Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabian authorities have foiled a "terror" plot by elements suspected of links to al-Qaeda, busting two cells in Riyadh and Jeddah.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has attempted to block a Vatican bid to create new web addresses ending in .catholic, arguing that it “cannot demonstrate that it possesses a monopoly over the term ‘Catholic’”.

Far from revered, the Kingdom’s first female athletes are ignored or insulted at home.

Moscow insists it will deliver Mi-25 helicopters after failure last month, despite western disapproval.

Saudi Arabia's Shia east has been thrown into turmoil after two people were killed when police opened fire on demonstrators protesting the shooting and arrest of a popular anti-regime cleric.

Saudi Arabia said on Monday that two men had been killed after protests in a Shi'ite Muslim area in the eastern part of the world's top oil exporter, following the arrest of a prominent Shi'ite cleric.

Princess Sara bint Talal bin Abdulaziz claiming asylum over safety fears.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Defence Minister Prince Salman as crown prince and heir apparent.

The aged king of Saudi Arabia led a burial ceremony on Sunday for his brother, Crown Prince Nayef Abdul-Aziz, in the holy city of Mecca before his internment following evening prayers.

The Saudi royal family gathered in Mecca to bury Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud amid expectations that his more liberal brother would succeed him as heir to the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the hardline former interior minister who led a crackdown on al-Qaeda, has died in Geneva.

US President Barack Obama spoke to Saudi King Abdullah on Thursday, as regional diplomacy intensifies over Syria's escalating civil war and Iran's nuclear programme.

Three Saudi women have been refused entry into France because they refused to remove their burkas.

A Saudi city known for its ultraconservatism has created its own version of the "Arabs Got Talent" television reality show, but with no music and women banned from taking part.

The head of the Saudi religious police has criticised agents for clamping down on a woman who was wearing nail polish, after the video went viral, attracting more than a million hits on YouTube.

YouTube video goes viral, attracting more than a million hits in just five days.

The son of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah is suing the city of Los Angeles in a dispute over plans to build a sprawling “mega-mansion” in the Beverly Hills 90210 postcode.

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Saudis to follow the example of the Arab Spring and rise up against their rulers.

Qatar’s Education City has the look of a technology super-state in the making, but can it deliver on its promise, asks Anjana Ahuja.

Gulf leaders gathered in Riyadh on Monday to discuss developing their six-nation council into a union, a Saudi proposal likely to start with the kingdom and unrest-hit Bahrain.