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Report: Progress Toward the End of the Conflict in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition fighting to restore the U.N.-backed government in Yemen and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels are working on a peace deal that would bring toward a close the years-long fighting in the country, according to a report in Reuters, which cited three sources.
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Shoura Council Calls on Saudi Body to Study Expanding Foreign Ownership of Saudi Land
Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council has called on the Kingdom’s Real Estate General Authority “to coordinate with the relevant authorities to study its proposal allowing non-resident foreign individuals to own real estate in Saudi Arabia amid specific controls,” the local Saudi Gazette reports.
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Saudi FM Faisal bin Farhan Acknowledges ‘Exploratory Talks’ with Iran; Kingdom is ‘Hopeful’
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister HRH Prince Faisal bin Farhan acknowledged in an interview with the AFP that the Kingdom has held “exploratory talks” with regional rival Iran, and said that Saudi Arabia is “hopeful” that the talks in their early stages will lead to diplomatic progress.
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Saudi to Make COVID-19 Vaccinations Mandatory for All Public and Private Sector Workers
All public and private sector workers wishing to attend a workplace in Saudi Arabia will be required to have taken a COVID-19 vaccination, the human resources ministry said on Friday. The ministry did not say when the new rule would take effect.
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Ramadan Moon Seen in Saudi Arabia, Holy Month Begins Tuesday
The Ramadan crescent moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia, meaning the holy month will officially begin on Tuesday, April 13, according to an official announcement from the Kingdom’s Supreme Court.
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Saudi Arabia’s First Major Wind Farm Reaches Milestone as Renewables Push Continues
Saudi Arabia’s Dumat Al Jandal wind farm, its first major wind energy installation and part of a broader mix of national renewable energy solutions, has reached the 50 percent completion mark, according to reports.
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Jadwa Investment Launches $266m Fund to Invest in Riyadh’s Real Estate Market
Saudi Arabia’s Jadwa Investment has reportedly launched a $266m fund to invest in Riyadh’s real estate market, hoping to develop more than 1,500 residential units through several apartment complexes, targeting mid- to high-income households, the UAE-based The National reports.
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US-based Railcar Company Greenbrier the Latest to Move Regional HQ to Riyadh
US-based railcar company Greenbrier is one of the latest American companies to be moving or building their regional Headquarters in Riyadh, the company said, as it looks to profit off the opportunities presented by the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 economic and social reform plans. The NYSE-listed Greenbrier is one of 24 companies that have recently agreed […]
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New Whitepaper Examines the State of Recycling, Waste Management in Saudi Arabia, UAE
A new whitepaper released online from the UK-based publication The Economist Intelligence Unit examines the state of waste management and recycling in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The whitepaper, entitled Towards zero: Rethinking recycling in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, examines the state of waste management in Saudi Arabia and the UAE and identifies priorities for accelerating […]
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Event Alert: H.E. Khalid Al-Falih, Princess Reema bint Bandar Headline U.S.-Saudi Arabia Business Leaders Virtual Forum on March 23-24
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hosting a two day virtual event bringing together U.S. and Saudi Arabia business and government leaders on March 23-24. The event, entitled the U.S.-Saudi Arabia Business Leaders Virtual Forum, will see virtual keynote remarks delivered by H.E. Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment, H.R.H. Princess Reema bint Bandar […]
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Greece and Saudi Arabia to launch studies for potential electricity interconnector
Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or Admie) and Saudi Arabia’s National Grid Saudi Electricity Company have decided to kick off technical and economic studies for an electricity interconnector between the two countries.
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Opinion: Unable to ‘win’ in Gaza, Israel sets its sights elsewhere
For the meanwhile, it appears that neither Israel nor Iran wants a direct war with each other, and both appear ready to consider the recent exchange of attacks, although not their underlying causes, resolved. It certainly helps that no one appears to have been killed in either country, and that was undoubtedly intentional, since both sides have the clear ability to inflict far more destruction and deaths in each other’s territories if that was what they wanted.
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Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners
A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago. The mistrial came in the jury’s eighth day of deliberations. The deliberations went far longer than the trial itself.
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Secondary school graduates can get enrolled in universities across all Saudi regions
The Saudi Council of Universities Affairs issued a decision to open admission for government secondary school graduates in universities across all regions of Saudi Arabia, effective from the next academic year 1446.
The council stated that the prerequisite to limit the admission to students from the administrative region to which the university is affiliated will no longer be applicable. The council’s decision aims to enable male and female students to search for the appropriate academic paths for them, and to provide opportunities for fair competition for university seats in all government universities throughout Saudi Arabia. -
Saudi Arabia launches Nusuk pilgrim card for the Hajj of 2024
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has launched the Nusuk pilgrim card, which will be in use for the forthcoming annual pilgrimage of Hajj 2024.
Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah released the Nusuk card by presenting its copy to Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas in Jakarta on Tuesday, April 30, during his official visit to Indonesia. -
Axis of Resistance Continues its Battle
or the six months following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the region appeared to settle into a predictable, if volatile, pattern in which Iran acted indirectly, through its so-called “Axis of Resistance” partners, to strike against Israel, Israel’s main backer, the United States, and global commerce transiting the Red Sea, as a means of exerting pressure on Israel to end its offensive against Hamas.
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US needs cheaper ways to shoot down drones, Pentagon acquisition chief says
After months of shooting down drones over the Middle East, the cost of those interceptions is getting too high. That’s according to the Pentagon’s chief of weapons procurement, who said that efforts to take out uncrewed aerial systems are now exceeding $100,000 per shot.
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Will Iran’s supreme leader revise his ‘nuclear fatwa’?
Following Iran's Apr. 14 military action against Israel in response to the Apr. 1 bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) explicitly suggested the possibility of a revision to Tehran’s objection to atomic weapons. The suggestion may only be a part of the war of words between Iran and Israel. However, the fact that such discourse is rapidly becoming mainstream in Iran raises questions of what may lie ahead—including whether a shift may take place under Khamenei, who has long opposed atomic weapons on a religious basis.
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Fresh chaos, arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA
Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week.In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up at the University of California in Los Angeles, using flash bangs and riot gear to push through lines of protesters who linked arms in a futile attempt to halt their advance.
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Missile defence successes in Gulf, Ukraine fuel global urgency to acquire systems
The success of ballistic missile defences facing their first complex, high-stakes combat scenarios in Israel, the Red Sea and Ukraine will encourage militaries globally to invest in the pricey systems, experts say - and intensify missile arms races.Iran launched as many as 120 intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Israel on April 13, U.S. and Israeli officials say. U.S. SM-3 and Israeli Arrow interceptors destroyed nearly all of them, leaving drones and smaller threats to the Iron Dome system.
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