Topic: Talal bin Abdul Aziz

All Content

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah promises $36 billion in benefits

King Abdullah returned home today to a Saudi Arabia seemingly moored in the eye of the storm howling from Libya to Bahrain. But reformers are intensifying calls for political change.
In Saudi Arabia, reformers intensify calls for change

King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz is due to return tomorrow after three months away to a country where reformers inspired by Egypt are calling for greater transparency and equality.

Most viewed

About these ads

Subscribe to the MONITOR and get 19 FREE ISSUES!

Editors' picks:

Japan's weak currency means tourism

The number of tourists coming to Japan dropped dramatically after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. But between the weak currency and fading memories of the disaster, tourism saw a record high last month.
IRS scandal: Will House throw Lois Lerner in slammer? (+video)
USA Update West Point video allegations add to Pentagon plague of sexual misconduct cases
Global News Blog Gerard Depardieu goes to Chechnya to film next movie

CSMonitor.com on Facebook

About these ads

Doing Good

What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change...

Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

Topic: Talal bin Abdul Aziz

All Content

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah promises $36 billion in benefits

In Saudi Arabia, reformers intensify calls for change

Most viewed

Editors' picks:

Japan's weak currency means tourism

Photos of the day