Saudi Royal Family

Royal Power Struggle In Saudi Arabia

AP | Posted 01.16.2012

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi prince known as rebellious member of the royal family resigned on Wednesday from a commission in charge of select...

PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian's Royal Lookalike?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.22.2011

We generally think of our royals as Brits and Spaniards, with maybe a Belgian or a Dutch thrown in. But Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel hit New York Cit...

A Fast Car Following Rosa's Footsteps

Yashar Ali | Posted 07.26.2011

Yashar Ali

Manal al-Sharif was arrested this weekend for driving around her neighborhood. She wasn't speeding, she didn't run a red light and she didn't break any laws. She was arrested for being a woman with the audacity to drive a car in Saudi Arabia.

New York Celebrity Assistants Organization Celebrates 15th Year Anniversary

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Holly Cara Price

Let me set the scene for you. It's the summer of 1999 and I'm sitting in the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, freaking out. Why? Because ...

Saudi Royals Rent Waldorf Apartment For $210K A MONTH

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011

In the priciest sign to date that the luxury rental market is on fire, last week seven apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria were rented to the Saudi roya...

Saudi Prince Given Life Sentence For Slaying Servant In UK

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — Life in prison, with parole possible after 20 years. That was the sentence handed down Wednesday to a Saudi prince convicted of a killi...

Billionaire Saudis Feud Over Fraud Allegations

AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — It goes well beyond the average family squabble. For months, two billionaire families in Saudi Arabia, linked by marriage, have been locked ...

Adulterous Saudi Princess Granted British Asylum For Fears Of Death Penalty

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

By Robert Verkaik | The Independent A Saudi Arabian princess who had an illegitimate child with a British man has secretly been granted asylum in thi...

New Evidence Links Saudi Royal Family To Al Qaeda And Extremists, But May Never Be Used In 9/11 Suit

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Documents gathered by lawyers for the families of Sept. 11 victims provide new evidence of extensive financial support for Al Qaeda and ...

Paying for War at the Pump

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Scheer

There is no better measure of the failure of Bush's foreign policy than that the American taxpayers who paid for the invasion of Iraq are now being rewarded with skyrocketing prices at the pump.