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The professional golf tour organisations LIV Golf, the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour announce that they will combine their commercial rights into a new for-profit company, primarily funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. This merger agreement will end all existing litigation between the three tours, with plans for a "fair and objective process for any players who wish to re-apply for membership".
2023-06-6

The Turkish newspaper "Sabah" names the 15-member Saudi Arabian intelligence team allegedly involved in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
2018-10-10

The United States Congress passes a law allowing families of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. U.S. president Barack Obama threatens to veto it.
2016-09-9

Voters in Saudi Arabia go to the polls for municipal elections, with women voting and standing for election for the first time. Seventeen women are elected to office.
2015-12-12

An Iranian fishing boat loaded with weapons, including rockets and anti-tank shells, is intercepted and seized in the Arabian Sea, 150 miles southeast of the Omani Port of Salalah, by Arab coalition forces. Saudi Arabia has previously accused Iran of supplying weapons to Houthi militants in Yemen.
2015-09-30

Houthi militants backed by allied Yemeni troops seize control of four Saudi military bases in Saudi Arabia's southern 'Asir Region according to Yemeni state TV.
2015-09-12

A suicide bomber targeting Shiites at a mosque in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, has killed 19 and injured 28, per Red Crescent authorities.
2015-05-22

Saudi Arabia grants Lebanon US$1 billion to help the country in its conflict with self-declared jihadist fighters on the border with Syria.
2014-08-6

Saudi Arabia announces it plans to pay salaries of the Free Syria Army, in an attempt to encourage more defections from Assad's forces.
2012-06-22

A protester is shot dead by security forces in Qatif, eastern Saudi Arabia, amid a demonstration calling for the release of Shia prisoners and democratic reforms.
2012-02-10