Saudi Arabia

Rogge says IOC still working to get Saudi Arabia to send female athletes to London Olympics

24 May 2012

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - IOC President Jacques Rogge says the Olympic governing body is still working with Saudi Arabia in hopes the Gulf country will send female athletes to the London Games.

Yemeni troops advance; donors pledge $4 billion aid

24 May 2012

ADEN/RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemeni government troops battled Islamist militants in two southern cities on Wednesday as international donors met in Saudi Arabia to pledge $4 billion to help stabilise a state that has become a base for al Qaeda.

Saudi Arabia tightens control of expat labour

24 May 2012

Saudi Arabia is shaking up its foreign worker licensing laws to gain more control of labour entering the country.