DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - A royal decree in Saudi Arabia has shaken up the way in which the government allocates vast tracts of land, removing an obstacle to a $67 billion program to ease the country's housing shortage. Full story
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has removed veteran deputy defense minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan from his post, state media reported on Saturday, the latest move in a reshuffle among princes holding government jobs in the U.S.-allied kingdom. Full story
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Justice Ministry has denied reports that a judge sentenced a young man to be surgically paralyzed in retribution for stabbing a friend who was also left unable to move. Full story
RIYADH (Reuters) - Like many expatriates in Saudi Arabia, Umm Hajar, a 30-year-old Moroccan beautician, stopped going to work two weeks ago fearful of government inspectors checking her residency status. Full story
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Saturday ordered a three-month delay to a crackdown on migrant workers which has led to thousands of deportations, to give foreigners in the kingdom a chance to sort out their papers. Full story
RIYADH (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the movement's North African arm, said French statements that its forces had killed the group's leader in the Sahara were "blatant fallacy", a monitoring website said on Saturday. Full story
Attendees speak to each other during the Euromoney Conference in Riyadh May 8, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS)
Abdullah Alsuweilmy , chief executive officer of Saudi Stock Exchange TADAWUL, speaks with Richard Banks, director of Emerging Markets, Euromoney Conferences, during the Euromoney Conference in Riyadh May 8, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS)
Speakers are seen at the podium during the Euromoney Conference in Riyadh May 7, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS)
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC Chairman Richard Ensor looks on during the Euromoney Conference in Riyadh May 7, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS)
Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani speaks during the Euromoney Conference in Riyadh May 7, 2013. EUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS)
Luxembourg's Finance Minister Luc Frieden speaks during the Euromoney Conference in Riyadh May 7, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)
