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  • Saudi Arabia to expand cloud seeding program

    Riyadh has assembled a team of domestic and international researchers and learned vast amounts from its early efforts at cloud-seeding, Osama Ibrahim Faqeeha said, speaking in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and Climate Week. The country now aims to roll it out elsewhere within its borders and to lead broader regional research into the practice.

  • How NEOM Green Hydrogen Company is championing Saudi Arabia’s clean energy transition

    “For the future, the keyword is reinforcement,” he said. “We build our policy, procedures and framework around starting the operations and continuing the operations to be environmentally friendly.” NGHC’s ambitions extend far beyond the borders of Saudi Arabia. The project aims to position the Kingdom as a global leader in hydrogen production, while also creating thousands of new jobs and stimulating local economies.

  • Saudi FM urges Security Council to act to contain Mideast crisis

    Speaking at a Security Council meeting in New York, Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat lamented that despite the successive resolutions passed by the General Assembly, there is no end in sight to the “catastrophic  humanitarian situation” the people of Gaza are facing. Prince Faisal made the plea as fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah continued to escalate, with Israel expanding its air strikes to the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, while Hezbollah targeting key Israeli facilities with missiles.

  • Inside the Lebanese Valley Where Israel Is Bombarding Hezbollah

    The bombardments across the Bekaa Valley are part of the more than 1,000 airstrikes that Israel has launched against Lebanon since Monday in an attempt to weaken Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese military group. The campaign is one of the most intense in contemporary warfare, experts say, and led to the deadliest day in Lebanon in decades.

  • His Excellency Saudi Minister of Finance Attends High-Level Retreat for Bretton Woods Institutions

    His Excellency the Saudi Minister of Finance, Mr. Mohammed Aljadaan, attended the high-level retreat for Bretton Woods Institutions in New Hampshire, USA, held September 26-27, 2024, which discussed the future paths of the IMF and the World Bank and the upcoming challenges.

  • Saudi Arabia launches tender for 4.5 GW of wind power and photovoltaic projects

    Five projects are being tendered, spread across four of the kingdom’s provinces. These include: 1,500 MWac Dawadmi Wind IPP to be located in Riyadh province. 1,400 MWac Najran Solar PV IPP to be located in Najran province. 600 MWac Samtah Solar Photovoltaic (PV) IPP to be located in Jizan province. 600 MW Ad Darb Solar Photovoltaic IPP to be located in Jizan province. 400 MW As Sufun Solar Photovoltaic IPP to be located in Hail province. Saudi Arabia’s NREP aims to boost the share of renewable energy generation in the country. The kingdom is targeting a 50 percent contribution in RE generation in its power mix by 2030.

  • Saudi Arabia forms global alliance to push for Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution

    Saudi Arabia has formed a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the country's foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Thursday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. The alliance includes a number of Arab and Muslim countries and European partners, the Saudi state news agency reported, without specifying which countries had committed to join.

  • Saudi Arabia: Experience The Monumental Heritage Of A Kingdom Waiting To Be Explored

    Alhasan revealed that Saudi Arabia ranked as one of the top long-haul destinations for Malaysian travelers last year, “representing 23% of all long-distance trips.” In comparison to the figures from 2022, Saudi Arabia saw a significant 15% rise in Malaysian visitors in 2023, highlighting the growing appeal of the kingdom among Malaysian tourists. The Saudi Arabian tourism ministry, through the Saudi Tourism Authority’s (STA) office in Kuala Lumpur, will maintain its strong collaboration with travel partners in Malaysia to further enhance tourism opportunities.

  • Europeans, Arab and Muslim nations launch a new initiative for an independent Palestinian state

    To accelerate work on these issues, Eide said almost 90 countries attended a meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly’s current gathering of world leaders. He and Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister co-chaired the session to launch “The Global Alliance for the Implementation of a Palestinian State and a Two-State Solution.”

  • Netflix to release Saudi thriller ‘Mandoob’ on October 1

    Netflix has announced the release of Mandoob (Night Courier), a Saudi dark comedic crime thriller, on October 1, 2024. Backed by the Red Sea Film Foundation, the film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and made its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) debut at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah in December.