Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation while visiting the kingdom
International investors and business executives are now trying to interpret the power play
Although richly endowed with natural beauty, the kingdom is hardly seen as a tourism hotspot
Last month authorities allowed hundreds of women to throng a sports stadium in Riyadh
The message to bankers, businesspeople and high-rolling investors was clear: The once-insular kingdom is now open for business.
Saudi Arabia intervened militarily in Bahrain and Yemen. It helped finance the 2013 coup d'etat launched by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt
Saudi Arabia does not allow women to practise sports in the public sphere
The incident took place two days after the announced busting of a terror cell linked to IS terrorist group in Riyadh
The scale and goals of the crackdown remain unclear, even to those who fear they could be targeted
The world's top oil exporter wants to start construction next year on two plants with total capacity of up to 2.8 Gw
The video was posted on Snapchat over the weekend by a social media user named Khulood
When Manal al-Sharif posted video of herself driving in Saudi it angered many in conservative nation
Gana Prakasam Rajamariyan came to Saudi Arabia in August 1994
Team officials claiming tradition of stopping to honour dead was not in keeping with Saudi culture
They have ordered airline's offices to close within 48 hours
OPEC and other producers who agreed to the cuts last year are not targeting any specific oil price
Thousands of undocumented overseas Indian workers in Saudi Arabia are flying home
46 IS militants arrested in Saudi Arabia
Bonuses scrapped were reinstated as higher-than-expected revenue helped to drive down budget deficit
Wage increases for lower-ranking civil servants were suspended