A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

The Committee to Protect Journalists names the ten worst countries in the world to be a blogger.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia shook up his kingdom by boldly appointing the first female minister to his government cabinet earlier this week.

FOCAL POINT is a new series of web-exclusive documentary shorts on international current affairs produced by Wide Angle, in collaboration with independent producers from around the globe.

The clothing police are cracking down on streaks of vibrant color, bands of glittering crystal and sexy leopard skin prints popping up on the runway—or rather, in this case, in Saudi Arabia's marketplaces.

Prince Khalid is best known as the commander of the joint Arab forces during the first Gulf War.

October 7, 2004: Senator Joseph Biden (D - Delaware,) the ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, discusses Saudi Arabia with host Carol Marin.

In 1983, King Fahd appointed Prince Bandar ambassador to the United States.

Prince Nayef's politics are aligned with the conservative Islamic tenets that underpin Saudi Arabian society.

Will the kingdom will find a path to democratic reform or succumb to a rising tide of Islamic extremism.