RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced, marking a significant expansion of women's rights ...

A decision by the United Nations to appoint Saudi Arabia as the chair of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women has been criticized by women’s rights advocates.

Portuguese international Jéssica Silva has officially signed with Al-Hilal, marking one of the most high profile transfers in ...

But from the perspective of women inside the country, dizzying changes are afoot. For the first time, female athletes represented Saudi Arabia at the Olympics last year in London.

In Saudi Arabia, this community of people watching sports has been one that excluded women, at least in stadiums. But this week, women won the freedom to watch sports games in person. I applaud these ...

Saudi writer-director Shahad Ameen returns to the Venice Film Festival with “Hijra,” which has its world premiere in the ...

Ajmi, the first Saudi female skydiver, was chasing horizons. Raised among Saudi Arabia’s sweeping deserts and open skies, she ...

Skye Nicolson and Raven Chapman contest the first women's world title fight to be held in Saudi Arabia on Saturday in another key sign of the Kingdom's growing influence on boxing.

Melania, Ivanka Trump promote women's empowerment abroad Ivanka Trump attended a roundtable on women and economics in Saudi Arabia while the first lady visited a school and an all-women business ...

The West Asian Football Federation announced that the eighth West Asian Federation Women's Football Championship will be held in Saudi Arabia with 8 teams participating..

The kingdom’s $940bn sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, last year began moving its workforce to a 385-metre ...

Saudi Arabia has failed to include a single female athlete in its 199-strong team for the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea, saying its women are not sufficiently competitive.