Was one of 37 sons. Was prime minister and head of state from 2005-2015. Helped create the Allegiance Authority, a committee of princes who vote on the eligibility of future monarchs and crown princes ...

Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi gazed enigmatically from the cover of Time magazine recently, described as the “most important man in the Middle East.” Time got it wrong. Mohammad Morsi is not the ...

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has died, state television announced early Friday. He was 90. King Abdullah’s successor, half-brother Deputy Prime Minister Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, became king immediately ...

The new ruler of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, has championed modest reform of his country’s absolute monarchy as it struggles with a wave of al-Qaida violence and a crisis in relations ...

The Saudi stock market fell after King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was hospitalized Wednesday, but any succession for the throne would likely be smooth for the country. The Saudi royal family ...

Following a grueling battle with pneumonia, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud has died, Saudi State television reports. The monarch was 90-years-old. King Abdullah began his reign in ...

With the recent death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has accumulated yet another title: the world’s oldest living monarch. That alone was enough to ...

King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, has been in a state of “clinical death” for the past two days, reported Albawaba News quoting Arabic newspaper, Asharq Alawsat, on Monday. A report by ...