UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said in rare public comments on Thursday that Saudi Arabia had exerted "unacceptable" pressure on the world body after a U.N. report blacklisted a Saudi-led military coalition for killing children in Yemen, according to reports.
Saudi Arabia has unveiled its long-awaited National Transformation Program, a 112-page document outlining Saudi Arabia's strategic objectives in achieving its previously-announced "Vision 2030" initiative.
The Senate on Tuesday passed H.R.3815, a bill that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged support for terrorism, despite stiff opposition from the White House and Saudi leaders.
Saudi Arabia held $116.8 billion in U.S. debt at the end of March. That is down 6% from its highest level in January 2016. It is the first time this information has been available to the public.
The Saudi-led coalition will fight to regain Yemen's capital city from Houthi rebels if current peace talks backed by the United Nations collapse, according to Saudi Arabia's Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, who has been the official spokesman for the Saudi military during the conflict.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a Royal Order on Saturday, May 7th, 2016 making changes to the government structure and key leaders. The Royal Order follows the recently released ‘Vision 2030’ economic and development plan to transform the Saudi economy and society into the 21st Century.
In order to achieve the goals set out in the Vision 2030 document, the plan highlighted 13 'programs' for the Kingdom, some of which have already been launched while others are forthcoming.
