Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, died Monday at age 84. Following a background report, two experts discuss the late king's legacy and what lies ahead for for Saudi Arabia.

King Fahd was laid to rest in an unmarked desert grave Tuesday after his body, wrapped in a simple brown robe, was borne from a prayer service by his sons. Vice President Dick Cheney and other world ...

Saudi King Fahd was recovering from the pneumonia that sent him to the hospital last week, a hospital official said, citing chest X-rays taken Sunday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd sought to modernize his desert kingdom while balancing change against tribal tradition and orthodox Islam, but a stroke a decade ago left him a ruler in ...

POOR King Fahd. He stood upon his going for so long that speculation about the Saudi monarchy had come to centre not on the prince who would replace him, or even on the prince who would replace that ...

LONDON — A British judge on Tuesday ordered a huge financial payout for a woman who claims she was the “secret wife” of the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Judge Peter Smith ruled that ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia's King Fahd (search) sought to modernize his desert kingdom while balancing change against tribal tradition and orthodox Islam, but a stroke a decade ago left him a ...

King Fahd, whose actions to strengthen the oil kingdom's ties with the United States brought down the wrath of Islamic militants, was taken to a Riyadh hospital Friday apparently suffering from ...

A 30-year era ended in Saudi Arabia Monday when King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al Saud succumbed to his numerous ailments and died in a Riyadh hospital at the age of 84. Fahd effectively took the reins of ...

King Fahd (l) in 1994 and Crown Prince Abdullah in 1997 1 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Saudi Arabia's ailing King Fahd has died. The king's death was announced over the official Saudi media today. Aged in ...