DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is defying U.S. calls to mend ties with Qatar despite signs that pressure to end another regional crisis, the Yemen war, has had an impact...
RIYADH: Cheering supporters greeted Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal when he arrived at his skyscraper offices in Riyadh after his release...
RIYADH: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping corruption crackdown, said Saturday that he expected to be...
BEIRUT/RIYADH: Saudi authorities are striking agreements with some of those detained in an anti-corruption crackdown, asking them to hand over assets and cash...
RIYADH/DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s central bank is preparing tougher rules for insurance companies as part of a drive to create a smaller number of stronger market...
RIYADH/DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s decision to end a driving ban for women is likely to save families billions of dollars, boost industries from car sales to...
MECCA/RIYADH: A few steps away from Mecca’s Grand Mosque, a dozen empty towers rise into the sky above the holy city visited by millions of Muslim pilgrims...
RIYADH: For four months, texts from the government pinged into every mobile phone in Saudi Arabia ordering “illegal expatriates” to leave the kingdom before...
WASHINGTON/RIYADH: When U.S. President Donald Trump meets Saudi princes in Riyadh Saturday, he can expect a warmer welcome than the one given a year ago to...
RIYADH: A glitzy $10 billion financial district in Riyadh hopes to open its first phase for business this year but is struggling with red tape and uncertainty...
LONDON/RIYADH: Cruise missiles, floating mines and a remote-controlled boat have been deployed to attack ships in Yemen in recent months, changing the dynamic...
RIYADH: Concerts have long been an underground affair in Saudi Arabia, where official adherence to the severe Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam puts music in...
RIYADH: A year after the worst hajj disaster in a generation, Saudi Arabia is issuing pilgrims with electronic bracelets and using more surveillance cameras...
RIYADH: At a shopping mall in southern Riyadh, a woman shrouded in black robes and bulgy black coat throws snowballs at her young son, giggling underneath a...
RIYADH: Saudi Binladin Group, the kingdom’s biggest construction conglomerate, appears to have pulled back from the brink of a financial crisis that risked...
DUBAI: An austere state budget released by Saudi Arabia this week is likely to mark the end of an era for the Gulf’s lavish cradle-to-grave welfare systems,...