Rebels Accuse Saudis of Fueling Unrest to Divide Yemen
SANA, Yemen — The leader of the Houthi rebel group here, in an unusually combative speech Thursday that reflected frustration by the rebel movement at its deepening isolation, accused Saudi…
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Saudi King Unleashes a Torrent of Money as Bonuses Flow to the Masses
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — European leaders are still battling over austerity. The United States Congress is gearing up for another fight over the budget. But in Saudi Arabia, there are…
UN Security Council Demands Houthi Rebels Relinquish Control Of Yemen Government, End Violence
The United Nations Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that Shiite rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen’s government in a crisis that has pushed the Arab world’s…
Muslim American Caught In Post-9/11 Sweep Gets An Apology
Abdullah al-Kidd approached the Dulles International Airport ticket counter in March 2003 expecting to catch a flight to Saudi Arabia to study Arabic and Islamic law. Read the whole story…
Cloud Cast: The cooling cloud that follows you as you walk
In Dubai, the Gulf State mega-city situated in one of the hottest parts of the world, the benefits of evaporative cooling have long been known. Neighboring Saudi Arabia is already…
Terrorist’s Claims About Saudis Put 9/11 Families’ Lawsuit Back in Spotlight
WASHINGTON — Ron Motley could have come straight out of a John Grisham novel, a charismatic Southern trial lawyer with the swagger of a man who had bet big in…
Yemen Political Talks Resume but Quickly Stall Over Houthi Demands
SANA, Yemen — Feuding political parties resumed United Nations-mediated talks with the Houthi militants controlling Yemen’s capital on Monday, but two parties withdrew within hours complaining of threats from the…
New Allegations Renew Old Questions About Saudi Arabia And 9/11
For years, some current and former American officials have been urging President Barack Obama to release secret files they say document links between the government of Saudi Arabia and the…
Pre-9/11 Ties Haunt Saudis as New Accusations Surface
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — During the 1980s and ’90s, the historic alliance between the wealthy monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the country’s powerful clerics emerged as the major financier of…
Saudi Arabia Aided 9/11 Hijackers, Lawyers Claim
Lawyers for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they have new evidence that agents of Saudi Arabia “directly and knowingly” helped the hijackers, including sworn testimony from the so-called…
Saudi Arabia Is Said to Use Oil to Lure Russia Away From Syria’s Assad
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has been trying to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to abandon his support for President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, using its dominance of the…
The Lessons of the Michelle Obama Head Scarf Hoo-Ha
I am talking, of course, about the Michelle-Obama-No-Head-Scarf-in-Saudi-Arabia affair that gripped Twitter this week, and which my colleague Robert Mackey neatly summed up as “Michelle Obama Praised for Bold Stand…
Saudi King Hands Out Pink Slips and Bonuses
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Less than a week after ascending the throne, King Salman of Saudi Arabia issued an array of royal decrees on Thursday — abolishing government bodies, changing…
Michelle Obama headscarf ‘scandal’ is bogus
It was a very telling mini-scandal, the faux-fury over Michelle Obama’s short visit to Saudi Arabia. First there was the phony claim that Saudi television had blurred the first lady’s…
Gas prices finally stop falling
Other factors in the price slide are increased oil production in the United States, which last year passed Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest oil producer; decreased demand from slowing…
Michelle Obama Forgoes Headscarf In Saudi Arabia
For first lady Michelle Obama, just a few hours in Saudi Arabia were enough to illustrate the stark limitations under which Saudi women live. – Saudi Arabia imposes many restrictions…
What to expect when Obama visits Saudi Arabia
Obama’s meeting with King Salman comes just days after the death of King Abdullah, who was buried Friday. The White House said the main reason for Obama’s trip is to…
Obama Leading a High-Powered Delegation to Saudi Arabia
NEW DELHI — President Obama left here on Tuesday after a three-day visit to India and headed to Saudi Arabia, where he and a bipartisan delegation of prominent current and…
Saudi Succession Hints at Shift in Foreign Role
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the interior minister of Saudi Arabia, arrived at a meeting of security chiefs from across the Arab world in Marrakesh, Morocco, last…
Washington sighs relief at Saudi succession
Relief is palpable in Washington over the well-planned and seamlessly executed transfer of Saudi Arabia’s throne to King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 79, following the death of his 90-year-old half brother…
Saudi Succession Raises Questions For ISIS Fight
WASHINGTON — As power in Saudi Arabia shifted to a new monarch, King Salman, the Obama administration’s praise of both Salman and his predecessor stood as a clear answer about…
Saudi King Abdullah Was A Reformer, But Not A Very Good One
After Saudi Arabia announced the death of King Abdullah early Friday, tributes pouring in from around the globe lauded the monarch as a progressive reformer — by the ultraconservative kingdom’s…
For King Salman, New Saudi Ruler, a Region in Upheaval
As he takes over in Saudi Arabia, King Salman faces a list of foreign policy challenges that rival any a Saudi ruler has grappled with in decades. To the immediate…
King Abdullah’s Death Unlikely to Upset Saudi Oil Goals, Analysts Say
LONDON — The death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia early Friday is unlikely to deter the desert kingdom from maintaining a high level of oil production despite the recent…
New Saudi King’s big challenges: Yemen, Iran and ISIS
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has inherited the throne from his older brother and with it a host of pressing challenges in a turbulent region. To the south, Yemen is…
Leaders Converge on Saudi Arabia for King Abdullah’s Funeral
Leaders from the Muslim world converged on Friday in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, for the funeral of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who steered his deeply conservative land through the…
Who is Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman?
The man taking control of the world’s top oil exporter is well established in the Gulf kingdom’s corridors of power. Salman, 79, is “a stalwart of the royal family” who…
Amid turmoil, Saudi King Abdullah brought stability, pushed reforms
Calls to modernize his kingdom were constant. So, too, were objections from hard-line conservatives who chafed at change. Supporters hailed Abdullah, who died Friday at age 90, as a reformer….
Saudi Arabia To Delay Raif Badawi’s Flogging For Second Time
DUBAI, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia plans to delay the public flogging of a rights activist on medical grounds, Amnesty International said on Thursday, raising the possibility that Riyadh…
Oil producers caught in a perfect storm
Saudi Arabia, which has long played the balancing role in world oil marketspumping more when demand is strong, trimming supply when it slowshas had enough. It’s time for other producers,…