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  • Will Biden enable Pakistani energy imports from Iran?

    Ebrahim Raisi has traveled to Pakistan, marking the first trip by an Iranian president to the country’s eastern neighbor in over eight years. Iranian state media have focused on the potential economic benefits of the visit, which could involve a deal on the completion of a stalled gas pipeline opposed by the US. If Islamabad fails to complete its section of the pipeline, it could face Iranian legal action potentially resulting in 18B USD in fines.

  • What does EU visa relaxation for Saudi, Bahraini, Omani citizens mean?

    Under the new rules, Bahraini, Omani and Saudi Arabian nationals will be eligible for multiple-entry visas, allowing them to visit the Schengen area (the EU’s 27 member states as well as Bulgaria and Romania) and move freely between them.

  • How is fine dining thriving in Saudi Arabia’s F&B Industry?

    Experiential Dining: these days, with the rising competition, the fine dining restaurants are focusing on offering unique dining experiences that go beyond food and that includes theme decorations per local, internal, and seasonal activities, entertainment, and personalised services. These experiences drive word-of-mouth and social media sharing leading to always attract more customers and footfalls.

  • How should a US-Saudi defence pact look?

    My chief interest here is to explore what is required to make a US-Saudi defence pact most effective and credible for both parties in the eyes of friends and foes. In other words, I am starting off with the assumption that political leaders in Washington and Riyadh have agreed to move forward on this issue. The question I now wish to address is how they can build a mutually beneficial defence structure to support the pact.

  • Why is Sudan still at war a year on?

    The army and RSF had been in a fragile partnership after toppling a civilian government in an October 2021 coup, a move that derailed a transition from the rule of Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted amid a popular uprising in 2019.
    The rivalry between the two sides burst into the open over an internationally backed plan that would have launched a new transition with civilian parties and was due to be sealed just before the war broke out.

  • Is the EU the North Star for Circular Economy Push in Saudi Arabia?

    The European Union's (EU) circular economy (CE) framework is an exemplar of comprehensive and strategic environmental governance. This framework is meticulously designed to encompass robust legislation, set ambitious sustainability targets, and deploy diverse initiatives across sectors, which can serve as a powerful model for nations like Saudi Arabia aiming to enhance their own circular economy policies.

  • What Does Neom’s Downsize Means for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030?

    When launching The Line in 2021, the Saudi government had announced that 1.5 million people would be living in the city by 2030. Officials now expect there to be fewer that 300,000 residents by that time, according to a source cited by Bloomberg.The source said that officials expected only 2.4km of the 170km city to be completed by 2030. As a result of the scaling back, one contractor dismissed some of the workers it employs on site, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.

  • Grid Bottlenecks on the Way in Europe?

    A new analysis by the energy think tank Ember has found that several countries in Europe could soon face bottlenecks in their national transmission energy grids, as more solar and wind power will be generated than these networks have capacity for. As the following chart shows, Spain, France and Poland are just some of the countries that will have energy grids which undershoot their country’s respective 2030 policy targets for wind and solar capacity. Out of the 26 countries studied by Ember in this comparison, 11 will not have enough capacity for the expected wind and solar build out if the present grid plans are realized.

  • Explainer: Could the Palestinians become a full United Nations member?

    The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday formally asked for renewed consideration by the United Nations Security Council of its 2011 application to become a full member of the world body.
    Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour told Reuters on Monday that the aim was for the council to take a decision at an April 18 ministerial meeting on the Middle East, but that a vote had yet to be scheduled.
    Here are details on U.N. membership:

  • Palestinian Mandela? Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned preacher of unity.

    Serving five life sentences after being convicted by an Israeli court for involvement in militant killings in the second intifada, Mr. Barghouti remains the rare – perhaps the only – figure trusted by all Palestinian factions. With his release from Israeli prison demanded by Fatah’s rival, Hamas, and even advocated by a former Israeli spy chief, the mere possibility of Mr. Barghouti’s return to the scene is stirring up Palestinian politics, and hope, at a historic crossroads