppers from Qatar once kept the local economy humming, hopeful for thaw after Riyadh-led bloc accused Doha of backing radical Islamists

Move is latest government measure to upend a major hallmark of conservative restrictions in place for decades