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  • Saudi Arabia prepares for Riyadh Metro launch, more infrastructure to ease traffic

    Saudi Arabia is looking forward to the launch of the Riyadh Metro and expanding the infrastructure to facilitate traffic, said Minister of Transport and Logistics Services Saleh Al-Jasser. Speaking at the third edition of the Future Aviation Forum (FAF) 2024, Al-Jasser asserted Saudi Arabia’s keenness to apply the latest technologies for traffic management and legislative arrangements to improve traffic in Riyadh.

  • Saudi Aviation Industry Likely To Create 35,000 New Jobs by 2030

    Saudi Arabia's aviation sector contributed $21 billion to the Kingdom's gross domestic product in 2023 while generating an additional $32.2 billion in tourism receipts, positively impacting other key areas of the economy.

    "This transformation is one that we invite the world to share. We seek private sector partners with expertise to help us achieve our ambition," said Al-Jasser.

  • Ireland, Spain, Norway announce recognition of Palestinian state

    Ireland, Spain and Norway announced on Wednesday that they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28, saying they hoped other Western countries would follow suit, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors.
    Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the move was aimed at accelerating efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

  • Saudi Arabia completes 1st phase of desertification assessment with creating 246 maps

    The National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) has completed a significant step in its fight against desertification with the first phase of a project to assess the state of land degradation across the Kingdom. This resulted in the creation of 246 detailed maps, which provide valuable insight into desertification trends and the current state of land degradation in different regions. NCVC teams conducted extensive field surveys, research, and studies to better understand the process of desertification and land degradation, and identify effective strategies to combat them.

  • Saudi Ma’aden has extracted lithium from seawater, CEO says

    Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma'aden has successfully extracted lithium from seawater, although not at levels that are commercially viable and its project remains at the pilot stage, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday.

  • Saudi Crown Prince promises stable oil supply to Japan

    Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised stable oil supplies to Japan in a video conference with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a media release. The crown prince told Kishida that "Saudi Arabia remains committed to the stable supply of crude oil to Japan and that Saudi Arabia would like to cooperate with Japan in other areas including the field of clean energy," it said.

  • Saudi Studio Telfaz11 Set To Shoot Concept Comedy ‘Alzarfa’ as Its Followup To Smash Hit ‘Sattar’

    Fast rising Saudi studio Telefaz11 – the label behind record-breaking wrestling comedy “Sattar” – is set to make an ambitious concept comedy titled “Alzarfa” that will combine the heist movie and film-within-a-film genres.

  • Saudi Arabia’s national carrier orders more than 100 new Airbus jets as it ramps up tourism push

    Saudia Group, which represents the Saudia airline and its budget carrier Flyadeal, said Monday that it ordered 105 aircraft from the French aerospace company’s A320neo family of jets, including 12 A320neos and 93 A321neos. That brings Saudia Group’s Airbus aircraft order backlog to 144 of the A320neo family planes.

  • US and Saudi Arabia close to defence and civil nuclear deal

    “We now have a near final set of arrangements, which would be the bilateral elements of this deal, and we really believe the Saudi deal is pretty much there,” the senior official said. “But there are elements of it, including a credible pathway for the Palestinians and also some other elements, that would still have to be completed.” The official added: “The crisis needs to recede to open up space for this.”

  • Satellite Images Show Massive Theme Park Taking Shape in Saudi Arabia

    A massive new water and theme park is being constructed in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, part of yet another megaproject commissioned by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of his vision to turn the kingdom into a top tourism destination.