Sources: BBC
The IOC states that they were not consulted over Saudi Arabian plans for the $500 billion desert Asian Winter Games and that this was in clear conflict with their policy of using existing arenas. 2022-10-5
A US federal judge rules the Department of Defence cannot transfer an unidentified ISIS suspect with US-Saudi dual citizenship to an unnamed foreign country. 2018-04-19
Saudi Arabia lifts its 2013 ban on internet calls, effective midnight local time (21:00 UTC). 2017-09-20
Cross-border fire from Yemen kills a Saudi general making him the highest-ranking officer to be killed in border attacks by Houthi militants since March. 2015-08-23
The Saudi Arabian Air Force launches airstrikes on Sana'a International Airport and Yemen's al Dulaimi military airport resulting in at least 17 deaths. 2015-03-26
The Saudi Arabian government designates the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda among others as terrorist groups and warns that people joining them could face 30 years in prison. 2014-03-7
Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations: Saudi Arabia shuts its embassy and consulates in Egypt following protests over an Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi being detained in Saudi Arabia. 2012-04-28
Former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's wives and children are deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia. 2012-04-27
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
Tunisian revolution: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia as his regime was ousted from power in a popular revolution, is convicted "in absentia" on charges of possessing illegal drugs and weapons and sentenced to 15 years in jail at a court in Tunis. 2011-07-4