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  • Saudi team saves life of Iranian medical mission head for Hajj after heart attack

    A Saudi medical team saved the life of the Iranian medical mission head for Hajj after he suffered a heart attack, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. The Iranian man, Mohammad Reza Gholamreza Refatiani, had a heart attack while performing Hajj rituals.

  • U.S. Army conduct medical training with Royal Saudi Land Force partners

    U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Hurricane from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, and Royal Saudi Land Force Soldiers conduct a nine-line medical evacuation onto a U.S. Army HH-60M MedEvac Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Task Force Longhorn, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 25, 2022. Tactical combat casualty care and medical evacuation training are essential skills for the U.S. Army and our allies in order to maintain joint mission readiness and interoperability.

  • Tales of the Bedouin – Part XX: Journey to Meet The Son of Bathan

    In this piece, Mark Lowey, known as “Abu Jack” (father of Jack) to his Saudi friends, is escorted deep into the Rub Al Khali (the Empty Quarter) to meet, for the first time, the son of an old acquaintance. In Part 1, Abu Jack and his Saudi traveling companion, Quriyan Al Hajri (Abu Mohammed), are guided to a remote desert encampment. In Part 2 the hosts welcome Abu Jack and Abu Mohammed with a fusillade of gunshots into the air and they are invited to a khabsa dinner. After an eventful evening and good night’s sleep, Abu Jack awakens before dawn. Part 1

  • ‘No progress made’ on Iran nuclear talks: US State Department

    Indirect talks in Qatar's capital between Iran and the US on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal have concluded with "no progress made", a State Department spokesperson said late Wednesday. The negotiations in Doha were an attempt to reboot long-running European Union-mediated talks on a return to the 2015 agreement between Tehran and world powers.

  • Gamers8 and Spotify partner for Saudi Arabia’s first live international esports season – Fast Company Middle East | The future of tech, business and innovation.

    Gamers8, one of the biggest Esports and gaming events, has entered into an exclusive partnership with music streaming platform Spotify which will be the official audio streaming partner for the all-new esports and gaming season taking place live in Riyadh this summer.

  • Saudi foreign direct investment inflows rise 9.5% in first quarter

    Saudi Arabia recorded 9.5% increase year on year in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows during the first three months of 2022, the investment ministry said on Twitter on Tuesday. The FDI inflows were at 7.4 billion riyals ($1.97 billion) in the first quarter of 2022, the ministry added.

  • Turkey’s wartime bridge to the West is collapsing

    Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine has forced countries around the world to reexamine their geopolitical choices. Turkey, a strategic partner to both of the states at war, has been affected more than most nations. Caught in a lose-lose situation where taking any side in the conflict would lead to a major rupture with the other partner, it has tried to maintain amicable relations with both Russia and Ukraine.

  • Saudi Arabia: IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2022 Article IV Mission

    The authorities’ commitment to fiscal discipline should help further strengthen fiscal and external sustainability and avoid procyclicality while implementation of the ambitious structural reform agenda will help ensure a durable, inclusive and green recovery.

  • Int’l Companies Race over Investment, Partnership Deals for Saudi Ports

    Al-Jasser’s remarks were made during the signing ceremony of a new deal to establish a new fully integrated smart logistics park in Jeddah Islamic Port at an investment of over SR500 million ($133 million). The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) on Sunday signed an agreement with DP World, a world leader in global supply chain solutions. This is Mawani's fifth such deal following a series of agreements signed with local and global leading companies in maritime transport and logistics including Maersk, CMA CGM, LogiPoint and Bahri.

  • Saudi Arabia Signs Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations

    President of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority Dr. Jalal Al-Owaisi and an accompanying delegation participated in the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) following the win of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the authority, of membership of the board of directors during the elections of the 23rd meeting of the General Assembly of IFRC currently held in Geneva.