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  • Saudi Arabia, Muslim world gear up as Ramadan begins

    Joining Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE have also confirmed that Ramadan will begin on Monday, with Oman, Pakistan, Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Brunei and Iran to follow a day later. The determination of the starting date relies on both lunar calculations and physical sightings of the new moon, a practice steeped in Islamic tradition. Al-Khudairi said: “Calculation and technology are complementing the sighting process. I say that the astronomical calculations and the naked eye sighting, like the human’s eyes, they need one another.”

  • Saudi Arabia rounds up record 23,040 illegals in weekly swoop

    Saudi authorities have arrested 23,040 foreign violators of the kingdom’s residency, labour and border security laws in one week, the highest such weekly arrests in more than two years. The arrests were made across the kingdom during the February 29-March 6 period.

  • Opinion – Gaza may be the crucible for new order in the Middle East

    The Middle East is at a hinge moment. The old order is collapsing, and a new one has yet to emerge. While the region’s tectonic shifts predate Hamas’s terror attack on Oct. 7, the ensuing conflict in Gaza and its reverberations across the region are the crucible in which the new contours of the Middle East will take shape.

  • Red Sea: US, UK and French destroy dozens of Houthi drones

    US military said at least 28 uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) were downed over the Red Sea early on Saturday. Along with coalition forces, the US said it acted after determining the "large-scale" attack "presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels". The Houthis said they had targeted a commercial ship, Propel Fortune, and a number of US destroyers.

  • Opinion – Amid the horror in Gaza, it’s easy to miss that the Middle East has changed

    While it used to be that the large Arab countries were dominant — because of history, size, armies, etc. — today it is the incredibly wealthy gulf states that set the agenda. Countries such as Egypt regularly depend on their wealthy Persian Gulf neighbors for bailouts and handouts. Second, there has been a broad shift of attitude — against Arab terrorism and toward some kind of reconciliation with and recognition of Israel.

  • Saudi-Iranian Relations Restored But Remain Tense

    A year after restoring diplomatic ties, Saudi Arabia and Iran still experience tensions. Conversations and diplomatic reopenings haven't translated into significant agreements due to ongoing regional conflicts and deep-seated distrust, especially concerning their allies and the situations in Yemen and Lebanon.

  • Saudi Aramco raises 2030 gas target as capex growth to slow on oil

    Saudi Arabia's energy giant Saudi Aramco raised its target for increased natural gas production on March 10 and lowered its capital expenditure forecast for crude oil after being ordered to halt work on expanding oil production capacity.

  • Saudi Arabia Is Splurging on Sports. Is It Working?

    As Saudi Arabia looks toward a post-oil future, the kingdom is spreading around its largess as never before. The Public Investment Fund, led by the country’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is making big bets on global sports including golf and football.

  • A Saudi business is leaving Arizona valley after it was targeted by the state over groundwater use

    Arizona officials said a Saudi-owned company they targeted over its use of groundwater to grow forage crops is moving its farming operation out of a valley in the Southwestern state’s rural west. Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona State Land Department announced late Thursday that Fondomonte Arizona is officially no longer pumping water in the Butler Valley groundwater basin. Some residents of La Paz County had complained that the company’s pumping was threatening their wells.

  • Saudi Wealth Fund Eyes $20 Billion Windfall from Aramco Dividend

    Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is set to earn about $5 billion in dividend payments every quarter from its stake in Aramco after the government handed it more shares in the state-controlled oil company, which then said it would boost shareholder payouts. The hike in Aramco’s dividend, which is set to total at least $124 billion this year, comes days after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the transfer of an 8% stake in Aramco to the Public Investment Fund.