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  • World Cup 2022 Team Guides, Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland

    Argentina is the favorite to win this group, so the real narrative is, who comes in second? Mexico and Poland will likely battle for that spot, though Saudi Arabia is no slouch as an opponent. Robert Lewandowski leads a strong Poland side, while El Tri has the potential to go far in the tournament, especially with a rowdy fan base in tow. Meanwhile, the Saudis have confidence heading into Qatar after winning their Asian qualifying group and tying the United States in a September friendly — can they pull off a group stage upset?

  • Funding for Saudi Green-Hydrogen Plant at Neom Almost Done, Says ACWA

    The financing for a green-hydrogen plant in Neom in Saudi Arabia -- set to be one of the world’s largest -- may be completed in the coming months, according to ACWA Power Co. Construction of the $5 billion project in the north-west of the kingdom has started and it’s “very much on track” to be finished on schedule in 2026, Paddy Padmanathan, chief executive officer of ACWA, said in an interview.

  • UAE meddled in U.S. political system, intelligence report says

    The document was compiled by the National Intelligence Council and briefed to top U.S. policymakers in recent weeks to guide their decision-making related to the Middle East and the UAE, which enjoys outsize influence in Washington. The report is remarkable in that it focuses on the influence operations of a friendly nation rather than an adversarial power such as Russia, China or Iran. It is also uncommon for a U.S. intelligence product to closely examine interactions involving U.S. officials given its mandate to focus on foreign threats.

  • Saudi Aramco Eyes Hydrogen Deals in Japan

    Al-Falih said that the Saudi-Japan Vision 2030 meeting came just before Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s state visit to Japan from Nov. 19-21. The minister said that 89 of the initiatives from the vision are “being materialized, with some already completed.” He added that it was important to not only to ensure the quantity of these initiatives, but to also emphasize their quality.

  • Saudi Aramco Eyes Hydrogen Deals in Japan

    Al-Falih said that the Saudi-Japan Vision 2030 meeting came just before Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s state visit to Japan from Nov. 19-21. The minister said that 89 of the initiatives from the vision are “being materialized, with some already completed.” He added that it was important to not only to ensure the quantity of these initiatives, but to also emphasize their quality.

  • Is rare killing of US citizen tied to battle over Iraq’s top spy agency?

    A shadowy Shiite armed group has claimed responsibility for the rare assassination of an American citizen in Baghdad. Given the perpetrator’s apparent links with Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq, which is maneuvering to lead Iraq’s main intelligence and security agencies, speculations have emerged of grander political objectives being at play. Of further note, the assassination has been followed by reported Israeli airstrikes along the Iraq-Syria border.

  • In a first, Israeli general opens up about use of armed drones

    Israel on Wednesday described what has been an open secret for two decades - that it has used drones not just for surveillance but also in strikes within the country, against Palestinian militants in Gaza, and possibly targets as far away as Iran or Sudan. Israeli censors in July permitted publication of information about the armed drones and the chief of Israel's artillery corps - which runs the drones together with the air force - used his speech at an industry forum to give what he described as a first public account of the armed versions of the pilot-less planes.

  • 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar Beer Status: Budweiser Has Emergency Supplies Ready

    Stocking up for the FIFA 2022 World Cup, which starts Nov. 20, has been a monumental undertaking for the World Cup’s official beer. The beverage brand expects more beer will be consumed during the tournament than would typically happen during an entire year in the country, according to Peter Kraemer, AB InBev’s chief supply officer.

  • Iran Protests: How Gen Z Is Driving the Uprising

    This generation, born between 1997 and 2012, is social media savvy despite intermittent internet shutdowns and draconian internet censorship. Frustrated and angry with the status quo, they aren’t afraid to express themselves online or in person nor to push the red lines of the Islamic Republic. And they’re shaking up the aging, sclerotic clerical establishment to a degree not seen since the country’s 1979 revolution.

  • Egypt doesn’t want its human rights record on the COP27 agenda

    In an interview at the ministry office this week, Aboulmagd insisted that it isn’t up to him to choose the summit’s priorities, and that a successful COP requires incremental progress on all climate-related issues, from reducing emissions to drumming up more cash from wealthy nations to help developing countries pay for clean energy, climate adaptations, and economic losses from climate impacts. Activists can and should play and important role, he said, but he was clear that Egypt’s human rights record—which has come under fire in the last few weeks—should not be on the table.