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  • Three takeaways: Familiar feel as Al Hilal fights back to lift Saudi Super Cup

    It was a case of new season, same story in Saturday night’s Saudi Super Cup final as Al Hilal showed exactly why it swept to three trophies in 2023-24. The reigning Saudi Pro League champion overcame a 1-0 half-time deficit to beat Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr 4-1 at Abha’s Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City.

  • Blinken, Saudi FM discuss Gaza ceasefire, Yemen crisis and Sudan peace talks

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday, focusing on several key issues in the Middle East including efforts to prevent regional escalation and finalize a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, according to a statement released by the US State Department. During the phone call, Blinken expressed gratitude to Prince Faisal for Saudi Arabia’s efforts to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, a region currently facing severe shortages due to the ongoing conflict, the statement added.

  • Saudi Arabia launches unified employment portal

    Saudi Arabia has launched a unified employment portal offering job opportunities spanning across the government and public sectors. The Jadarat platform was unveiled by the Kingdom’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Ahmed Al-Rajhi.

  • Civil Defense Warns of Heavy Rains that Will Lash Saudi Arabia This Week

    Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Civil Defense issued on Sunday a warning about heavy rainfall across parts of the Kingdom, starting Sunday and continuing until Thursday. Residents are urged to avoid valleys and seasonal lakes. The Makkah Region is expected to be hit the hardest, with heavy to moderate rainfall, flash floods, hailstorms, and strong winds that may cause sandstorms in Makkah City and Taif. Neighboring governorates, including Jeddah and Al-Lith, will experience lighter rainfall.

  • How Middle East professionals are making bold career moves to boost earnings

    Forty-four per cent of regional employees are considering changing employers within the next 12 months, a significant increase compared to the global average of 28 per cent, according to the Middle East Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2024 by recruitment agency TASC Outsourcing.

  • The Indomitable IRGC

    With large swaths of the government and the economy under the control of Iran’s clerical elite and thus beyond politicians’ reach, presidents are able to affect the tone more than the substance of Iranian life. Iran’s is a hybrid system, divided between elected and unelected leaders, and the latter almost always have the upper hand.

  • Tourist spending in Saudi Arabia hit new high in 2023

    Around 27 million international tourists spent SAR141 billion riyals ($37.6 billion) in Saudi Arabia in 2023, the highest figure yet. The international spending, published on X by the ministry of tourism, was a 44 percent rise on 2022 and compares to the previous high of SAR103.4 billion spent by 17.5 million inbound tourists in 2019, according to government figures.

  • Olympic victory of naturalized athlete sparks ‘sportswashing’ debate in Bahrain

    Winfred Yavi, a Bahraini runner of Kenyan origin, has bagged the first gold medal for the island nation at the Paris Olympics. The win has sparked mixed reactions among Bahrainis and the wider Arab world. Some view it as highlighting alleged sportswashing by Manama—a term for when sports are used to improve reputations tarnished by issues such as rights abuses. Others point to a claimed trend of naturalization of foreigners in the Gulf Arab monarchy. The latter is a particularly contentious matter in Bahrain, which has long been criticized for stripping indigenous Bahrainis—particularly dissidents—of their nationality.

  • Populous releases visuals of Aramco Stadium planned for Saudi World Cup

    Global architecture studio Populous has unveiled its plans for Aramco Stadium, a 47,000-seat sports venue in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, designed to be "iconic in the football world". Set to host the upcoming 2027 AFC Asian Cup, the building will be defined by a spiralling form intended to evoke waves, in a nod to its position on the coast of the Arabian Gulf. Populous is also developing it to meet the requirements to be a 2034 FIFA World Cup venue.

  • Saudi Leadership Congratulates India on Independence Day

    India will mark its 75th year of independence on Monday. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, sent separate cables congratulating Indian President Droupadi Murmu on the anniversary of her country's Independence Day.