Reports on Thursday of a Saudi Arabian sheikh dooming Twitter users to eternal damnation may seem like inexplicable hyperbole to Americans. But it's likely an escalation of attempts by Saudi authorities to crackdown on a key tool for dissent.
A steady stream of weapons from the Balkan has been flowing across the border and into Syrian rebels hands since December, thanks to some clandestine assistance from Saudi Arabia.
You know that top secret drone base in Saudi Arabia everyone's been crowing about lately? If Wired's sources are correct, that's a picture of it to the left. Runways, hangar, sand — it's all there. It's not very secret, either.
In a week that has already seen the Obama administration's targeted killing program rise from clandestine legalise to coffee-table conversation, many unanswered question still remain: How much else does Brennan know? How much does the Senate? And how much will his confirmation hearing divulge by week's end?
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Saudi Aramco, the world's most valuable company, was recently hit by a nasty computer virus and the U.S. says Iran is to blame for it.
Ikea's Saudi Arabian catalogue looks like any other Ikea catalogue—weird beds with names you can't pronounce, merchandise that looks way better in photos than it will in your living room—except for one thing: there are no women.
The World Health Organization tried not to raise too many red flags on Sunday when they announced that they found a rare and deadly virus nearly in the same family as SARS in a 49-year-old Qatari man in the United Kingdom.
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Turkey is employing a range of covert tactics to provide military assistance to Syrian rebels, but there's one thing it would really like at its disposal: American drones.
A fundraising campaign launched by the Saudi royal family on behalf of the people of Syria generated more than $32 million worth of donations in one day.
So, did you hear the big news that Saudi Arabia is finally sending women to to the Olympics? If you live in Saudi Arabia, there's a good chance you didn't.
Congratulations are in store for judo competitor Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani and 800-meter runner Sarah Attar for being the first female athletes that Saudi Arabia will send to the Olympics.
This was supposed to be a banner year for Saudi Arabia's Olympic team as women were allowed to compete for the first time, but on Monday the Saudi press reported none had qualified for the competition because none had participated in the qualifying events.
The Saudi Arabian woman most likely to compete in this summer's Olympic Games, 20-year-old show jumper Dalma Malhas, does not qualify.
Women in Saudi Arabia are forbidden from driving, but they can now compete in this summer's Olympic Games. Well, one of them can.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: China tells Burma democracy isn't that great, Saudi Arabia funds propaganda in Syria, and American propagandists lose work.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: lady astronauts have it hard, Egypt TV smears Tahrir Square activists and Saudi Arabia mourns the death of a crown prince.
Police closed a Washington, D.C. street thanks to a suspicious package at the Saudi embassy, but the package turned out to be "nothing particularly suspicious" after all.
Saudi Arabia closed its embassy in Egypt and recalled its ambassador as diplomatic tensions between the two countries are at their worst in over thirty years.
On Monday, a woman in Saudia Arabia, where women are banned from driving, died in a car accident and was mistakenly identified as a famous activist. The event was a tragedy for those involved, but for news sites around the world it was a chance for cheap irony.
After a relatively significant cyber security breach at the websites for the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al websites, a Israeli hacker crew using the name IDF-TEAM retaliated by bringing down the website for the Saudi Arabian Stock Exchange.
There are three ways to look at the Obama administration's historic arms deal with Saudia Arabia announced earlier today: Through the lens of geopolitics, domestic politics, or both.
The investment company controlled by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia has agreed to acquire a “strategic stake” in Twitter.
A Saudi woman who was sentenced to flogging but then apparently pardoned still faces the lash for driving a car in the Sharia-adherent kingdom.
Manssor Arbabsiar, one of the men arrested in connection with the bizarre alleged plot to kill a Saudi Arabian ambassador, has decided to plea not guilty in court, Reuters reports.
Crown Prince Sultan of Saudia Arabia died early Saturday in New York. His replacement will be the first picked under a new succession system.
Lawmakers say briefings bear out Iran's plot to kill Saudi ambassador
A firm has estimated the economic consequences to the Middle East uprisings
The U.S. may not have much leverage in responding to the assassination plot
The U.S. insists its evidence is solid, but experts aren't convinced
The U.S. is increasing its isolation of Iran and warning of retaliatory terrorist attacks
The U.S. has swiftly imposed sanctions on Iranian officials
Manssor Arbabsiar, 56, wanted to hire a Mexican cartel to carry out the hit
Prince Alwaleed says he lobbied King Abdullah on Shaima Ghassaniya's behalf
Shaima Ghassaniya is appealing the sentence for defying the law
The change, announced by King Abdullah, will take effect after Thursday's municipal elections
Evidently, they make great lowriders in the Middle East
A court ordered the quietly dismissed 2008 case against one of the world's richest men to be reopened
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have recalled their ambassadors to Syria
The bin Laden family firm signed a deal with Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Germany has reportedly struck a secret tank deal with Saudi Arabia
A spokesman says the burned and injured ruler will appear in public within 48 hours
Cartoonist Steve Breen on Saudi Arabia's efforts to prevent women from driving
No arrests yet reported from today's Women2Drive protest
The opposition wants to set a political transition in motion while he's in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia may require him to cede power
Manal al-Sharif issues statement after being released from detention
A Facebook page calls for beating any Saudi women spotted behind the wheel
Activist Manal al-Sherif is arrested for "violating public order"
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