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 ...

The death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz raises important questions about the future of the kingdom, including issues that have ripple effects around the world such as regional ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was with sadness and relief that Saudis last week buried King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, 90, who’d been on his deathbed for weeks. The sadness was prompted by Abdullah’s success in casting himself as ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Saudis gathered Friday to the mourn the death of King Abdullah, his half-brother and handpicked successor, Crown Prince Salman, moved quickly to establish himself as the new king, name his own ...

President Obama leads a high-powered, bipartisan delegation to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, one that includes his top aides and some of his Republican critics. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who opposed Obama ...