Saudi Arabia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman conducts a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May with other members of their delegations, in London, on March 7.

Saudi Arabia: The White House Loves It. Most Americans? Not So Much

9:16pm March 19, 2018

by Deborah Amos

As the Saudi crown prince travels across the United States, he will have one major hurdle: polls show more than half of Americans have unfavorable views of his country.

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Saudi Prince Will Court Trump In Visit — And Tech Execs And Hollywood, Too

8:56am March 19, 2018

Mohammed bin Salman is coming to the U.S. this week. His ongoing PR campaign seeks to diversify Saudi Arabia's economy and reset its image abroad, but some of his actions have undermined that goal.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting in November 2017 in Riyadh. U.S. officials say he has hidden his mother.

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Saudi Crown Prince Is Hiding His Mother, U.S. Officials Say

5:05pm March 15, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

They say it shows his willingness to solidify his role as Saudi Arabia's next king. U.S. intelligence analysts reportedly think he believes his mother opposes his rise to the throne.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pushing for a dramatic overhaul of Saudi institutions.

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Why Saudi Arabia Is Suddenly Shaking Up Its Military

7:16pm February 27, 2018

by Deborah Amos

The kingdom replaced top military brass, opened armed forces jobs to women and promoted a woman to a senior Labor Ministry post in a series of rare steps in the ultraconservative kingdom.

Saudi Arabia's chief of staff, General Abdulrahman al-Bunyan, holds a news conference in 2016. He was one of a handful of top military brass to lose his job.

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Saudi King Fires Top Military Brass In Latest Shakeup Of Kingdom's Institutions

6:36am February 27, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The country's chief of staff and the heads of ground and air forces have been sacked by royal decree. The move is reportedly led by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, the kingdom's defense minister.

Muslims circle the Kaaba, located in the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as part of their Islamic pilgrimage.

#MosqueMeToo Gives Muslim Women A Voice About Sexual Misconduct At Mecca

1:57pm February 26, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

Inspired by a viral Facebook post, Muslim women around the world are sharing their stories of being groped and fondled in the holiest place in the Islamic world.

The Riyadh Ritz was back in business Sunday after having detained dozens of Saudi elite in an anti-corruption purge. The hotel is seen here in a 2013 photo.

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Gilded Prison No More Riyadh Ritz Reopens

1:56pm February 11, 2018

by Amy Held

The luxury hotel in Saudi Arabia's capital city opened its doors for business Sunday. For more than three months it had held dozens of prominent Saudis in an anti-corruption purge.

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, seen here in 2014, was released on Saturday from a nearly three-month detention at the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton.

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Billionaire Saudi Prince Freed From Weeks-Long Ritz Detention

1:12pm January 27, 2018

by Amy Held

Since Nov. 4, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has been holed up, along with dozens of other wealthy Saudis, in what amounted to a plush prison on vague corruption allegations.

Rawabi al-Sanusi, 23, (right) speaks with another artist at the exhibition at the Saudi embassy. "I always liked to draw," she says. "I was like the weird one in my family." She designed a hardcover book paying tribute to generations past, "to show the di

'Connected To The Whole Universe': Saudi Women Artists Show Their Work In The U.S.

4:42pm January 25, 2018

by Hannah Bloch

The "Women's Point of View" exhibition at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., includes works of photography, motion graphics, even a design for a lightweight "running abaya" for athletes.

Saudi men lead camels during a beauty contest as part of the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. A dozen camels were banned from the competition for receiving Botox injections.

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A Dozen Camels Disqualified From Saudi Beauty Pageant Over Botox Injections

12:26pm January 24, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

A veterinarian was caught performing plastic surgery to make the dromedaries' ears more delicate before the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, which awards more than $31 million to owners of prize camels.