EnergySaudi Arabia faces new oil titanEven if Saudi Arabia wins its struggle with US shale producers over market share, it will face a new billion-barrel adversary.07 Mar 12:00 AM
EnergySaudi Arabia reeling from falling oil pricesSaudi Arabia - Stung by falling oil prices, Saudi Arabia has cut spending and subsidies as part of harsh austerity measures that threaten the lavish welfare programs underpinning its stability.26 Feb 08:00 PM
OpinionGwynne Dyer: Turks and Saudis know any Russia fight will be lonely oneThe Turkish government, in league with Saudi Arabia, made a tentative decision to enter the war on the ground in Syria, writes Gwynne Dyer.16 Feb 08:32 PM
BusinessOwnership of Saudi abattoir still uncertainIt is still not known who will own an abattoir in Saudi Arabia that is being built with taxpayer money, the Government says.16 Feb 03:46 AM
WorldMalaysia PM's $1b Saudi giftMalaysia's attorney-general says $1 billion transferred into PM Najib Razak's personal bank account was a gift from the royal family in Saudi Arabia.26 Jan 07:40 PM
World5 Facts about Sunnis and ShiasA look at Islam's two main denominations to help make sense of the Saudi-Iran crisis.06 Jan 09:28 PM
OpinionDonna Miles-Mojab: History shows House of Saud at tipping pointWith 158 beheadings in the past 12 months, it is hard to tell whether it is Saudi Arabia that has gone mad, or the United Nations, writes Donna Miles-Mojab.06 Jan 02:00 AM
WorldSaudis cut air links to IranSaudi Arabia defied the world by escalating its crisis with Iran over the execution of a prominent Shia cleric.05 Jan 08:21 PM
OpinionEditorial: Saudi mass execution a cynical ployAs tensions escalate between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the Saudi execution of a Shia cleric, countries such as ours will be reluctant to take sides.05 Jan 04:00 PM
WorldOver 2,400 killed in September Saudi hajj stampede, crushThe September stampede during the hajj in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,411 pilgrims, a new Associated Press count shows.10 Dec 07:00 AM
WorldSaudis plan to take tower recordState-linked development companies in the Red Sea port of Jeddah have agreed to pony up the money for a skyscraper flirting with the unprecedented 1km mark.02 Dec 11:42 PM
WorldSaudi guards find cans of Pepsi actually beer"A truck carrying what first seemed to be normal cans of the soft drink Pepsi was stopped and after the standard process of searching the products, it became clear that the alcoholic beers were covered with Pepsi's sticker logos,"13 Nov 09:39 PM
WorldSaudi is St Lucia's man in LondonOne of Saudi Arabia's most prominent billionaires has gained legal immunity in Britain since his appointment as a Caribbean diplomat representing the island nation of St Lucia.10 Nov 04:00 PM
WorldHajj tragedy may fan political stormSaudi Arabia faces questions of accountability as it feels the pressures of war and falling oil prices.25 Sep 08:34 PM
EditorialEditorial: McCully ought to stand aside for enquiryForeign Minister Murray McCully ought to stand aside while the Auditor-General conducts her inquiry into the Saudi sheep deal.19 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldWomen get a voice in new Saudi ArabiaAt a workshop on a summer day in Riyadh, prospective candidates in local elections are limbering up. One wants to help kids, one to improve living conditions in the Saudi capital, another to become a political role model.14 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandSaudi deal includes high-tech abattoirTaxpayer money will be spent on an abattoir that could be gifted to Saudi Arabia - part of a deal done partly to secure a free-trade deal with Gulf states.14 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandSaudi farm: Complaints against McCullyThe Labour Party has asked the Auditor-General and Treasury to investigate Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully over a deal made with a Saudi businessman.10 Aug 08:57 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: McCully's Saudi deal clumsyUnconvincing explanations for settling live sheep export grievance should not hurt New Zealand's clean reputation, writes John Roughan.07 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldTom Clifford: The war that started it all ... and left the Arab world reeling in disbeliefWhatever his shortcomings in executing the war, Saddam felt he had saved the Gulf sheikdoms and was worthy of greater respect, writes Tom Clifford.07 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandSaudi farm deal was opposed by TreasuryA controversial deal that saw $11.5 million in taxpayer money spent on a businessman's private farm in Saudi Arabia was opposed by the Treasury, documents show.05 Aug 01:57 AM
BusinessWarnings before sheep deaths in SaudiDocuments reveal a briefing from NZ Trade and Enterprise warned ministers about sending breeding sheep to Saudi in the latter half of 2014.04 Aug 03:26 AM
OpinionEditorial: Be open about farm deal in Saudi ArabiaThe only way of proving or disproving the Prime Minister's claim that the papers would embarrass Labour is, obviously, the release of unredacted versions.18 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandWeather blamed for lamb deathsThe best Kiwi farmers would have struggled with the conditions that led to a very high death rate among lambs from pregnant ewes sent to a farm in Saudi Arabia, a company involved in the operation says.18 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandSaudi lamb deaths could be from sand stormThe high death-rate of lambs at a farm in Saudi Arabia that will act as a model for Kiwi agribusiness could have been caused by a sand storm, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says.18 Jun 12:57 AM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Lay Saudi sheep deal carcass at Cabinet's doorIt’s difficult to see how Key can axe his foreign minister without also turning focus back on his entire Cabinet, writes Fran O'Sullivan.05 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Putting Murray McCully in the dockHerald political editor Audrey Young sets out the case for the Foreign Minister losing his job over the $11m Saudi sheep deal.05 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn Armstrong: Criticism slides off Teflon-coated MPTry as they might, Labour and NZ First failed to turn the Great Saudi Sheep Saga into the Great Saudi Sheep Scandal, writes John Roughan.05 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandGoff on Labour 'deal': PM made it upPhill Goff says there is nothing in the papers to embarrass Labour nor is there any reference to a "commercial solution" as Mr Key suggested.04 Jun 05:00 PM
