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  • Afghanistan
    Violence Must Stop Before Afghanistan Peace Agreement, Pompeo Says

    “We got close once before to having an agreement, a piece of paper that we mutually executed, and the Taliban weren’t able to demonstrate either their will or their capacity, or both, to deliver on a reduction in violence,” he said. “And so what we are demanding now is demonstrable evidence of their will and capacity to reduce violence, to take down the threat.”

  • Turkey in the Region
    Turkey targets Syria troops in deadly counterattack

    Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to continue Ankara's operation in Idlib, Syria, after at least four Turkish soldiers were killed during "intensive shelling" by Syrian government troops.

  • Saudi-Iraq
    Saudi Foreign Minister Doesn’t Want US Troops to Leave Iraq

    Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud says the United States acted in its "own legitimate self-defense," when it targeted Soleimani. "The U.S. has proven time and again to be a reliable ally of the [Saudi] Kingdom, and this is also the case with the Trump administration," he said recently in an interview with CNN.

  • Fuel Emissions
    Saudi Arabia 3rd-fastest reducer of fuel emissions among G20 nations

    Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the Kingdom fell by almost double the predicted amount during 2018, the most up-to-date statistics from Enerdata have revealed. Data for the year showed a 4.4 percent or 26 million tons (MtCO2) fall in emissions in the country, down from 579 MtCO2 in 2017 to 553 MtCO2 in 2018. Previous estimates had put the reduction at 2.4 percent (15 MtCO2).

  • Saudi Aramco
    Taps open for Saudi listings after Aramco’s record IPO

    Several Saudi Arabian companies are planning to list shares on the Riyadh exchange in coming months in the wake of oil giant Aramco’s record IPO.

  • Locusts
    Video: Hordes of locusts block out the skies in Saudi Arabia

    Residents of Saudi Arabia took to social media this week to post the bewildering sight of a swarm of 360 billion (with a B) of locusts. The massive locus swarm measures roughly the size of New York’s island of Manhattan, and has caused tens of millions worth of damage. It has already devastated parts of East Africa, and the worst is yet to come.

  • Golf
    Saudi Arabia reveal ambitious plans to host more high-profile golf events

    “But we’re not going to stop with one. We’re in communication with the Asian Tour, we’re in communication with the European Tour to have a second. I cannot really announce it yet, but I think we will have another one announced very soon.

  • Women on the Road
    Saudi female bikers get ready to hit the road

    While Saudi women are building their skills at the Bikers Skills Institute, women bikers on the Kingdom’s roads are still a rare sight. “We don’t expect any increase in number, especially because women form only 3 percent of bikers in the world,” Bukaryeva said.

  • Saudi-Egypt
    Egypt to ink joint electricity grid deal with Saudi Arabia in May

    Set to be the largest joint electricity grid in the Arab world, the new project will include overhead transmission lines between the two countries and an offshore power cable as well as power substations for transmitting about 3,000 megawatts (MW) between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Mashaly added. Egypt has become a regional power hub after moving from electricity deficit to a surplus of 40% at times, Mashaly noted.

  • Economy
    Saudi private sector growth in January slowest since December 2018: PMI

    Growth in Saudi Arabia's non-oil private sector was at its slowest in just over a year in January, as cautious consumer spending hampered new business growth and export sales dipped, a survey showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined to 54.9 in January from 56.9 in December. Any reading above the 50 mark indicates expansion.