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  • Chart: Deadliest Q1 Since 2017 for Mediterranean Migrant Crossing

    As more migrants are once again crossing the Mediterranean, more deaths are occurring on this migration route that has been deemed the most dangerous in the world. Over the weekend, around 3,000 migrants reached Italy, with the Italian coastguard evacuating many from crowded boats close to the country's shores, including 400 on a vessel that was adrift in inclement weather. The UN has criticized delays caused by state-led rescue operations as well as the blocking of civilian rescue ships that has become commonplace - both exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the region.

  • Chart: Wind & Solar Meet Majority of Electricity Demand Growth

    Data shows that there’s been significant progress in the production of solar and wind power over the past two decades. In 2022, solar added a record of 245 TWh of generation in 2022, while wind added a record 312 TWh - together accounting for 80 percent of the world's increased need for electricity that year. While this is a move in the right direction, coal and other fossil fuels were still needed to meet the world’s overall growing need for electricity.

  • Chart: Wind & Solar Meet Majority of Electricity Demand Growth

    Data shows that there’s been significant progress in the production of solar and wind power over the past two decades. In 2022, solar added a record of 245 TWh of generation in 2022, while wind added a record 312 TWh - together accounting for 80 percent of the world's increased need for electricity that year. While this is a move in the right direction, coal and other fossil fuels were still needed to meet the world’s overall growing need for electricity.

  • Saudi Arabia approves amendments to the Transfer Pricing Bylaws to include zakat payers as part of covered entities

    On 7 April 2023, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) announced the issuance of Decision of the Board of Directors of the Zakat, Tax and Customs No (8-2-23) dated 28/08/1444AH (Decision), approving changes that will include zakat payers within the scope of the Saudi Arabian TP Bylaws.

  • Iran exploits earthquake relief mission to fly weapons to Syria

    After the Feb. 6 earthquake in northern Syria and Turkey, hundreds of flights from Iran began landing in Syria's Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia airports bringing supplies, and this went on for seven weeks, the sources said. More than 6,000 people died in all of Syria, according to the United Nations.

  • Russia starts fuel supplies to Iran by rail – sources

    Russia started fuel exports to Iran by rail this year for the first time after traditional buyers shunned trade with Moscow, according to three industry sources and exports data. Russia and Iran, both under Western sanctions, are forging closer ties in order to support their economies and to undermine Western sanctions which both Moscow and Tehran cast as unjustified.

  • Russia signals focus on Iran’s transit sector as economic ties lag military partnership

    Russian top presidential aide Igor Levitin has visited Iran for the second time this year. Levitin was hosted by senior officials in Tehran, including Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Shamkhani and First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber. While Iran and Russia's growing military cooperation has been making headlines, the top Russian official’s most recent trip to Tehran appears to have focused on the economic partnership and transit links.

  • Islamic Arts Biennale: Saudi Arabia Puts a Spotlight on Global Islamic Art

    One year after the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale launched in Riyadh, the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah embraces myriad global traditions of Islamic religious practice and places the city at the center of narratives of pilgrimage, piety, migration, and movement.

  • Chart: Saudi Arabia Is Investing Heavily in Desalination

    The 4th MENA Desalination Projects 2023 Report details how a total of $39.3 billion is currently being spent on desalination projects across the region, whether planned or already underway. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are investing the most of these countries, with a total of $14.58 billion and $10.28 billion worth of projects, respectively.

  • Chart: Saudi Arabia Is Investing Heavily in Desalination [

    The 4th MENA Desalination Projects 2023 Report details how a total of $39.3 billion is currently being spent on desalination projects across the region, whether planned or already underway. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are investing the most of these countries, with a total of $14.58 billion and $10.28 billion worth of projects, respectively.