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By Sonja Pace Jeddah 31 May 2006 In public, they are clad in black from head to toe, they cannot vote and they cannot drive - that is the state of Saudi Arabia's women. But, on a visit to the Saudi cities of Riyadh and Jeddah, VOA's Sonja Pace found
Saudi Leaks Expose Checkbook Diplomacy in Battle With Iran LONDON Saudi Arabias willingness to wield its oil money on the global diplomatic stage appears to have been laid bare, after the website WikiLeaks published tens of thousands of leaked cables
By Tom Rivers London 31 October 2007 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met Wednesday with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street as part of his state visit to Britain. The two discussed a variety of bilateral issues. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports
Lesson Twenty Section One: News in Brief Tapescript 1. The Pentagon today called on the highly publicized withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan a sham. Moscow announced earlier this month that
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 23 January 2006 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, right, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, inspect the guard of honor during the welcome ceremony at Beijings Great Hall of th
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 23 November 2007 After two days of urgent talks in the Egyptian capital, Arab states have agreed to send their foreign ministers to the Middle East peace conference in the U.S. state of Maryland next week. Saudi Arabia say
The International Organization for Migration reports increasing numbers of stranded migrants are dying on the Yemeni-Saudi border. It says 30 migrants from the Horn of Africa have died in recent weeks. The International Organization for Migration say
By David Byrd Washington 25 May 2006 The World Cup football (soccer) tournament's Group-H features four teams that have never won the trophy - Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia. The Spanish team is favored reach the second round, and Ukraine
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 19 March 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised a five-year old Saudi Arabian peace proposal as a pillar in the search for Middle East peace. The Saudi plan is to be discussedlater this month at an Arab s
By Teresa Sullivan Washington 25 May 2006 A private research group in Washington says religious textbooks in Saudi Arabia, despite revisions, continue to teach intolerance and violence. Saudi Arabia's Curriculum of Intolerance The Washington-based C
By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 26 March 2008 Egypt says it is sending a junior minister to the Arab League summit scheduled for Damascus this weekend. Lebanon is boycotting the meeting, and Saudi Arabia will also send a low-level delegation. The
By Meredith Buel Washington 27 October 2006 The United States says it is ready to help Saudi Arabia defend its oil facilities against terrorist threats, following a statement by the British navy asking merchant shippers to be on alert for suspicious
US Faces Israeli, Saudi Concerns Over Iran Nuclear Talks 以色列和沙特对伊朗核问题的担忧 STATE DEPARTMENT President Obama's push to limit Iran's nuclear program includes a promise to Israel and Saudi Arabia that he will not allow Tehran
Saudi Arabia Offers Sophisticated Weapons to Syrian Rebels 沙特阿拉伯向叙利亚反对派提供先进武器 Saudi Arabia reportedly is offering to provide Syrian rebels more sophisticated weapons, including shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is the first stop on his first trip overseas as president, but that doesn't mean that he's managed to escape the political troubles that certainly have been bedeviling him back home.
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Saudi Arabia started allowing women to drive last month. It also detained women who advocated for the right to drive. These mixed signals are being followed closely by a Saudi woman in California who has a lot at stake. She's speak
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 March 2007 Israel is signaling a new willingness to open peace talks on the basis of a Saudi Arabian initiative first proposed five years ago. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel sees the pla
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 04 March 2007 The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to work together to end Saudi King Abdulla bin Abdul Aziz, stands right, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, greets Saudi officials in Riyadh, 3 March 2007 se
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the city of Saada in Northern Yemen, where thousands of Civilians are trapped, as missiles rain down, striking even schools and hospitals. The Saudi-led coalition has carried out 130 air strikes on 100 targets wi
RIYADH, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) approved on Monday 10 loans worth over 105 million U.S. dollars to finance the country's industrial projects, according to Saudi Press Agency. The projects include the establis