Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco IPO on track for 2018: officials
Business
October 5, 2017
Saudi Aramco IPO on track for 2018: officials
A plan to list Saudi Aramco in 2018 is on track, senior Saudi officials said in Moscow on Thursday, as…
Saudi Arabia says it has a new investor: Richard Branson
Business
October 4, 2017
Saudi Arabia says it has a new investor: Richard Branson
The Virgin founder toured Saudi attractions last week including heritage site Madain Saleh and a section of Red Sea coast…
Umm Kulthum back to broadcast on Saudi state-TV after 30-year ban
Egypt
October 3, 2017
Umm Kulthum back to broadcast on Saudi state-TV after 30-year ban
State-run Saudi cultural channel Al-Thakafiya TV resumed broadcasting on Tuesday for the first time in 30 years one of the…
Women in Saudi Arabia still can’t do these things
Society
September 30, 2017
Women in Saudi Arabia still can’t do these things
In a first for the conservative religious kingdom, Saudi Arabia has declared that women will finally be able to drive, the…
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for 1st time next year
Middle East
September 27, 2017
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for 1st time next year
Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced, marking…
Official sacked after Yoda image appears on Saudi textbook
Middle East
September 26, 2017
Official sacked after Yoda image appears on Saudi textbook
Saudi authorities fired a senior education official and other supervisors after a school textbook was found that included a photo-shopped…
Yemen’s Hadi sees only a military solution to crisis: Arabiya TV
Middle East
September 24, 2017
Yemen’s Hadi sees only a military solution to crisis: Arabiya TV
A solution in Yemen’s two and-a-half year-old civil war will likely come through military rather than political means, the country’s…
Women allowed into stadium as Saudi Arabia promotes national pride, part of reform push
Middle East
September 23, 2017
Women allowed into stadium as Saudi Arabia promotes national pride, part of reform push
Saudi Arabia is celebrating the 87th anniversary of its founding this weekend with an unprecedented array of concerts and performances,…
Saudi cleric suspended over ‘quarter-brain’ women drivers quip
Middle East
September 22, 2017
Saudi cleric suspended over ‘quarter-brain’ women drivers quip
A Saudi cleric who said women should not drive because their brains shrink to a quarter the size of a…
Saudi university to dismiss suspected Brotherhood-linked academics
Middle East
September 20, 2017
Saudi university to dismiss suspected Brotherhood-linked academics
A large Saudi public university announced it would dismiss employees suspected of ties to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, adding to…