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• In a shift, Saudi Arabia to ‘welcome’ LGBTQ tourists

  LGBTQ tourists can now visit Saudi Arabia, according to the kingdom's official tourism site. The shift follows a series of social and economic changes that the kingdom has made in recent years. Homosexuality, however, remains illegal in the country, though these laws are not always enforced. The Saudi Tourism Authority’s website visitsaudi.com has an updated section under its Frequently Asked Questions page stating “Are LGBT visitors welcome to visit Saudi Arabia?” The answer to the question reads as follows: “We don’t ask anyone to disclose personal details and never have. Everyone is welcome to visit our country.”

• In a shift, Saudi Arabia to ‘welcome’ LGBTQ tourists

  LGBTQ tourists can now visit Saudi Arabia, according to the kingdom's official tourism site. The shift follows a series of social and economic changes that the kingdom has made in recent years. Homosexuality, however, remains illegal in the country, though these laws are not always enforced. The Saudi Tourism Authority’s website visitsaudi.com has an updated section under its Frequently Asked Questions page stating “Are LGBT visitors welcome to visit Saudi Arabia?” The answer to the question reads as follows: “We don’t ask anyone to disclose personal details and never have. Everyone is welcome to visit our country.”

• Lionel Messi enjoys family holiday in Saudi Arabia

  Argentinian football star Lionel Messi and his family arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to enjoy a holiday in Riyadh. The trip is Messi’s second vacation in Saudi Arabia, having visited Jeddah with friends last year. This time he is joined by his family who are delighted to be spending time with each other on a getaway packed with fun family activities and attractions. They include cultural and historical gems, immersive outdoor experiences and the city’s modern entertainment districts.

• More than 100 American Sudan evacuees arrive in Saudi Arabia

  The group of Americans reached a port in Jeddah on Monday, according to CBS News. They crossed the Red Sea after making a 500-mile drive across Sudan from Khartoum, the capital city where the fighting is most intense, to a port on its east coast. From there, they boarded a U.S. Navy ship for the trip to Saudi Arabia.

  • CBS News - Sudan fighting and evacuations continue as U.S. Navy ship brings more than 100 Americans to Saudi Arabia
• Iranian diplomatic missions resume operations in Saudi Arabia

  Kanaani stressed that the two countries are in the early stages of resuming their bilateral relations and reopening their embassies, adding that Iran’s technical team is currently based in Saudi Arabia and laying the groundwork.

• Iranian diplomatic missions resume operations in Saudi Arabia

  The three diplomatic missions are Iran's embassy in Riyadh, a consulate general in Jeddah and a representative office to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah

• ‘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.

• Saudi Data Protection Law Amendments

  SDAIA will be the competent authority, for a period of two years, during which it is considered, in view of what results from the application of the provisions of the DPL and its implementing regulations and the level of maturity in the data sector to transfer the competence to supervise the implementation of the provisions of the law and its implementing regulations to the Kingdom’s National Data Management Office (NDMO).

• Iran’s hardline parliament votes to dismiss industry minister

  Iran's parliament on Sunday voted to dismiss the country’s industry minister, the first member of hardline President Ebrahim Raisi's cabinet to be impeached since his election in 2020 amid growing economic resentment across the country. Parliamentarians, who voted to remove Industry, Mines and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi-Amin, accused him of failing to control "skyrocketing prices of automobiles and the rising costs of industrial production" and lambasted him for mismanagement.

• China resumes construction of military base in UAE, defying US objections

  According to the Washington Post, leaked US intelligence documents that it obtained reportedly show that Chinese plans to continue construction in its military base in the UAE have gone ahead. The suspected Chinese military facility at Khalifa port near Abu Dhabi is part of plans to create a global network of military facilities at ports across the Middle East, south-east Asia, and Africa by 2030, labelled 'project 141.'

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