The Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape. A recent study ...

The world's largest construction project is carving a path through the Saudi Arabian desert, but will the 170 ... Journalists cannot freely report from Saudi Arabia, so we analyzed satellite ...

Not exactly known for being subtle or restrained in their spending, Saudi Arabia is taking its opulent reputation to the rails. The new 'Dream of the Desert' train will use existing rail lines to ...

Private yachts were moored nearby, and some of the biggest celebrities were in attendance as Saudi Arabia partially opened Neom, its ambitious $500 billion mega-city in the desert. The event was ...