RIYADH: British Prime Minister David Cameron met Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Friday in his first visit to the world's top oil exporter since...
TRIPOLI: Ten percent of the seats of the proposed Libyan constituent assembly will be reserved for women, a draft election law published on Monday said....
RIYADH/TEHRAN: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah told U.S. diplomats that by toppling the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the United States had presented Iraq...
RIYADH: Gulf Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Saudi King Abdullah's call to form a "single entity" after hinting at Iranian threats, and...
RIYADH: King Abdullah said on Monday the security of Saudi Arabia and its Arab neighbours was being targeted, in an apparent reference to regional rival Iran,...
RIYADH: A change of personnel in two of Saudi Arabia’s top economic posts suggests the kingdom may be preparing to invigorate its on-again, off-again...
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s suggestion last month that it would try to limit how much money expatriate workers send home showed concern about the cost of...
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's new defense minister, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, believes democracy is ill-suited to the conservative kingdom and advocates...
DUBAI: The funeral of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan Tuesday sets the stage for King Abdullah to appoint a new heir, widely expected to be veteran...
DUBAI: The recent death of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan sets the stage for an eventual generational shift in the ageing leadership of the...
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia mourned Sunday the death of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud, as King Abdullah prepared to nominate his new heir and choose a...
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan has died, the royal court said on Saturday, opening the way for Interior Minister and reputed...
DUBAI: When Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah had a back operation Monday, the weekly Cabinet meeting was instead chaired by Prince Nayef, indicating the...
DUBAI/VIENNA: Saudi Arabia said Thursday it was weighing its response to an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate its ambassador in Washington that has...
DUBAI: In the world’s leading oil exporter, princes and clerics wrangle behind closed doors over cautious but critical changes aimed at reconciling...
JEDDAH/DUBAI: Saudi Arabian men voted in only the second nationwide election in the country’s history Thursday, but nearly empty polling booths in the...
JEDDAH/DUBAI: The right to vote in elections in a country that remains an absolute monarchy, where they still may not work nor travel without assent from a...