Sources: Arab News
Saudi Arabia, where alcohol has been banned since 1952, opens its first alcohol store in the diplomatic quarter of its capital Riyadh. 2024-01-24
Russia becomes China's biggest supplier of oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia and making up over half of China's oil imports. 2022-06-21
Ceasefire talks between the Houthis and Saudi Arabian forces begin in Yemen in an effort to end fighting. 2022-04-2
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education announces that it will vaccinate students aged 12 and 18. 2021-07-2
Yemen accuses Iran of arming Houthi rebels with drones in violation of United Nations sanctions to allow the militants to launch attacks on Saudi Arabia. Iran supports the Houthis but denies arming them. 2018-04-14
MV "Vitaspirit", a 225-meter cargo ship, crashes into a 200-year-old historic coastal mansion on the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey after an engine failure during a voyage from Russia to Saudi Arabia. 2018-04-7
Seven Israeli chess players are denied travel visas to the Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Saudi Arabia as the two countries have no diplomatic relations. Players from Qatar and Iran are given last-minute visas, while Ukrainian champion Anna Muzychuk refuses to participate because she does not want to wear an abaya. 2017-12-26
Saudi Arabia arrests 431 people accused of links to Islamic State. 2015-07-18
Kuwait claims that the suicide bomber responsible for the attack that killed 27 people was Fahd Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Qaba'a, a citizen of Saudi Arabia. 2015-06-28
2011 Yemeni uprising: Thousands of people rally against authority in Sana'a, marching towards the residence of Vice-President Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi since Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country for 33 years, remains in Saudi Arabia receiving treatment for his wounds. 2011-07-4