Carved into the rugged Hejaz Mountains in Saudi Arabia, Desert Rock is the latest part of the country's ambitious Red Sea giga-project to be realized. It provides a luxurious getaway for well-heeled tourists,

Iran and China work together to ensure that Chinese ships use the Red Sea route without being attacked. This immunity is obvious and the United States has increased its sanctions to include Chinese firms involved with aiding the Houthis or benefitting from the immunity Chinese shipping enjoys in the Red Sea.

Each year, tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa cross the Red Sea, trying to reach the wealthy Gulf countries to escape wars, natural disasters, or poverty. The IOM recorded more than 60,000 migrant arrivals in Yemen in 2024 and at least 97,200 in 2023.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Wednesday they released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Gaza war.

Yemen, located on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, has been engulfed in a devastating conflict since 2014. Israeli forces conducted airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen on Fri

The crew, who are nationals of the Philippines, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Mexico, were handed over to Oman, according to Galaxy Maritime.

Saudi, known as the heart of Arabia, is a place of endless mystique and inspiration, with myriad stories waiting to be told, and memories to be made. The Dakar Rally, the world’s most prestigious endurance rally,