Saudi Arabia is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council hoping to reverse its 2020 failure to win a spot on the 47-seat body.

Plus, the WWE is combining with Endeavor, the owner of UFC, and McDonald's has reportedly temporarily closed its U.S. offices as it prepares to inform employees about layoffs.

The rate of annual executions has almost doubled since Crown Prince MBS and his father came to power since 2015, according to a new report.

The administration says the ruler is protected due to his position as a government officials -- prime minister.

A spokesperson for the State Department defended the move, saying it was "purely a legal determination."

Saad Ibrahim Almadi's son speaks with ABC News' Linsey Davis about his fight to free his father, who has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia because of tweets he published.

The Biden White House and Saudi Arabia are leveling accusations at each other in the wake of OPEC production cuts.

President Joe Biden thinks the United States needs to "reevaluate" its relationship with Saudi Arabia, the White House said.

Chris Murphy and other Democrats are calling for changes in U.S. ties to Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ decided to significantly cut oil production later this year

President Joe Biden said Friday he raised the murder of dissident Jamal Khashoggi with Saudi Arabia's de-facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The president met one-on-one with leaders from Iraq, Egypt and United Arab Emirates before attending the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit as he pushed for an increase in oil production.

ABC News deputy political director Averi Harper discusses the latest on President Biden’s Middle East tour as he heads to Saudi Arabia to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

President Joe Biden greeted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist bump after arriving in Saudi Arabia.

ABC News deputy political director Averi Harper on President Biden landing in Saudi Arabia and his plan to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

President Joe Biden is expected to push the Saudis to boost the flow of oil from their country to try to help ease gas prices in the U.S.

ABC News deputy political director Averi Harper discusses the latest on President Biden’s Middle East tour.

In statements shared with ABC News, the families of those who died in Saudi Arabia's mass execution in March expressed concerns about U.S. President Joe Biden's trip.

The White House has refused to say if President Joe Biden will shake hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A record 81 people were executed in Saudi Arabia on March 12.

The U.S. has deterred Iranian aggression on Saudi Arabia.

Amid airstrikes and a rebel offensive, Saudi Arabia on Monday offered a peace initiative to end the war in Yemen.

George Stephanopoulos interviews Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt.

Stunning footage shows snow and sand in the desert near the Tabuk region.

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from prison on Wednesday, but advocates warn she is still not completely free.

As President Joe Biden reviews U.S.-Saudi relations, pressure rises to remake ties over Khashoggi killing, Yemen war

The report from the State Department's beleaguered Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has been highly anticipated.

A severely limited number of pilgrims begin hajj rituals with COVID-19 control measures in place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

It has been a year since 37 people were executed on a single day in Saudi Arabia. Advocates say their bodies have not been returned to family.

The trial of Loujain al-Hathloul, 30, held its first open hearing in Riyadh today. She campaigned to overturn the ban on women's driving.

Ahead of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest visit to Saudi Arabia, top lawmakers urged him to raise the case an American citizen who has been reportedly tortured.

He said it was "absurd" that the U.N. was accusing the crown prince of hacking the Amazon founder in May 2018 through Whatsapp.

Saudi Arabia executed record number of prisoners in 2019, a year which saw the kingdom come under scrutiny for its human rights record.

Saturday's highly anticipated rematch for the heavyweight champion of the world will take place in a location that has shocked fans and caused controversy: Saudi Arabia.

The United States is deploying thousands of additional U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of Iran's attack on Saudi oil facilities in September.

The United States is deploying thousands of additional U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the Iran's attack on Saudi oil facilities in September.

The president’s decision was made in response to recent attacks against a Saudi oil refinery.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to Saudi Arabia to "coordinate" response to Saudi oil attack.

Ali al-Nimr, Abdullah al-Zaher, and Dawood al-Marhoon, were sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after the Arab Spring protests.

A year after Saudi Arabia's women won the right to drive, life hasn't improved.

Congress moves ahead with plans to block Trump's $8 billion arms deal with Saudis, Emiratis after grilling a State Department official on the decision to bypass them.

The incident came just days after the U.S. warned commercial vessels that Iran could target sea traffic; there is no evidence Iran was involved.

Saudi Arabia claims the two ships were targeted in "sabotage operations."

ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports on what the attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates could mean for global oil supplies.

Timelapse captures shadows the setting moon cast in Saudi Arabia and a view of the stars above the Sharaan mountains.

China was the last stop on the Saudi Prince’s economic goodwill tour of Asia.

The Saudi government is believed to have helped a student accused of killing a Portland teenager escape back to Saudi Arabia.

Federal officials believe the Saudi government helped him escape.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis will brief the Senate Wednesday on Saudi Arabia and Yemen, amid calls to penalize the Saudis.

Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee told ABC News about her last days with her fiancee.

The friend shared what Turkish security officials had told him of the journalist who disappeared after entering a Saudi consulate.