Saudi Arabia explores women’s buying power with 30% entering work force To expand its own economy, Saudi Arabia is joining a global structural shift toward multiple-wage households as women move into more and more careers that used to be off-limits. By Sebastian Castelier In Dubai, reporting on regional business
On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman Sister of kidnapped Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov says US and Iraq can secure her release from Shiite militants Amberin Zaman
US forces in Middle East brace for fallout of Israel-Gaza conflict Pentagon officials have been increasingly concerned about the potential for wider conflict across the Middle East should Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups open up new fronts against Israel in a war with Gaza. By Jared Szuba In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military
How the complex search for Israel's hostages in Gaza could unfold Even determining the whereabouts of the hostages in the overcrowded Gaza Strip, much less rescuing them, will be a daunting mission for Israel and the United States. By Elizabeth Hagedorn In Washington, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights