Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is making some bold moves to consolidate his power, the New York Times reports: one prince got the royal bump, another prince just got bumped out, and the first member of a new generation is priming to take over.
Saudi Arabia is bombing Yemen, which is sliding into civil war, and that is driving up the price of oil. Finally! We pray that in these uncertain times, our leaders—before they pursue the path of war—think of the oil traders, and pursue the path of war.
Saudi Arabia lost King Abdullah today, but already a new king has risen in his stead—his half-brother, Salman—one of seven sons born to his father's favorite wife, legend holds. So what's this golden son's deal?
One American has been killed and another injured after being shot by an assailant on the street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital. State reports say the Americans were in their vehicle at a gas station in the eastern part of the city. There have been unconfirmed reports that the assailant was dressed in Afghan garb.
Two female Saudi Arabian soccer fans attending a match last week between their beloved home team and the United Arab Emirates' Al Ain FC in the UAE were captured on video celebrating, then mourning their team's loss at a public stadium. The video has resulted in a heinous backlash from men online who believe the women…
If this New York Times website is to be believed, foreign governments have found the generous funding of U.S. policy institutes to be a handy way of covertly lobbying in Washington. But: Could multimillion-dollar donations, sometimes with explicit contractual stipulations, actually sway these great thinkers?
Wise Men of Foreign Affairs have jumped at the chance to debunk a wild rumor that Hillary Clinton bragged about creating ISIS in her new memoir—truly an easy layup in the annals of punditry. The rumor even got the name of Clinton's memoir wrong. But, that's OK: The remaining facts still allow America to feel guilty.
Whether you were touched by what the Associated Press described as his contentious, expletive-laden speech against the Sunni extremist group ISIS (now the Islamic State), or simply thought that his "Hello Kitty" notebook was cute — please be advised: Syrian Rebel Leader Zahran Alloush is not your friend, OK?
Despite threats from government officials, more than 60 women drove cars in Saudi Arabia today in protest of a law that denies them the right to have a license.
Saudi Arabia is practically infamous for just how batshit insane its drivers are. Jalopnik once attributed this to "open desert roads," but it probably has a little something to do with having too many men on the road at one time.
As part of incremental progress towards more freedom for women in the incredibly conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia, women in private schools will now be allowed to play sports.
When news surfaced last week of three men being deported from Saudi Arabia after having been deemed "too handsome" by the local religious police, many people were up in arms.
At least three men attending an annual culture festival in Saudi Arabia were kicked out of the country after religious police officers deemed them "too handsome" to stay.
Tomorrow Saudi Arabia will behead seven men for crimes they committed as juveniles.
Paris Hilton is currently facing some major backlash in Saudi Arabia. Hilton — the less-famous niece of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars Kim and Kyle Richards — has just opened a store to sell her "handbags and accessories" at the Mecca Mall.
The Swedish Metro newspaper reported today that expendable furniture behemoth Ikea had Photoshopped its Saudi Arabian catalogues to completely exclude women from the pages. Scenes that included a mother, a father, and a child in other catalogues, for instance, had been touched up to be just a father and a kid. Other…
Sweden's trade minster issued a formal rebuke of the country's iconic furniture retailer Ikea for airbrushing women out of the Saudi Arabian version of its familiar ready-to-assemble furniture catalog.
Messing with the Saudi mutaween (religious police) is not recommended — particularly if you happen to be a Saudi woman.
The websites of Israel's stock exchange and national airline were hit by hack attacks today after weekend threats from the pro-Palestinian hacker 0xOmar. It's the latest volley in the escalating hacker-on-hacker pissing-match currently drenching the Middle East in leaked credit card information.
