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  • How Gulf Countries Are Splurging at Home
     

    Asa Fitch, writing in the Wall Street Journal, details the extent to which oil dollars are fueling economic growth “at home” for GCC countries: Booming oil prices are flooding Arab countries with money, but where the lion’s share of that wealth would once have been pumped into the world’s financial markets, much of it is […]

     
  • Island in the Gulf – A Film of Juraid Island
     

    One of the great joys of living in Saudi Arabia has always been the natural environment itself – the dunes, the jebals and especially the Gulf with its beaches, reefs and islands. For those lucky enough to visit Juraid Island, fifteen miles offshore from Jubail, the experience has always been unforgettable. A pristine island shaped […]

     
  • Foreign Military Sales Keep Production Lines Hot
     

    “Partnership building is part of one of the largest benefits that we see,” Hunt said. “It’s building and maintaining friendships, it’s about building allies. United States Central Command, or CENTCOM, is obviously a very busy place for the United States now. The more that we can help those countries not only defend, but operate amongst […]

     
  • SEC unveils SR452b projects
     

    The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has allocated SR452 billion to implement energy projects until the year 2021 according to SEC Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Saleh Bin Hussein Al-Awaji. These projects will provide services consistent with international standards, including building up an adequate power at a peak time about 10 percent of combined capacity. The […]

     
  • US and Saudi team up for renewable energy projects
     

    The United States and Saudi Arabia are prepared to sign a number of deals related to the establishment of investment and service projects depending on renewable energy resources, Arab News reported. US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services, Nicole Lamb, said the US would support the Kingdom on its drive to develop clean […]

     
  • The arms spending map of the world
     

    How much do countries spend on their militaries? This data from the Stockholm International Peace research Institute shows the world in arms spending – both in dollars over time and as a percentage of GDP.

     
  • Major Banks Expanding in Saudi Arabia
     

    “We’d be crazy to limit ourselves to a handful of bankers when we can see oil prices are going to sustain the Saudi economy for the foreseeable future,” Rory Gilbert, the head of Middle East and North Africa at London-based Barclays’s wealth management unit, said in an interview this week in Dubai. “In four or […]

     
  • A Nuclear Iran: CNN
     

    What do we really know about the Iranian nuclear threat?  Iran says it wants the right to have its peaceful nuclear program formally recognized.  But from the outside, Iran has long given the impression it has something to hide.  And fear that Iran may soon have the capability to build a nuclear weapon, has spurred […]

     
  • Saudi ‘tops in mobile users’
     

    Saudi Arabia has the highest proportion of mobile phone users in the world with 188 per cent, followed by Vietnam and Oman in the second and third places respectively, according to a recent study. The study which was conducted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) indicated that this percentage is by far […]

     
  • The Menu of Options in the Iranian Nuclear Talks
     

    For the first time in more than a year and a half, negotiators from Iran and the so-called P5+1 countries – the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, the U.S., Russia, China, France and England, plus Germany – will sit down with their Iranian counterparts this Friday in Istanbul to talk about […]

     

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  • Lionel Messi’s future: Barcelona, Saudi Arabia or Miami?

    So if not in Paris, where will Messi be playing football next season? Is a return to Barcelona, the club he served with such distinction until 2021, financially viable? Does Messi’s lucrative ambassadorial role with the Saudi tourist board suggest he will follow Cristiano Ronaldo and play club football in the Middle East? What about a long-mooted move to Inter Miami and Major League Soccer?

  • Perspective: Why the Saudi–Iran agreement doesn’t herald an active role for China in the Gulf

    China’s participation was like its earlier efforts at regional conflict management. Between 2004–07 it tried to bridge the gap between the international community and the Sudanese regime during the Darfur crisis. Beijing then did something similar in 2013–15 between the West and Iran over the Iranian nuclear program, culminating in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. In both cases, Chinese involvement was helped by a pre-established framework of dialogue and the willingness of each side to involve Beijing.

  • Private investment playing an increasing role in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla, tourism chief says

    Private investment constitutes up to a quarter of AlUla’s total spending as the Saudi tourism destination moves ahead with development plans, a senior executive at the Royal Commission for AlUla has said. “Out of the overall budget, probably 20 to 25 per cent is private [investment],” Phillip Jones, chief tourism officer, told The National an interview, without revealing specific figures. “More and more of the businesses that are opening across the destination are opening on their own. They're not asking for financial support."

  • Fleeing Sudan, Some Find Saudi Ships ‘a Golden Opportunity’ to Escape

    The Saudis have sent naval ships and chartered commercial vessels on more than a dozen trips across the Red Sea, evacuating nearly 6,000 people so far, fewer than 250 of them Saudi citizens. A Times reporter traveled aboard one such naval ship from Port Sudan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a group of evacuees fleeing to safety.

  • Saudi Arabia wants to be a bigger player in the Middle East — this time with diplomacy

    “There is a new foreign policy at play here,” Anna Jacobs, senior Gulf analyst at the Brussels-based International Crisis Group think tank, told CNN. “Saudi Arabia is seeking to assert itself more and more on the international stage through mediation and raising its diplomatic profile.” Riyadh’s new foreign policy is more independent and prioritizes Saudi interests, she said.

  • UN rights experts denounce planned Saudi executions of megacity opponents

    The three men – Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti – were reportedly sentenced to death on 5 August last year and their sentences were upheld on appeal on 23 January, the statement said.

  • Barça, Saudi Arabia, Miami, Rosario.. where next for Lionel Messi?

    Already under contract with the Saudi tourism board to promote the country on social networks, the Argentine star is also being courted to sign up to play in the local championship, potentially recreating Messi’s legendary rivalry with 'CR7', who has been playing for Al-Nassr since the last January transfer window.

  • Rumors swirl of Messi move to Saudi Arabia amid PSG discord

    Messi is a Saudi ambassador for tourism and his longtime rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, signed for Saudi club Al-Nassr in December in a deal reported to be worth around $220 million per year. Ronaldo's move to Saudi Arabia nearly doubled the Portuguese former Real Madrid great's annual playing salary, making him the world's highest-paid athlete, Forbes reported earlier this week.

  • Saudi Arabia recommends vaccinations ahead of Hajj season

    The Saudi health ministry issued a reminder to those planning to perform Hajj this year to take any necessary and required vaccinations. The ministry said in a post on its Twitter account on Tuesday evening that appointments for the vaccinations should be booked via the “Sehhaty” application in order to ensure a safe and healthy Hajj season.

  • Is Israel a democracy? Here’s what Americans think

    Although the protests have largely ignored Israel’s military rule over millions of Palestinians, they drew attention to threats to democracy even within Israel’s pre-1967 borders. It is hard to know if these protests have had any impact on the way Americans perceive Israel, and if they did, in what direction.