Lawyers

• What Arab Saudi King Actually Seeks in Asia-Pacific

  Riyadh's economic ambitions paired with its historic political goals leave ties with Asia-Pacific states non-optional.

• Saudi to Sell $750 Billion US Assets If Sued Over 9/11 Terrorist Attack

  Saudi Arabia will sell $750 billion worth of US Assets if the JASTA bill is passed allowing 9/11 terrorist victims to sue the Saudi government. President Obama will meet Saudi Arabia King Salman and the Saudi royal court on Wednesday to make amendments.

• Iran to be invited to next round of talks on Syria: U.S. official

  Iran will be invited to participate in talks in Vienna on Friday to discuss ending the conflict in Syria, a dialogue aimed at finding a framework for political transition in Damascus, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.

• More than 700 pilgrims die in crush in worst haj disaster for 25 years

  At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage for 25 years.

• Saudi Arabian king leaves France after holiday controversy

  Saudi Arabian King Salman left the south of France for Morocco on Sunday, cutting short a planned three-week stay after a petition from some 150,000 residents over the closure of a public beach outside his villa.

• Saudi king's French Riviera holiday provokes beach protest

  Saudi King Salman and a 1,000-entourage arrived on Saturday for holiday on the French Riviera, where over 100,000 residents have petitioned against the closure of the public beach outside his villa.

• Absent from Obama summit, Bahrain king expected at UK horse show

  Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa has skipped a Gulf Arab summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, but is expected to join Britain's Queen Elizabeth at a horse show near London, a show representative said.

• King's changes make Saudi policy less predictable

  Changes in Saudi Arabia's leadership have concentrated power in an inner circle of the Al Saud dynasty, removing constraints on the monarch and making the conservative kingdom's strategic positions less predictable.

• France, Saudi Arabia: Iran nuclear deal must avoid destabilizing region

  France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure not to destabilise the region further and threaten Iran's neighbours, the two countries said ahead of a summit in Riyadh on Tuesday.

• Saudi king resets succession to cope with turbulent times

  Saudi King Salman appointed a new heir and made his young son second in line to rule on Wednesday, a major shift in power toward two princes who have overseen a more assertive stance at a time of almost unprecedented regional turmoil.

• Yemen government rejects Iranian peace plan

  Yemen's government has rejected a four-point peace plan for the country that Iran submitted to the United Nations, a spokesman said on Saturday.

• Pakistan defense team heads for Saudi to discuss support

  A high-level Pakistani defense delegation was about to leave for Saudi Arabia on Monday as the government in Islamabad considers whether to join a Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen.

• Saudi king aims for new Sunni bloc vs Iran and Islamic State

  Saudi Arabia is pushing for Sunni Muslim Middle East countries to set aside differences over political Islam and focus on what it sees as more urgent threats from Iran and Islamic State.

• Kerry briefs Iran's Gulf rivals on nuclear talks

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Gulf Arab foreign ministers in Riyadh on Thursday to brief them on progress in the nuclear talks with Iran and offer reassurance that any deal would not damage their interests.

• Egypt's Sisi meets new Saudi King to discuss Middle East crises

  Egypt's President Abdel Fatteh el Sisi met Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh on Sunday for the pair's first in-depth talks on regional issues at a time of unprecedented turmoil in the Middle East.

• Little noticed, new Saudi king shapes contours of power

  By rapidly appointing two heirs, Saudi Arabia's King Salman has pressed pause on "succession Sudoku", as one leading local journalist calls speculation over whose star is rising and whose waning in the large and secretive Al Saud ruling family.

• Sacking two reformers and handing out cash, new Saudi king signals approach

  In making a blaze of largesse and the dismissal of relatively liberal clerics two of his first acts as monarch, Saudi Arabia's King Salman has signaled his approach to big future challenges may differ from that of his liberalizing late brother.

• Obama, new Saudi king to discuss Yemen, Islamic State: White House

  U.S. President Barack Obama and new Saudi Arabia King Salman are expected to discuss shared concerns about the turmoil in Yemen and the fight against Islamic State militants during their first formal meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday, the White House said.

• Yemen crisis is first big test for Saudi Arabia's King Salman

  The turmoil hitting Saudi Arabia's neighbor Yemen will pose the first big test for King Salman, and provide a glimpse as to whether his approach to hotspots in a fragmenting region will differ from that of his late brother.

• Obama, world leaders head to Saudi Arabia to offer condolence

  U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to meet its new King Salman after the death of his predecessor Abdullah on Friday, testimony to Riyadh's important role in energy markets and the fight against Islamist militancy.

• New Saudi Deputy Crown Prince marks generational shift

  Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a close friend of the United States and a scourge of Islamist militants, will be the country's first king from the third generation of its ruling dynasty.