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  • Informatica Launches Saudi Arabia’s First AI-Powered Intelligent Data Management Cloud Platform

    Informatica (NYSE: INFA), the enterprise cloud data management leader, today launched its AI-powered Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) in Saudi Arabia, a first for the Kingdom. The investment includes establishing a new Point of Delivery (PoD) in Riyadh, and reflects a commitment to support local, scalable, cloud-first data management services. The move further strengthens Informatica’s presence in the Middle East, following the launch of its first regional PoD in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in 2023.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Upcoming National Space Strategy a Blueprint for Growth

    The Saudi space sector generated USD400 million in 2022. That figure is expected to reach USD2.2 billion by 2030. Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy, a national blueprint for diversifying and growing the country’s economy, highlights the space sector’s role in growing the economy. The Saudi Space Agency says there is a strong emphasis in the country on space research and innovation for peaceful purposes. There is also an eye on the commercial opportunities, including space tourism.

  • Ethiopia to repatriate 70,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia

    Ethiopia will repatriate some 70,000 of its nationals living in Saudi Arabia starting early April. State Minister Birtukan Ayano said the repatriation, the third such programme since 2018, will target “Ethiopians who are in a difficult situation”. During the announcement last week the minister didn't specify whether the returnees have been living in Saudi Arabia legally.

  • Opinion: UN’s Selecting Saudi Arabia To Lead Women’s Rights Forum May Advance The Cause

    The UN’s decision to give the chair of the “Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)” to Saudi Arabia on March 27 has been roundly condemned by human rights groups and the media citing that country’s “abysmal” record on women’s rights. Interestingly, there were no rival candidates and no dissent either at the CSW’s annual meeting in New York. The decision was proposed by the group of Asia-Pacific States on the Commission.

  • U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to Saudi Arabia and Oman

    U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking is traveling to Saudi Arabia and Oman this week to meet with partners to discuss the need for an immediate cessation of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which are undermining progress on the Yemen peace process and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Yemen and other countries in need.
    The United States remains firmly committed to supporting a durable peace in Yemen and alleviating the complex humanitarian and economic crises harming the Yemeni people. The United States supports a return to UN-led peace efforts once the Houthis halt their indiscriminate attacks.
    Special Envoy Lenderking will meet with regional counterparts to discuss the steps to de-escalate the current situation and renew focus on securing a durable peace for the Yemeni people.

  • Saudi Arabia condemns targeting of Iranian consulate in Syria

    Saudi Arabia has condemned the targeting of the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital Damascus, a foreign ministry statement said early Tuesday. On Monday, suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s consulate in Syria, a marked escalation in a war pitting Israel against its regional adversaries, and Tehran said the strike killed seven military advisers including three senior commanders.

  • Rogers, Smith Statement On Return Of Congressional Delegation To Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, And Uzbekistan

    U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after returning from a congressional delegation to Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan. Joining them on the delegation were Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX), both members of the committee.

  • Saudi Arabia condemns attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus

    “The Ministry expresses the Kingdom’s categorical rejection of targeting diplomatic facilities for any justification, and under any pretext, which is a violation of international diplomatic laws and the rules of diplomatic immunity,” the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. Iran on Monday accused Israel of targeting its consulate in Damascus with airstrikes and killing seven Iranian military personnel, including two senior commanders.

  • White House’s Sullivan traveling to Saudi Arabia for talks with MBS

    White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan plans to travel to Saudi Arabia this week for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid a U.S. push for progress toward normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
    Talks on normalization had been put on ice in the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack by Palestinian Hamas fighters on southern Israel and Israel's subsequent assault on Hamas-ruled Gaza, but conversations have resumed in recent months.

  • Canoo taps into the $30B Saudi Arabian EV market 

    Canoo is tapping into Saudi Arabia’s electric vehicle (EV) market, estimated to have a total addressable market of over $30 billion. According to a press release emailed to Teslarati, the mobility company’s entry point into the Saudi Arabian EV market is Jazeera Paints. Canoo recently signed a vehicle sales agreement with Jazeera Paints, a paint manufacturer in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which encompasses Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The paint manufacturer also operates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).