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Kenya's government debt surges to a record KSh 10.1 trillion (US$70.75 billion), surpassing its KSh 10 trillion debt limit, attributed to external debt and currency fluctuations. President William Ruto's response to the country's financial crisis has been met with months of civil disorder. $
2023-08-15

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

The Pakistani Minister of Finance announces that the country has received a $3 billion (11.3B SAR, ₨.530B) one-year loan from Saudi Arabia. $
2021-12-4

Forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) seize control of the island of Socotra. President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi condemns it as a "full-fledged" coup, while the governor of the island condemns the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for "turning a blind eye".
2020-06-21

Oil prices plummet after Saudi Arabia cut its official selling prices over the weekend.
2020-03-9

Saudi Aramco announces it will go public on the Riyadh stock exchange, with shares totalling up to two percent of the firm's worth made available at its IPO launch. Valued at US$1.2 trillion, the company is being partially privatized to reduce the kingdom's economic dependence on oil. $
2019-11-3

At a United Nations donor conference nations pledge US$2 billion in aid for Yemen, with almost half coming from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. $
2018-04-3

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis criticizes The Pentagon for wasting US$28 million for Afghan woodland camouflage that did not match the country's terrain. $
2017-07-24

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia, his first of three scheduled foreign trips. Trump signs an arms deal with King Salman worth more than US$100 billion. $
2017-05-20

Saudi-led airstrikes target the Sana'a home of former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh.
2015-05-10