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  • World-renowned Museums of Illusion arrives in Riyadh

    The Museum of illusions is an exciting experience that specializes in optical illusions and challenges the boundaries of physics through exhibits that include a set of educational and interactive games, and brain puzzles appropriate for all age groups. With the aim of stimulating the human mind in a fun filled experience, the exhibits include holograms, optical illusions, Rotated Room as well as immersive rooms that are designed to trick the mind and challenge your vision and gravity. The museum also offers visitors a sensory experience where they can touch and feel certain items to learn more about them.

  • Saudi-Qatar rapprochement: How end of family feud helps the Gulf

    There was a sense of palpable joy from divided families and friends in a tribal region that is perhaps more connected by blood and trade than any other regional bloc. Gulf media were full of stories of daughters reunited with their parents, grandparents meeting their grandchildren for the first time.

  • Luxembourg, EU snub Pompeo in final Europe trip, diplomats say

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet with him, European and U.S. diplomats familiar with the matter said.

  • Digital museum brings historic Saudi images back to life

    A digital museum curator has turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to help bring the history of Saudi Arabia back to the future. Omar Murshid, who set up Al-Masmak Digital Museum a decade ago, has been painstakingly transforming old black-and-white photographs and rare film footage into color images.

  • Saudi National Museum Appoints Woman to Top Position

    In her new position, she will implement plans to develop the National Museum and upgrade the visitors’ experience by developing services and museum content. She holds a master’s degree in international and global studies from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and a bachelor’s degree in art studies, with a focus on jewelry design, from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha.

  • EU foreign ministers pave way for revival of Iran nuclear deal

    The absence of any European requirement for Iran to agree to the principle of a new deal at this stage may make it easier for the nuclear deal to be revived relatively quickly. Iran’s leaders have said it will reverse the steps it has taken away from the deal within hours of the US lifting crippling economic sanctions.

  • Germany to contribute 1.5 million euros to Thyssenkrupp’s Saudi hydrogen plant

    Electrolysis is a carbon-free process - if powered by renewable electricity - to extract “green” hydrogen from water, but future German demand for the element as it moves to decarbonise its economy can’t be met domestically. Aiming to build up partnerships overseas to secure imports, Germany approved in June a 9 billion euro strategy to promote hydrogen initiatives at home and globally.

  • How a 28-year-old Saudi entrepreneur turned loss into success

    The campaign, #DriveDefinesHer, marks the upcoming release of the new Panamera in the Middle East early next year. It shines a spotlight on the three women by showcasing their aspirational stories through video while encouraging other women in the Middle East to pursue careers in male-dominated professions.

  • European powers call Iran’s enrichment plans ‘deeply worrying’

    The governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom expressed concerns over Iran's reported plan to install additional centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility.

  • EU to consider making good on sanctions threat against Turkey

    Ministers will not take decisions at their meeting on Monday, leaving that to Thursday’s summit of EU leaders, who in October told Turkey to stop exploring in disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean or face consequences.