Most of the 19 attackers were Saudi nationals who hijacked planes and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., and into a field in Pennsylvania, but a U.S. judge has ruled that Saudi Arabia is not liable for damages.
Saudi Arabia is seeking to cut its widening deficit and "reduce exposure to volatile equities markets amid the sustained slump in oil prices" as it draws down a reported $50-$70 billion from foreign holdings around the world in 2015, according to a Financial Times report.
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in 25 years.
A suspected former bodyguard to Osama bin Laden has been transferred from Guantanamo Bay to his native Saudi Arabia, according to U.S. DoD officials, following U.S. review and approval of Saudi Arabia's extremist rehabilitation program.
In collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and C3 International, the C3 US-Arab Business Summit will take place on Monday, October 19, 2015, in New York City at the Union League Club.
While visiting the United States last week, Saudi Arabia's King Salman extended the Kingdom's scholarship program to all students studying abroad, including to those currently paying their own way. However, the Ministry of Education is now exploring the possibility of limiting the program's scope
During King Salman's visit to Washington last week - his first official state visit anywhere - he had back-to-back meetings with President Obama at the White House and met with Saudi military leaders, students, former U.S. presidents, and the U.S.-Saudi business community.
The U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum opened today in Washington, D.C. with a panel of high level ministers and officials to discuss the investment climate in Saudi Arabia.
