May 7th, 2014 - 02:55 GMT Spending their way out of trouble? Welfare spending and Saudi Arabia's pursuit of an economic 'qualitative shift' The huge increase in welfare spending has helped buy social peace in Saudi Arabia and has spared the kingdom the kind of upheaval that toppled governments elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa during the ‘Arab Spring’ that began in 2011. Read more
January 22nd, 2001 - 02:00 GMT Former French president holds investment talks with Saudi crown prince
