Some 347 items representing the art and culture of civilizations on the Arabian Peninsula from Paleolithic times to the early 20th century—when the contemporary Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was formed—are on display at Russia’s fabled Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

The outgoing Korean Consul General Dal-Jun Han...will be leaving the Kingdom soon but expressed his admiration for the Saudi way of life before leaving. He told Saudi Gazette that he will make an effort to introduce Saudi culture and traditions back home in Korea.

But the 22-member league's decision also tells us a lot about Arab views of U.S. power. Throughout the Libyan crisis, we've heard from pundits and politicians that the Iraq war tarnished brand America beyond repair, and made U.S. leadership non grata in the Mideast.

With Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak gone, Muammar Gaddafi teetering on the brink in Libya and Arab leaders everywhere nervously reassessing their survival prospects, there has never been a more auspicious time for people across the region to demand their rights. Even in Saudi Arabia people are stirring.

Egypt's revolution has been reverberating throughout the Middle East and North Africa, terrifying every dictator and authoritarian ruler, from those of Jordan, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia to Algeria and beyond.

There’s a joke among us Filipinos in Jeddah that Balad, a commercial center in the southern side of the city, belongs to us, while the neighboring Sarafiya center belongs to the Indians: Sa inyo ang Sarafiya, amin ang Balad.

It's time to think the unthinkable: Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich Persian Gulf states may be next in line to confront widespread popular discontent. As a wave of mass protests sweeps the Arab world, shaking the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the core, rumblings of popular restlessness are bubbling to the surface in the Gulf.

A Chinese government official has praised the culture of Saudi Arabia and said more needs to be done to strengthen ties between the two countries... The visit comes on the sidelines of the Chinese Culture Week that kicked off Saturday in Riyadh, to mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Saudi Arabia.