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  • After talks in Russia, Saudi Arabia warns price caps on its oil will spark retaliation

    Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud has declared that the Kingdom will not sell oil to any country that imposes a price cap on its supplies. The posturing against potential oil price ceilings targeting Saudi oil notably follows consultations between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The diplomatic engagement in Moscow last week also resulted in the reaffirmation by both countries that agreed oil production cuts will be upheld.

  • Morocco joins Portugal and Spain in transcontinental bid to host 2030 World Cup

    Morocco is set to join Spain and Portugal in a bid to host the FIFA 2030 Men’s World Cup, apparently replacing Ukraine in a three-way alliance with the two European nations. Ukraine said it would team up with Spain and Portugal in a joint bid last October, but Morocco’s announcement suggests it will no longer be part of the process. CNN has reached out to all the nations involved.

  • Meet the first ever Saudi astronauts to head to the International Space Station

    In a matter of weeks, Saudi Arabia will make history when it sends its first-ever astronauts to the International Space Station – including the first Arab female in space. Ali al-Qarni and Rayyanah Barnawi - members of the inaugural Saudi national astronaut program - will part of the four-man crew Axiom-2 mission to blast off in May from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

  • UAE makes history with the launch of the longest Arab mission to space

    The Dragon spacecraft carrying the UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and Crew-6 colleagues has blasted off to space on March 2

  • From Twitter spats to island disputes, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have a bone to pick with each other

    At the World Government Summit in Dubai during February 13-15, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi expressed his gratitude to Gulf countries for their support to Egypt. Sisi singled out Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed, lauding him for his pivotal role in helping Egypt meet its energy needs in the years following the 2011 uprising when the country had faced fuel shortages. Sisi’s friendly overtures to Gulf leaders come at a time of unprecedented economic difficulties for Egypt. They also come amid rising tensions with Gulf states, particularly Saudi Arabia. However, Cairo’s relationship with its Gulf ally has become increasingly fractious in recent weeks after a Saudi official made clear that any future Gulf assistance ”will come with strings attached.”

  • Riyadh to get 63ha of new office space in 2023 amid Saudi commercial real estate growth

    “Trends such as the widespread adoption of dynamic and flexible working, the growth of workplace technologies to support corporate real estate functions in managing these new work styles, and increased investment to bolster environmental sustainability goals identified in our ‘Future of Work’ report have accelerated quickly over the last two years.

  • Oman opens airspace, joining Saudi corridor for Israeli carriers

    In July, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that Riyadh would allow unfettered Israeli overflights. But implementation had been on hold pending the agreement of Oman, as the Saudi corridor extends over its territory for easterly routes.

  • Oman opens airspace, joining Saudi in Israeli airline corridor

    Oman's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday said the Gulf Arab state's airspace will be open for all civilian carriers, a move that would enable Israeli airlines to utilise a Saudi-Oman corridor to cut flight times to Asia. Saudi Arabia, which like Oman does not have formal ties with Israel, last summer said it would open its airspace to all air carriers, but Israeli officials had said the corridor could not be implemented until Oman consented.

  • Saudi Arabia unveils a new horizon in space expedition

    Rayyanah Barnawi is the first female Saudi astronaut to head to the ISS. She is a research laboratory technician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering. And Ali AlQarni is a Royal Saudi Air Force captain. He has logged over 2,000 flight hours and holds a Bachelor’s in Aeronautical Science from King Faisal Air Academy.

  • Saudi Arabia to send its first woman into space

    Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, the latest move by the kingdom to revamp its ultra-conservative image. Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. Barnawi and Al-Qarni will fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as part of a mission this spring by the private space company Axiom Space, SPA and Axiom said.