Sources: Arab News
Saudi Arabia bans the use of its territory or airspace for any military action against Iran. 2026-01-27
London police say they will take no further action in an investigation into allegations that associates of King Charles III's charity offered to help a Saudi Arabian billionaire secure a knighthood and British citizenship in return for donations of up to £1.5 million. 2023-08-21
The Biden administration releases a previously classified intelligence report on the assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, confirming that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman had approved of the assassination. 2021-02-26
The Houthis release six Saudi prisoners as part of a United Nations-mediated deal struck last month. All six arrive in Riyadh later the same day. 2020-01-1
A court in Saudi Arabia sentences five people to death for the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Three other defendants are given prison sentences totalling a combined 24 years, and another three are acquitted. 2019-12-23
Two former Twitter employees are charged for spying on at least 6,000 users on behalf of Saudi Arabia. 2019-11-6
At least 719 people are dead and 863 people injured in a stampede near Mecca during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. 2015-09-24
Saudi-led coalition forces bomb Houthi targets in several provinces of Yemen, killing at least 15 people, despite a UN-brokered truce. 2015-07-12
Saudi Arabia announces 113 previously unreported cases of MERS, revises the death toll to 282, and fires its minister of health. 2014-06-3
Using Google Maps, an archaeologist finds nearly 2,000 potential archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia. 2011-02-7