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  • Stunning aerial views of the faithful’s mammoth convergence at Grand Mosque in Makkah

    The Grand Mosque in Makkah, Islam’s holiest shrine, has been witnessing the convergence of over one million Umrah pilgrims and worshipers during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan. The Saudi Press Agency’s photographers captured the incredible images of the faithful’s gathering and movement as well as the integrated services being offered to them by the Saudi authorities from a high altitude.

  • Thailand’s PTT and ACWA Power to invest $7bn in green hydrogen

    The plant will be built in Thailand and have a production capacity of 225,000 tons of hydrogen per year, equivalent to around 1.2 million tons of ammonia. The two companies, along with the state-owned Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, signed a memorandum of understanding in November 2021 to proceed with the project. The investment pledge represents a significant step forward in realizing the plan.

  • CIA’s Burns reaffirmed intelligence cooperation on Saudi Arabia visit – US official

    CIA Director William Burns held talks in Saudi Arabia with his counterparts and national leaders to reaffirm intelligence cooperation, a U.S. official said on Thursday, as the kingdom and its arch-rival Iran renew ties in a China-brokered deal. China's role in arranging the deal was seen by some experts as signaling a decrease in U.S. influence with Saudi Arabia amid tensions between Washington and Riyadh over a number of issues, including human rights and Saudi oil production cuts.

  • Japan startup APB signs next-gen battery partnership with Saudi Aramco

    Japanese battery startup APB has announced it has partnered with world’s largest oil firm, Saudi Aramco, to jointly develop materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries and introduce them to global markets. Fukui-based APB says that safer and low-cost all-polymer batteries will play a crucial role in decarbonization, and that it is building a pilot production line at its Fukui plant to prepare for mass production in the fiscal year beginning April 2026.

  • Chart: Renewables Surpass Coal in U.S. Electricity Generation

    For the first time, more electricity was generated from renewable sources in the U.S. over the course of one year than from coal. In 2022, renewable energy sources created more than 900 terawatt-hours of electric power in the country compared to a little over 800 that came from coal. On a global scale, a similar change is coming - renewables are projected to outweigh coal electricity generation by 2027.

  • Saudi Arabia’s ‘vision and generosity are very well-suited’ to WHO’s work on global health issues, says WHO Foundation CEO

    World challenges such as the Turkiye-Syria earthquakes, the food crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa and the conflict in Ukraine are great examples of where we are facing crises that affect all of us and have to come together. Such adversities cannot be tackled by any single sector alone. WHO is part of several international organizations of the United Nations, but the UN and the governments are not enough. We have to make sure we are collaborating with individuals and businesses too.

  • Statement Of General Michael “Erik” Kurilla On The Posture Of U.S. Central Command

    The central region remains among the most important regions in the world. A disruption in the maritime choke points flowing through the Middle East or the spread of instability throughout the region could threaten vital national interests and hold the global economy at risk.

  • Israeli-Saudi Intelligence Ties Stirred, Not Shaken by Iran Rapprochement

    “The clandestine Saudi intelligence relationship with Israel dates to the early 1960s and has survived many upheavals in the region,” Bruce Riedel, a former CIA Middle East analyst, told SpyTalk. “It will continue quietly, despite the Saudi-Iran deal to restore diplomatic relations.”

  • ‘Climate time bomb ticking’, emissions must urgently be cut, UN chief says

    U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the "climate time bomb is ticking" as he urged rich nations on Monday to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said there was little time to lose in tackling climate change. "The rate of temperature rise in the last half century is the highest in 2,000 years," he said. "Concentrations of carbon dioxide are at their highest in at least 2 million years. The climate time-bomb is ticking."

  • NEOM’s first hydrogen fueling station to be built by Air Products

    Industrial gas company, Air Products has announced that one of its key units, Air Products Qudra, has signed an agreement with Enowa, the energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary of NEOM, for the construction and operation of the first hydrogen fueling station within the mega futuristic city. Air Products Qudra is the regional development and investment joint venture between US-based Air Products and Qudra Energy, a subsidiary of Vision Invest.