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  • Real’s Vinicius open to one billion euro Saudi offer, sources say

    Real Madrid and Brazil forward Vinicius Jr is open to an offer of more than one billion euros from Saudi Arabia, sources close to the player told Reuters on Monday. Vinicius, 24, was approached by Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) officials to inquire about his interest of moving to the Saudi Pro League (SPL) on a five-year contract worth around 200 million euros per season fixed, plus bonuses. The package would also include a separate 10-year contract to become an ambassador for the 2034 World Cup, which is set to be held in the country, but those terms and financial numbers are yet to be discussed.

  • Saudi Super Cup 2024 Preview: Quartet set for season curtain-raiser

    Exactly 67 days after Al Hilal’s King’s Cup final victory over Al Nassr put the exclamation point on an enthralling 2023-24 Saudi football season, a new campaign begins in the Kingdom on Tuesday with the 11th edition of the Saudi Super Cup. Between 2013 and 2022, the Saudi Super Cup was a one-off match, but this will be the third time in a row it has been run as a four-team tournament, which Al Hilal most recently won just four months ago when the competition was hosted in Abu Dhabi. The 2024 Saudi Super Cup returns to its position as season curtain-raiser in August for the first time since 2018, when Al Hilal beat Al Ittihad.

  • US to resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia

    More than three years after imposing limits on human rights grounds over Saudi strikes in Yemen, the state department said it would return to weapons sales “in regular order, with appropriate congressional notification and consultation”. “Saudi Arabia has remained a close strategic partner of the United States, and we look forward to enhancing that partnership,” the state department spokesperson, Vedant Patel, told reporters.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Athir raises new investment round

    Athir, a Saudi-based health tech company, has announced the successful closure of its first investment funding round. The round saw participation from Wa’ed Ventures, SHARE Investment Co., and RZM Investment. The “Athir HIS” system is the first fully integrated Saudi system for healthcare facilities, applied in both public and private sectors. This system integrates with various platforms like Absher, Sehhaty, Wasfaty, in addition to hospital healthcare systems and medical insurance management systems.

  • Defense secretary orders submarine to Middle East

    US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East and accelerated the arrival of a carrier strike group to the region ahead of an anticipated Iranian attack against Israel, the Pentagon said in a statement Sunday evening. The USS Georgia, a nuclear-powered submarine armed with cruise missiles, was operating in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days, according to the Navy, having just completed training near Italy.

  • Chinese Firms Deliver Massive Offshore Oil, Gas Rig to Saudi Aramco

    A ultra-large offshore oil and gas collection and transportation platform, which is the biggest of its kind built by Chinese companies for a foreign client, was successfully handed over to Saudi Arabian oil major Saudi Aramco today, marking a new chapter for the country’s giant offshore oil and gas platform construction industry.

  • Israel keeps up strikes in Gaza as fears of wider war grow

    Israeli forces pressed on with operations near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday amid an international push for a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and prevent a slide into a wider regional conflict with Iran and its proxies. Palestinian medics said Israeli military strikes on Khan Younis on Monday killed at least 18 people and wounded several. Meanwhile more families and displaced persons streamed out of areas threatened by new evacuation orders telling people to clear the area.

  • Sudan peace talks moving forward, says US envoy

    Talks to end Sudan's 16-month war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) will move forward this week, the U.S.'s special envoy said, despite little sign from either party that they seek a peaceful resolution. The Sudanese army has all but rejected the invitation, while the RSF has continued its costly offensives in parts of the country, despite welcoming the U.S. and Saudi initiative.

  • Schindler wins The Avenues – Riyadh project, Saudi Arabia

    Schindler Olayan will provide a total of 293 elevators, escalators, and moving walks to the new multi-purpose project The Avenues – Riyadh in the Saudi Arabian capital, which will cover an area of over 1.8 million square meters. Situated in a prime location in the north of Riyadh, The Avenues – Riyadh will, once completed, be home to the largest commercial mall in the Middle East – which alone will cover an area of 388,000 square meters – and comprise five multi-purpose towers that will house hotels, residential apartments, and offices.

  • Saudi Crown Prince, South African President Discuss Bilateral Ties

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud held a phone call on Monday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to congratulate him for being re-elected, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The two sides also discussed relations and ways to strengthen and develop them in various fields, SPA said. They also reviewed a number of topics of mutual interest, it added.