With significant and deepening interests in the Middle East, Beijing's growing role in geopolitics is reshaping both the region and China's reputation in global diplomacy, first via Riyadh and Tehran
Saudi leaders understand that taking sides with any major power can negatively impact its social and economic transformation programme and is pursuing more balanced foreign policies
The Saudi pioneer of the prose poem reveals why her recent collections were linked by the theme of water and how the artform means she has lived many lives.
One of the biggest names in the stricken financial sector calls for 'hope' amid the crisis that has reduced millions to poverty and ruined the country's reputation. There is now a detailed plan.
Over 6,000 people have been sheltering in woodland in Olala in Amhara for two months having already fled from civil war. The international community is not doing enough to help.
No stranger to rivalries, the governor of the Central Bank of Libya is technocrat who has had to develop his political wiles, most recently clashing with the prime minister. Is this the next Gaddafi?