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  • State Department OKs Potential $101M MIDS Terminal Sale to Saudi Arabia

    The State Department has approved the government of Saudi Arabia’s request to procure communications and navigation terminals and associated equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $101.1 million foreign military sales agreement.

  • Riyadh Municipality starts receiving qualification applications for future projects

    The Riyadh Region Municipality invited qualified contracting companies with distinguished competence in the fields of implementing and developing roads, to submit their qualification applications.   In a statement, the municipality stated that the applications will be submitted via Kafu platform, and the winners will be classified according to certain standards after reviewing the applications.

  • Al-Khobar joins ranks of global smart cities

    Al-Khobar has been recognized as a smart city in the 2024 rankings of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). The city secured the 99th position out of 142 cities worldwide, the institute has announced.

    This listing makes Al-Khobar the fifth Saudi city to be acknowledged as a smart city, joining the ranks of Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, and Jeddah. This achievement underscores the Kingdom's continuous progress in the technology sector.

  • Saudi Arabia starts enforcing first phase of regulating order delivery sector

    The Saudi Transport General Authority (TGA) has started enforcing the first phase of the decisions to regulate the order delivery sector from Tuesday, April 2. This covers three decisions such as obligating non-Saudis working in delivery applications to join one of the companies licensed for light transport activity in four regions of the Kingdom in the first phase; limiting freelance work to Saudis, in addition to issuing controls regulating the use of motorcycles in delivering orders in coordination with the General Department of Traffic, and adoption of uniform for drivers.

  • War-stranded Sudanese Find Solace In Saudi’s ‘Little Khartoum’: Video

    Stranded abroad by almost a year of war, Saudi Arabia's swelling Sudanese community are drawn to Riyadh's "Little Khartoum" where they can eat, pray and console each other about the conflict ravaging their country.

  • Saudi Arabia’s startups raise $198 million in March 2024

    In a landmark month for the region’s startup ecosystem, Saudi Arabia emerged as the hot spot of fundraising activities, with total investments soaring to $198 million in 25 transactions. This surge, the highest in the region, underscores the growing vibrancy and investor confidence in Saudi Arabia’s startup landscape.

  • Miss Universe denies Saudi’s participation in 2024 contest

    The Miss Universe Organisation has refuted recent reports that Saudi Arabia is taking part in this year’s contest. The selection process has not been carried out in the kingdom, Miss Universe said, adding that it is undergoing a “rigorous vetting process.” “While Saudi Arabia is not yet among those countries fully confirmed participating this year, we are currently undergoing a rigorous vetting process qualifying a potential candidate to be awarded the franchise and assigned national director to represent,” the statement said.

  • Egypt’s Sisi starts third term pledging more investment, social spending

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for his third term on Tuesday in the country's new capital, the largest of the mega-projects that have come to symbolise his rule while stretching the country's finances.
    Speaking at the new parliament building, Sisi highlighted the challenges Egypt withstood in recent years while promising continued development, which many Egyptians say they feel excluded from.

  • Manga Productions Chief Essam Bukhary on Saudi Manga Craze and How Partnership With Japanese Studios Is the ‘Future of the Anime Industry’

    Saudi Arabia, where popular anime characters such as “Captain Tsubasa” and “Dragon Ball” protagonist Son Goku have been engrained in the culture for decades, is taking its love affair with Japanese manga content to the next level.

    In late March, just a few weeks after the death of “Dragon Ball” creator Akira Toriyama, it was announced that the world’s first theme park dedicated to the megahit Japanese manga and animation franchise will be built in Qiddiya, the massive entertainment and tourism project outside the Saudi capital of Riyadh through a joint venture between Qiddiya and Japan’s Toei Animation.

  • Protecting Palestinians a moral imperative, Pentagon chief tells Israeli counterpart

    U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday it was a moral and strategic imperative to protect Palestinian civilians in the war between Israel and Hamas and that the humanitarian catastrophe in besieged Gaza was getting worse.
    Austin was speaking during a meeting with Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon as relations between U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sank to a wartime low.