When President Barack Obama first met Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz al Saud as the U.S. head-of-state earlier this year in London, he bowed to the Protector of the Two Holy Places, creating a ...

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, the sixth king of Saudi Arabia, has died at age 90, state television announced. A master politician, he gained a reputation as a reformer without changing his country’s ...

President Obama and his predecessors are sending condolences to Saudi Arabia over the death of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. "King Abdullah's life spanned from before the birth of modern Saudi ...

Abdullah was born in Riyadh in 1924, one of the 49 sons of Saudi Arabia's founder, King Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. But he was the only son the king fathered with Abdullah's mother, who was from a Bedouin ...

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, on Sunday inaugurated the Hamzah Bin Abdul Muttalib Royal Guards Brigade buildings complex.King Abdullah ...

Abdullah didn’t officially ascend until 2005, but he had been the de facto king since 1995, when his predecessor and half-brother Fahd’s health started failing. It was Abdullah who had to ...

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia's elderly King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday for medical tests, state media reported. King Abdullah, who took power in 2005 after the death ...

Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, Saudi Arabia Length of rule: 6 years. King Abdullah ascended to the throne in 2005, following the death of his half-brother, King Fahd.