Stories tagged "saudiarabia"

A GCC-Europe rail network via Turkey is currently under the initiative of King Hamad of Bahrain, with the GCC-Turkey rail link likely to crystallize "in the next five to six years," Turkish Ambassador Osman Haldun said. It would eventually lead ...

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans all women — Saudi and foreign — from driving.

After more than six years as a prisoner of the United States, former TV cameraman Sami al-Hajj is back at work with Al-Jazeera, the largest broadcaster in the Arab world, a thorn in the side of most Arab governments - and, by most indications, a target of

Petroleum may be in short supply these days, but the United States does have a related surplus: myths of oil abundance. You don't have to drill deep into our political discourse to find suspect stories about oil, with politicians peddling the flagrantly..

Both candidates and the public are evidently unaware of a basic fact: Gasoline is more affordable for American families now than it was in the days of the gas-guzzling muscle cars of the early 1960s.

Kings, rulers, religious leaders and men of influence within the Kingdom have, over time, influenced the styles of Saudi Arabia clothing.

Oil fell below $120 a barrel on Monday, pressured by evidence of rising OPEC output in the midst of declining demand in the United States and Europe. The losses, adding to a record slide from the mid-July peak...

BushCorp shareholders ensureing their pockets are overflowing before the chimp leaves office

Every single man knows: Walking a dog in the park is a sure babe magnet. Saudi Arabia's Islamic religious police, in their zeal to keep the sexes apart, want to make sure the technique doesn't catch on here.

The House of Lords rules the Serious Fraud Office was lawful when it halted a probe into a £43bn Saudi arms deal. The High Court had ruled in April that this was unlawful, but the Law Lords have reversed that decision on appeal.