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Here comes the sun: Saudi Arabia looks to export solar energy as fossil fuel starts to run out
Desert kingdom's oil minister expects an end to crude by about 2050.
Saudi Arabia trying to win UN Human Rights Council presidency
A 'final nail in the coffin for credibility' for the UN's Human Rights Council, says Israeli monitor.
Saudi Arabia running short of executioners to behead and amputate prisoners
Saudi civil service advertises for eight positions of "religious functionaries" to carry out "judgement of death".
France: Police arrest nine suspects over 2014 Saudi Prince convoy carjacking
Robbers made away with about £180,000.
US officials: 'Saudis set to buy nuclear weapons from Pakistan'
'Strategic decision' to acquire 'off-the-shelf' nuclear weapons sparked by concerns over Iran nuclear deal
Saudi who 'kept maid as sex slave' denied parole in US for refusing to attend sex offender course
Al-Turki's case has become a cause célèbre in Saudi Arabia with calls for Obama to free him.
Saudi Arabia declare victory over US shale producers
Saudi Arabia continues to intensify production, moving market share away from high-cost rivals US shale producers.
Saudi air attacks kill over 100 Yemenis hours before truce
More than a hundred people have died and over 300 others were injured in a number of air raids by Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia: Woman seeks revenge on husband over second wife by racking up £51k in traffic fines
Saudi woman had her husband's minivan driven past red lights.
Yemen: UN official says Saudi-led air strikes violate international law
UN humanitarian envoy says military action against Shiite Houthi rebels has trapped civilians.
Yemen's UN mission seeks ground intervention to save country from Houthis
Yemen's ambassador to UN urges deployment of ground forces as rebels close in on Aden and Taiz.
Saudi Arabia: 79 people have been executed so far in 2015 in the desert kingdom
Stark reminder of kingdom's alarming rate of executions.
Yemen crisis: '120 civilians' reported dead as they try to flee conflict
Foreign Minister Reyad Yassin Abdulla calls shelling by Houthis 'genocide'.
Saudi Arabia has twice as many UK-made jet fighters as RAF - report
British military chiefs warn against further spending cuts to armed services.
Saudi Arabia: Houthi shelling in town of Najran results in casualties and closure of airport
Flights from Saudi capital Riyadh to Najran suspended as pro-Iranian rebels shell area.
Senegal to send 2,100 soldiers to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
It is the first Sub-Saharan country to get involved in the Saudi-led alliance against the rebels.
Gulf leaders hold major talks over Yemen crisis alongside French President Hollande
Sunni-dominated Gulf Cooperation Council will discuss further action in Yemen during the Riyadh summit.
Saudi Arabia: Hajj application for Muslim pilgrims asks 'are you Shia?'
Outrage amongst Muslims after Saudi Arabia seeks 'sect' in new Hajj pilgrimage application forms.
Stand-up Saudi Arabia: YouTube sensation Fahad Al-Butairi breaking boundaries in the Islamic kingdom
In a country best known for driving bans and Shariah law, 30-year old comedian Fahad Al-Butairi has become a YouTube sensation
Women in Saudi Arabia: Western feminists won't save us - their bullying ignorance reduces us to mere hymens
'McFeminist' culture doesn't understand Saudi Arabia and its efforts to help Arab women do more harm than good.
Saudi Arabia: Who is new foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir?
A career diplomat, Jubeir takes over from Prince Saudi al-Faisal who held the position for four decades.
Saudi King Salman dismisses crown prince replacing him with nephew in major reshuffle
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz replaces his half-brother with nephew.
Isis: Saudi Arabia makes scores of arrests and 'foils terrorist plots'
Attack by Isis on US embassy in Saudi capital Riyadh foiled by security services
Yemen: Saudis bomb Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Aden and Taiz hours after announcing end to air strikes
Yemen's health services on brink of collapse, warns World Health Organisation.
Saudi Arabia's bombing campaign may be over but Yemen's crisis has just begun
As Riyadh scales back air strikes in Yemen, the country is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis and civil war.
Yemen: Saudi prince promises free Bentleys to bomber pilots who killed 1,000
Prince Alaweed bin Talal - one of the richest men in the world - made his promise in a Tweet that has since been deleted.
Saudi-led coalition ends its 'Decisive Storm' military operation in Yemen against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels
Saudi Arabia says military goals have been achieved and launches 'Restoration of Hope' operation to find political solution in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia: Sex shop in Mecca planned by Morocco's online erotica entrepreneur
The shop will stock candles, massage oils and sex enhancement tablets - but not pornography or sex toys
Massive explosion rocks Sana'a as Oxfam slams Saudi Arabia over Yemen warehouse bombing [Video]
Death toll rises past 760 in Yemen after three weeks of Saudi air strikes and war with Houthi rebels.
Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia on high alert over possible terror attack
The oil-rich country braces for a possible terror attack on a mall or an oil installation over its military campaign in Yemen.