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  • Economy minister heads Saudi delegation to WEF’s 2023 Annual Meeting of New Champions in China

    Alibrahim is one of more than 1,500 global leaders from the public and private sectors, civil societies and international organizations attending the event, which will seek to find solutions to critical global challenges, such as energy transformation and planet conservation.

  • Analysis: Peace for Yemen elusive despite Iran-Saudi deal and Saudi-Houthi talks

    Even if the Saudis and the Houthis reach an agreement, it is unlikely to bring peace to all of Yemen. The still internationally recognized government of Yemen has not been allowed to participate in talks and the same is true for factions supported by the United Arab Emirates, such as Tareq Saleh’s Giant Brigades and the Southern Transitional Council. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula remains capable of playing the spoiler.

  • After Marathon Meeting, PGA Tour Players Appear Ready to Work With Saudi Public Investment Fund

    The PGA Tour Policy board met for more than five hours in Dearborn, Mich., Tuesday, and spent more than half of it on its looming partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, covering a range of issues from economic to procedural. In the end, it was only one day of a complicated process, but it was an important day, simply because it shows the players, and the public, that after the initial shock and grumbling from players, the Tour is where commissioner Jay Monahan hoped it would be: On the path to a business partnership with PIF.

  • Armed man killed in gunfire exchange near US consulate in Saudi Arabia

    "A person in a car stopped near the American Consulate building in Jeddah Governorate and got out of it carrying a firearm in his hand, so security authorities took the initiative to deal with him as required, and the exchange of fire resulted in his death," a spokesperson for the Makkah Region police said.

  • John McEnroe Slams ATP Tour’s Saudi Arabia Investment Talks

    “I wouldn’t encourage it personally, the Saudi thing. I’m not surprised that tennis is being thrown into the mix after what we saw in golf,” McEnroe said Wednesday on a call with reporters. “I don’t think that’s something that we should be pursuing. It’s not in my hands.”

  • How the PGA Tour and Liv Golf Merger Could Collapse

    If the agreement closes, it stands to reshape golf’s economic structure profoundly, bringing the business ventures of the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and the DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour, into a new company. The wealth fund is in line to have significant influence over investments in the company, which Monahan is poised to lead as chief executive.

  • NEOM’s Sindalah Island cements plans to be world’s luxury yachting hub

    NEOM has signed a deal with superyacht concierge and maritime agency BWA Yachting. The firm will establish an office at NEOM’s luxury island development Sindalah. BWA is the Key partner superyacht agency in NEOM and will provide services for the world’s most spectacular luxury vessels, as Sindalah becomes the Red Sea’s first ultra-prime superyacht destination. Sindalah will be the first part of NEOM to open, one of NEOM’s 39 islands that will have more than 5,000 berths.

  • Saudi leaders congratulate Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis on reelection

    Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the occasion of winning a second term in office and taking the constitutional oath, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. The king expressed his best wishes for success to the prime minister and the Greek people for further progress and prosperity. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also sent a similar cable of congratulations to Mitsotakis.

  • How Saudi Arabia prioritizes rehabilitation in its crackdown on meth, Captagon and other narcotics

    For drug traffickers, Saudi Arabia is a target market for amphetamines, particularly Captagon. Between 2019 and 2020, the Kingdom seized some 30 tons of illicit drugs, 99 percent of which were Captagon pills.

  • Who’s Who: Dr. Mohammed Alhajji, director of behavioral insights at the Ministry of Health

    Alhajji has become a well-known figure in the field of behavioral sciences in Saudi Arabia. His contributions have helped this niche science to become mainstream and a topic of discussion among policymakers. Before assuming his current position, Alhajji served over a year as a scientific adviser at the Misk Foundation in 2020, where he managed research projects, advised teams within the institution, and collaborated with research institutes to increase scientific output. He served at Temple University twice between 2015 and 2019, as an instructor and researcher. His studies, financed variously by the government and private entities, explored the behavioral and social determinants of health. He also analyzed public views to build educational materials for policy creation.