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  • Dr. Basma AlBuhairan: A Story of Cross-Sector Leadership

    The Kingdom’s ranking in global innovation and technology indices is continuously improving. Saudi Arabia jumped 10 ranks to achieve 2nd place among the G20 countries according to ITU’s ICT Development Index (IDI) 2023

  • How a Saudi university’s AI solution is revolutionizing Red Sea coral conservation

    The groundbreaking technology, Coral-AI, combines real-time environmental monitoring with automated delivery of beneficial microorganisms, offering a proactive approach to preserving coral health not just in the Red Sea, but potentially across the world’s oceans. The Red Sea, the world’s northernmost tropical sea, is a semi-enclosed body of water connected to the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea through the narrow Suez Canal and Bab Al-Mandab Strait.

  • Iran’s president visits Iraq amid Middle East tensions

    Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Iraq on Wednesday on his first foreign trip, signalling the clerical establishment's intention to strengthen ties with a strategic ally of both Tehran and Washington as regional tensions rise. Pezeshkian, a relative moderate who was elected in July, met Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the start of a three-day visit that Tehran and Baghdad said would include the signing of a number of agreements and discussion of the Gaza war and the situation in the Middle East.

  • 23 years later, September 11 families continue quest for accountability from Saudi Arabia through civil lawsuit

    Now, as survivors and the victims’ families commemorate another anniversary, they await a federal judge’s pivotal decision in their yearslong legal battle with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over their claim of KSA’s role in backing an extremist support network that assisted the hijackers in the US leading up to the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The Kingdom denies the allegations.

  • Saudi FM discuss Palestine, Syria and Somalia crises with counterparts in Cairo meeting

    Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with his counterparts at the sidelines of the Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Tuesday. During the meeting, ministers discussed joint Arab action to intensify coordination on the Palestinian issue and other matters of concern. Regional and international developments were also discussed at the meeting that was attended by a Turkish foreign minister for the first time in 13 years.

  • Saudi Arabia says Israel humanitarian aid blockade in Gaza amounts to ‘war crime’

    Saudi Arabia said, Tuesday, that Israel’s obstruction of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip is a “war crime” and a “humanitarian catastrophe”, according to Saudi state channel, Al-Ikhbariya. The failure to reach a ceasefire in Gaza for nearly a year is evidence of the “repeated failure of the international security system,” Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan, said at a news conference in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, Anadolu Agency reports. Bin Farhan criticised Israel’s intransigence and refusal to agree to a ceasefire.

  • Saudi Arabia reopens embassy in Syria, completing reconciliation with Assad regime

    At a reception held at Damascus’s Four Seasons Hotel on Monday, Saudi Chargé d’Affaires, Abdullah Al-Harith, stated that the reopening of the Kingdom’s diplomatic mission in Syria “represents an important moment in the history of relations between our two brotherly countries”. He also emphasised Riyadh’s commitment to developing bilateral relations with Damascus.

  • Saudi Arabia reopens its embassy in Damascus after a hiatus of 12 years

    It is noteworthy that in May this year Saudi Arabia had appointed Faisal bin Saud Al-Mujfel as its ambassador to Syria, months after announcing the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries, becoming the first Saudi ambassador since the embassy was closed in 2012. Syria appointed earlier Dr. Muhammad Soussan as new ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Dr. Soussan assumed charge in Riyadh in January this year. In May 2023, Saudi Arabia restored diplomatic ties with Syria after a hiatus of 12 years.

  • Saudi Arabia to scale back debt issuance in H2: Fitch Ratings

    Saudi Arabia plans to reduce its debt issuance in the second half of 2024, thanks to substantial dividend payments from Aramco that have alleviated the need for sovereign financing, according to Fitch Ratings. This decision comes after a period of significant debt issuance in the first half of the year, reflecting the government’s strategic fiscal management.

  • Saudi Falcons Aerobatic Team Performs at Egypt Air Show

    The Saudi Falcons Aerobatic Team, representing the Royal Saudi Air Force, showcased impressive aerial displays today during the Egypt Aviation and Space Exhibition 2024, currently taking place in northwestern Egypt.