The furore over the first Riyadh Comedy Festival has put the country’s human-rights record under fresh scrutiny, particularly for its treatment of women. Some of the world’s most high-profile comics, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Sundip Patel began expanding his business in Saudi Arabia three years ago, he says there’s been “astounding” growth in the ...

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has strengthened its global presence in empowering women in the data and artificial intelligence sector by training more than 666,000 Saudi women within a year and equipping them ...

Saudi Arabia has become the latest country to chair the United National Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). In a move condemned by human rights advocates, Saudi Arabia was elected in an unopposed ...

Saudi Arabian television news anchors aren’t supposed to smile too broadly. After all, the news is serious business in this country. But when presenter Fouz Auwadh al-Khmali delivered the morning news ...

A letter signed by over 100 professional women’s footballers has called on FIFA to drop its partnership with Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco. The partnership is criticised due to Saudi Arabia’s ...

A few years ago, I read a memoir that has stayed with me. It tells the story of Rahaf Mohammed, a young Saudi woman who, in 2019, made headlines for escaping state-endorsed family abuse in Saudi ...

Freedom House ranks Saudi Arabia as 10th worst on political and civil rights. — -- While President Trump is busy today in Saudi Arabia with bilateral meetings and summit events, first lady ...

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Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the national sovereign wealth fund of the country, became the rankings partner for the WTA ...

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the bankroller of LIV Golf, announced a deal with the Ladies European Tour for a five-event series with a combined purse of $13 million. JERSEY CITY, N.J. — ...