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  • Experts share details of cheetah remains found in Saudi Arabia and launch reintroduction program

    The discovery last year of the mummified cheetah remains, which was described as significant, attracted worldwide attention and prompted international experts to work with local specialists to discuss and research the find. Ahmad Alboug, general manager of the wildlife center’s terrestrial wildlife conservation department, told Arab News: “The discovery of the mummies in ground caves in Saudi Arabia is a big opportunity, not only on a national level but an International level.”

  • ‘Bring it on’: Emirates airline boss welcomes Saudi competition

    "Do I see this as a threat to us? No, I don't think so. Because Emirates has spent the best part of 35, 36 years building its brand," Clark said. "Never in my wildest dreams did I think that Emirates would have it all its own way in perpetuity... but is there room for more? Well, bring it on." Clark would not pre-empt next week's earnings announcement but said it had been a "good year", with a seat factor or passenger load of nearly 80 percent last week.

  • Abu Dhabi tops Dubai as ‘smartest city’ in MENA region

    For the third consecutive year, Abu Dhabi ranked as the smartest city in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for 2023, according to the IMD Smart City Index released by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland in collaboration with the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

  • What is happening in Sudan? Fighting in Khartoum explained

    A conflict in Sudan that erupted on April 15 has killed hundreds of people, driven more than 100,000 to flee across the borders and displaced hundreds of thousands inside the country where many already relied on international aid before fighting began.

  • Saudi low-cost airline budgets for expansion

    Saudi Arabia’s Flyadeal is set to add four new aircraft to its fleet this year as it realises its international ambitions. The budget carrier, owned by Saudia, the kingdom’s flagship operator, was launched in 2017 to serve the domestic market and is now the second largest operator in the country behind Saudia. Flyadeal launched international operations at the tail-end of the coronavirus pandemic and currently flies to destinations in the Middle East, Europe and North Africa. It has plans to launch in South Asia later this year.

  • Iran’s brain drain accelerates as crackdown on dissent intensifies

    According to the Nilgam Center, a Tehran-based agency providing services to Iranians seeking to emigrate, between 2010 and 2020 roughly 500,000 migrants left the country permanently. The Stanford Iran 2040 Project, an academic platform dedicated to the study of Iran’s development, reported in April 2020 that the population of Iran-born emigrants increased from about half a million before the 1979 revolution to 3.1 million in 2019, with the United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom being their top destinations.

  • Chart: The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes

    After leaving Manchester United for a two-and-a-half year contract with Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr team, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has become the highest paid athlete in the world, according to Forbes’ latest ranking. The 38-year-old earned a total of $136 million over the past twelve months, having pulled in $46 million for his work on the pitch and $90 million off it, between May 1, 2022 and May 1, 2023.

  • Kuwait again dissolves reinstated parliament by decree

    Kuwait's parliament was dissolved by royal decree on Monday, state news agency KUNA said, having only been reinstated in March based on a Constitutional Court ruling after a previous dissolution. Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah said last month the legislature would be dissolved and that new parliamentary elections would be held in coming months. The Gulf Arab state, an OPEC member, has seen prolonged bickering between the government and the elected parliament that has hampered fiscal reforms.

  • Turkish raid prompted ISIS leader to detonate suicide vest

    ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi's six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces raid in northwest Syria on Saturday after refusing to surrender, a senior Turkish security official said. The third ISIS leader to die by detonating an explosive vest during a raid since 2019, Qurashi leaves behind an organization that once ruled millions of people via its control of a third of Iraq and Syria but has now been forced underground.

  • ‘We love competition’: Qatar Airways CEO welcomes new Saudi carrier

    Qatar Airways says it welcomes the competition from the new Saudi Arabian flag carrier Riyadh Air, although acknowledging a range of challenges and headwinds that the wider industry is currently facing. “We love competition,” Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the Arabian Travel Market conference in Dubai Monday.