Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit on October 28, has been denied traveling over Pakistan air space. He is scheduled to participate in the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), an annual investment forum there.

Saudi Arabia government on Thursday announced that women will be allowed to travel abroad without 'male' guardian approval.

“’Khud kusi’ ki baat nahin sochte. Hum hain na. Hamari Embassy aapki poori madad karegi. @IndianEmbRiyadh - Pls send me a report on this,” she tweeted and asked authorities in the country to respond to his plea.

A day after the United States announced a $1 million bounty on Osama Bin Laden's son, the United Nation added Hamza bin Laden's name to the sanctions list, subjecting him to a travel ban, assets freeze and an arms embargo as it described him as being seen as the "most probable successor" of the group's current leader Aiman al-Zawahiri.

Saudi Arabia on Saturday appointed a princess as its new ambassador to the United States; this is for the first time when the kingdom has named a woman to such a post.

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday agreed to back India in fight against terrorism, also blacklist Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar. The decision comes a day after France decided to move a resolution against JeM chief Masood Azhar at the United Nations to list him as 'global terrorist'.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Sunday signed a pact worth $20 billion for investments in cash strapped South Asian country.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Pakistan has been delayed by a day, said Foreign Ministry. He was scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on February 17 (Sunday).

The President of the United States on Saturday warned that his administration would inflict severe punishment on Saudi Arabia if the Middle Eastern Kingdom was found to have played a part in the disappearance of a dissident journalist.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates from Tuesday at the invitation of the two countries leaderships, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.