Sources: Al-Arabiyah
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah despite previously vowing to make him a "pariah". 2022-07-15
At least 25 people are killed and more than 110 others wounded in an attack at the Aden International Airport, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed government arrived from Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed is taken to safety along with the Saudi ambassador and all remaining government members. The Houthis are blamed for the attack, but the group has denied responsibility. Another blast was later reported at the presidential palace, where the cabinet was meeting. 2020-12-30
Saudi Arabia agrees to allow Israeli commercial flights to cross its airspace for the first time, following high-level talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner. 2020-11-30
World leaders at the virtual G20 summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, call for a united response to the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss the global economic crises and climate change. 2020-11-21
Saudi Arabia reports the execution and crucifixion, in Mecca, of a man from Myanmar. The man was sentenced for breaking into the home of a woman and stabbing her, which led to her death, as well as for other crimes. 2018-08-8
The United States issues a worldwide travel alert due to heightened activity by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (aka Da’esh-ISIS), Boko Haram, al-Qa’ida and other terrorist groups through February 24, 2016. 2015-11-23
A Saudi-led air raid on Yemen's Al Hudaydah port reportedly kills 20 Indian nationals involved in oil smuggling. 2015-09-8
Shellfire from Yemen kills two people over the border in Saudi Arabia. 2015-05-26
Former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's wives and children are deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia. 2012-04-27
Saudi Arabia confirms it is welcoming ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family into the kingdom due to "exceptional circumstances" in Tunisia; people in Saudi Arabia and people elsewhere criticise the decision to offer sanctuary to "the dictator" on the Internet. 2011-01-15