
A workshop recently organized by the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council under the title of “Security in the Eyes of Youth” has recommended a conscription bill for Arab young people, Saudi Okaz newspaper reported. One month ago, imposing conscription in Saudi Arabia has been reconsidered through a new ...

Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council, which advises the cabinet, has turned down a proposal to study the issue of women’s driving, a Shura member told AFP on Wednesday. The kingdom has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on women, and is the only country where they are not allowed to drive. ...