King Salman of Saudi Arabia has issued a decree ordering that women be allowed to drive, Saudi state media has reported. Under the conservative kingdom’s previous laws, women were banned from driving. The decree orders the Saudi interior minister to draft and adopt necessary amendments to the traffic regulations and to form a special commission consisting of the ministers of interior, finance, labor... 

The daughter of King Salman of Saudi Arabia has fled Paris after instructing one of her bodyguards to beat, kiss her feet and even murder a painter and decorator, it was claimed today. Princess Hassa, 42, has pleaded diplomatic immunity against prosecution after telling the armed aide: ‘You have to kill this dog, he doesn’t deserve to live.’ But the bodyguard, who has not been named, was...