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  • Migrant crossings to Spain’s Ceuta slow, but row with Morocco deepens

    The influx has hiked existing tensions between Spain and Morocco, with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday accusing Rabat of “disrespect” over the crisis. The spat comes with Spain and Morocco at loggerheads over Madrid’s decision to provide medical treatment for the ailing leader of the Western Sahara independence movement who has Covid-19.

  • Saudi Arabian remake of inspiring Spanish film ‘Campeones’ to be released in September

    An Arabic-language adaptation of Campeones, a 2018 Spanish comedy-drama film, is scheduled to hit cinemas later this year. Its Oscar-winning producer Andres Vicente Gomez hopes the 90-minute Saudi remake, called Champions, will impact Arab audiences and transform the lives of people with physical disabilities.

  • The Saudi Arabian Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale Explores Spatial and Social Encounters in the Saudi Residences

    Titled "Accommodations", the Saudi Arabian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, will analyze the spatial and social encounters of hosting and housing in Saudi Arabia, where histories, protocols, and gestures are intertwined. Curated by Hussam Dakkak, Basmah Kaki, and Hessa AlBader, alongside Brooklyn-based curators Uzma Z. Rizvi and Murtaza Vali, the exhibition will be on display from May 22nd to November 21st, 2021.

  • Clubhouse App Creates Space for Open Talk in Middle East

    While the app is currently limited to iPhone users, who make up a small and affluent subset of the Middle East, Clubhouse may draw more government scrutiny once it releases an Android version, which is expected as early as this month. In Iran, a bootleg Android version is already gaining steam.

  • Iranian Foreign Minister’s Leaked Comments Spark Political Frenzy

    The IRGC's role in Iranian foreign policy, mainly in the region, and its opposition to improved ties with the West are no secret. Neither is it a surprise that Iran's postrevolutionary system heaps power in the hands of an unelected supreme leader and other hard-line institutions. But Zarif's blunt insights into the power that the IRGC wields and his obvious frustrations with the revolutionary guards and with ally Russia, which according to Zarif opposes any Iranian thaw with the West, came as a surprise to many.

  • Foreign vehicles exceeding lifespan barred from entering Saudi Arabia

    The PTA said that the implementation of the conditions on foreign vehicles will be as follows: taxis 5 years, buses 10 years, and trucks 20 years from the manufacturing date. The vehicle’s life expectancy will be calculated from the beginning of the year it was manufactured

  • Red Sea Development Company Comments on NASA’s Photo of Islands from Space

    One of the astronauts of the special crew of “Expedition 64” from the International Space Station of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) took several pictures of hundreds of islands located on the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia. These included 90 islands that belong to the Red Sea Project, which is tipped as the Future of the Global Tourism Destinations.

  • Saudi Arabia energy minister and U.S. counterpart agree to enforce cooperation in the energy field – SPA

    Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and the U.S. counterpart Jennifer Granholm spoke on phone on Thursday and agreed to work closely to enforce cooperation in the energy field, the Saudi state news agency reported.

  • Column: India and Saudi Arabia spar over oil prices

    Tensions this month between India and Saudi Arabia over rising oil prices have underscored the growing importance of the bilateral relationship and its potential to generate conflict as well as cooperation.

  • Saudi Arabia closes March domestic issuance of sukuk program at 7.674 bln riyals -SPA

    Saudi Arabia’s National Debt Management Center closed on Tuesday its local issuance for March, 2021 of the kingdom’s sukuk, or Islamic bonds, program at a total of 7.674 billion riyals ($2.05 billion), Saudi state news agency (SPA) said.