5 Surprising Ways The American Shale Boom Is Changing The World
U.S. energy independence is a myth.Oil is a globally traded commodity, so no matter how much oil and gas emerges from the Great American Shale Boom, the price we pay at the pump will remain dependent...
View ArticleAngry Saudi Arabia Declines Spot On The UN Security Council
Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented show of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues, said on Friday it would not take up its seat...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Is Freaking Out About US-Iranian Détente
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's warning that it will downgrade its relationship with the United States is based on a fear that President Barack Obama lacks both the mettle and the guile to...
View Article'No Woman, No Drive' Viral Video Evokes Bob Marley To Mock Saudi Government
This weekend, women in Saudi Arabia held an organized protest against the longstanding bans that bar women from driving. In support of that protest, a Saudi comedian, Hisham Fagheeh, created a...
View ArticleFrance Apparently Screwed Up The Iran Nuclear Deal For Selfish Reasons
Last weekend, after years of failed negotiations, the "P5+1" nations — the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China) plus...
View ArticleCrazy Photos Are Coming Out Of Saudi Arabia After Rain Leaves Capital Flooded
Riyadh, the 5 million strong capital of Saudi Arabia, generally doesn't receive much rainfall over the year. One source says that, on average, just 0.2 inches of rain fall in November.It's perhaps...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's Capital Experienced Insane Flooding, So This Guy Started Jet...
The capital of Saudi Arabia became flooded by heavy rain over the weekend, and at least one person took advantage of the rare body of water in the landlocked city of five million people.A video going...
View ArticleIsrael And Saudi Arabia Clinging Together Like Never Before
For years, Iranian Shiite pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj observance would hold a demonstration denouncing what they termed “enemies of Iran,” aimed particularly at Israel and the...
View ArticleWhy Israel And Saudi Arabia Really Hate The Iran Deal
NEW YORK — As the prospect of a long-term deal over Iran’s nuclear program has gone from remote to possible,Middle East leaders are demonstrating once again why their region remains a graveyard of...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Paradigm Shift
Saudis are internationally renowned for their lavish lifestyles and their taste for luxury goods. Yet in recent years the country has also seen an increasing demand for less expensive goods. In the...
View ArticleCongressmen Call For Declassification Of 9/11 Files Discussing Hijacker Links...
Since terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, victims’ loved ones, injured survivors, and members of the media have all tried without much success to discover the true nature of the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's Ban On The Viber Messaging App Isn't Working
Saudi users of Internet messenger application Viber reported on Saturday that the service was back on their smartphones, despite the authorities insisting it was still banned.The absolute monarchy,...
View ArticleSaudi Royal Faces Death Penalty For Murder [REPORT]
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi prince who murdered a fellow Saudi may be executed, a newspaper reported on Sunday, in a rare example of a member of the kingdom's ruling family facing the death penalty.The...
View ArticleSaudi Plane Makes Emergency Landing, 29 Hurt
RIYADH (Reuters) - Twenty nine people were injured when a Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) Boeing 767-300ER made an emergency landing at Medina airport in the west of the country early on Sunday, the...
View ArticleHuman Body Parts Fall From The Sky In Saudi Arabia
Human body parts fell from the sky in the city of Jeddah Sunday, with police saying they could be the remains of a person trapped in an airplane's wheel bay."Police received a telephone call at 2:30 am...
View ArticleCheck Out The Stunning New $10,000-A-Night Suite At Billionaire Prince...
The Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh recently unveiled their Kingdom Suite, a duplex that spans the 48th and 50th floors of the hotel and offers incredible views of the Saudi Arabian capital city. The...
View ArticleThe Saudi Healthcare Industry Is Booming
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - Stock market listings planned by two of Saudi Arabia's biggest private hospital operators point to a boom in its healthcare industry, as political pressures prompt the...
View ArticleIraq And Iran Plot Oil Revolution In Challenge To Saudi Arabia
Iraq is poised to flood the oil market by tripling its capacity to pump crude by 2020 and is collaborating with Iran on strategy in a move that will challenge Saudi Arabia's grip on the Organisation of...
View ArticleDespite Their Immense Wealth, The Saudis Are Not Happy
MONEY can buy many things: luxury, influence, security--and even time. How frustrating, then, to be vastly rich but never quite to get what you want. Such is the dilemma faced by the world's richest...
View ArticlePrince Alwaleed: I Have $11 To $12 Billion In 'Hidden Treasures' That Aren't...
Prince Alwaleed, Saudi Arabia's self-proclaimed Warren Buffett, has seen his fund, Kingdom Holdings, return 52% since Sept. 5, when it hit a 52-week low.And the prince has told Bloomberg that there's...
View Article