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  • Saudi Arabia launches unified employment portal

    Saudi Arabia has launched a unified employment portal offering job opportunities spanning across the government and public sectors. The Jadarat platform was unveiled by the Kingdom’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Ahmed Al-Rajhi.

  • How Middle East professionals are making bold career moves to boost earnings

    Forty-four per cent of regional employees are considering changing employers within the next 12 months, a significant increase compared to the global average of 28 per cent, according to the Middle East Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2024 by recruitment agency TASC Outsourcing.

  • Tourist spending in Saudi Arabia hit new high in 2023

    Around 27 million international tourists spent SAR141 billion riyals ($37.6 billion) in Saudi Arabia in 2023, the highest figure yet. The international spending, published on X by the ministry of tourism, was a 44 percent rise on 2022 and compares to the previous high of SAR103.4 billion spent by 17.5 million inbound tourists in 2019, according to government figures.

  • Olympic victory of naturalized athlete sparks ‘sportswashing’ debate in Bahrain

    Winfred Yavi, a Bahraini runner of Kenyan origin, has bagged the first gold medal for the island nation at the Paris Olympics. The win has sparked mixed reactions among Bahrainis and the wider Arab world. Some view it as highlighting alleged sportswashing by Manama—a term for when sports are used to improve reputations tarnished by issues such as rights abuses. Others point to a claimed trend of naturalization of foreigners in the Gulf Arab monarchy. The latter is a particularly contentious matter in Bahrain, which has long been criticized for stripping indigenous Bahrainis—particularly dissidents—of their nationality.

  • Populous releases visuals of Aramco Stadium planned for Saudi World Cup

    Global architecture studio Populous has unveiled its plans for Aramco Stadium, a 47,000-seat sports venue in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, designed to be "iconic in the football world". Set to host the upcoming 2027 AFC Asian Cup, the building will be defined by a spiralling form intended to evoke waves, in a nod to its position on the coast of the Arabian Gulf. Populous is also developing it to meet the requirements to be a 2034 FIFA World Cup venue.

  • Saudi Leadership Congratulates India on Independence Day

    India will mark its 75th year of independence on Monday. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, sent separate cables congratulating Indian President Droupadi Murmu on the anniversary of her country's Independence Day.

  • Saudi Space Agency Launches ‘Abaad’ Astrophotography Competition

    According to the release, the competition aims to encourage interest in astrophotography and increase scientific awareness of astronomy and space sciences, building a creative and productive community. Saudi Astronaut Ali AlQarni, supervisor of Abaad, emphasized the competition's role in advancing space education and inspiring a new generation of astronomers. "The Abaad competition also aligns perfectly with SSA's mission to enrich Arabic content in space sciences and foster a community passionate about exploring the cosmos," said AlQarni.

  • Predicting the Next US Administration’s Approach to the Region

    The two leading presidential candidates in America’s 2024 election have made statements and established track records on the Middle East based on their time in office. This document aims to highlight the most important and reliable positions staked out by former President Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris.

  • The war in Gaza passes a bleak, bloody milestone

    On Thursday, the Gaza Health Ministry announced that the enclave’s death toll amid the ongoing Israeli offensive against militant group Hamas had surpassed 40,000 people. That statistic is grim in its own right, though implicit in it, too, is the staggering scale of destruction in Gaza — the quantifiable damage unleashed by Israel’s relentless bombardments of the territory and the unquantifiable toll of misery and suffering experienced by a hungry population, struggling for safety in a Gaza where no area seems safe.

  • Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, health authorities say

    A new form of the virus has triggered global concern because it seems to spread more easily though routine close contact. A case of the new variant was confirmed on Thursday in Sweden and linked to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent.