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Saudis say Iran must 'pay the price' for alleged plot as US resists retaliation

Ewen MacAskill and Saeed Kamali Dehghan The Guardian 10/13/2011
Saudi king hospitalised for new back operation

Saudi King Abdullah was hospitalised for a new back surgery in Riyadh, following two similar operations last year in the United States, the SPA news agency early Monday.

Saudis say Iran must 'pay the price' for alleged plot as US resists retaliation

The Saudi Arabian government has issued a menacing warning to Iran that it will have to "pay the price" for the alleged plot to hire a Mexican drugs cartel to assassinate its ambassador in Washington.

Saudi police open fire on civilians as protests gain momentum

Patrick Cockburn The Independent 10/05/2011

Saudi women get right to vote, but can't drive yet

ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and HAMZA HENDAWI AP 09/26/2011
Saudi police open fire on civilians as protests gain momentum

Pro-democracy protests which swept the Arab world earlier in the year have erupted in eastern Saudi Arabia over the past three days, with police opening fire with live rounds and many people injured, opposition activists say.

Saudi women get right to vote, but can't drive yet

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, considered a reformer by the standards of his own ultraconservative kingdom, decreed on Sunday that women will for the first time have the right to vote and run in local elections due in 2015.

In UN week, Saudi says to ease Palestinian crisis

Saudi Arabia will pay $200 million to the Palestinian Authority, the official Palestinian news agency said on Monday, funds that will ease a financial crisis faced by the authority as it prepares to apply for full U.N. membership this week.

Saudi Arabia beats Hong Kong in World Cup qualifier

Two goals in first-half stoppage time helped Saudi Arabia beat Hong Kong 3-0 in the first leg of their World Cup qualifier on Saturday.

In Saudi Arabia, Royal Funds Buy Peace for Now

NEIL MacFARQUHAR The New York Times 06/10/2011
In Saudi Arabia, Royal Funds Buy Peace for Now

As one nation after another has battled uprisings across the Arab world, the one major country spared is also its richest — Saudi Arabia, where a fresh infusion of money has so far bought order.

Saudi King Bans Men From Selling Lingerie

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah decreed that only women would be allowed to work in the kingdom's lingerie shops, the official SPA news agency reported Monday.

Saudi woman detained for defying driving ban

ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI My Way News 05/23/2011
Facebook page calls for beating Saudi women drivers

A campaign has been launched on Facebook calling for men to beat Saudi women who drive their cars in a planned protest next month against the ultra-conservative kingdom's ban on women taking the wheel.

Saudi woman detained for defying driving ban

Authorities detained a Saudi woman on Saturday after she launched a campaign against the driving ban for women in the ultraconservative kingdom and posted a video of herself behind the wheel on Facebook and YouTube to encourage others to copy her.


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