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  • Saudi Arabia says Hamas leader’s killing was ‘blatant violation’ of Iran’s sovereignty

    Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was a "blatant violation" of Iran's sovereignty. The comment by the Saudi deputy foreign minister during an extraordinary meeting of members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was the first by the kingdom, the region's major power alongside Iran, since the killing of the Palestinian Islamist leader in the Iranian capital on July 31.

  • Saudi court overturns death sentence against retired teacher over posts on X

    A Saudi court has overturned the death sentence of a former teacher over social media posts made from anonymous accounts with 10 followers, a UK-based human rights group has reported. Last July, the kingdom's Specialised Criminal Court gave Mohammed al-Ghamdi the death sentence over tweets, including some which focused on unemployment and calling for the release of political prisoners. On Wednesday, Sanad, a UK-based group advocating for Ghamdi, said it had learned from sources inside the kingdom that the Court of Appeal had cancelled the sentence.

  • Saudi Takes 2 Million Photos of Neom in ‘Ground X’ Project to Build Investor Trust

    Saudi Arabia wants investors to know its ambitious Neom development is on track. Its effort is called “Ground X” and is meant to show live feeds of construction sites, project deadlines, and a “progress library” for each zone of Neom, including Sindalah, The Line and Trojena. The Ground X website is not open to the public and Skift was not able to review it.  But a public version of the website does give some details: It says it has installed 452 time-lapse cameras, 63 live cameras and more than 300 drone locations across Neom, capturing two million photos and 70,000 videos.

  • Saudi Arabia to host Halo space balloon test flight

    Halo Space, a Spanish company developing a stratospheric balloon for tourists is to conduct its next test flight in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this September. This test flight will be Halo Space’s sixth and use the company’s real-size prototype capsule, Aurora, which will ascend 30km above the Earth’s surface. The primary objective of the flight is to validate the integrated operation of all critical systems developed over the past three years.

  • Houthi presence in region in focus after ‘martyrdom’ of senior commander in Iraq

    A senior commander of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, better known as the Houthis, is claimed to have been killed in a US airstrike in Iraq. The apparent incident has fueled speculation about the Houthis expanding their role in the Iran-led ‘Axis of Resistance’ and pursuing horizontal integration with other members of the regional alliance network . As the region braces for an escalation in the confrontation between the ‘Axis of Resistance’ and Israel, the role of the Houthis in the equation is gaining increasing attention.

  • Lucid Receives $1.5 Billion Lifeline from Saudi Investment Fund

    An affiliate of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has thrown struggling electric car maker Lucid Group a $1.5 billion lifeline (second one of the year). This comes as Lucid prepares to launch its first sport utility vehicle amid a downturn in the EV automotive space. Lucid revealed it entered into agreements with its majority stockholder, Ayar Third Investment Company, an affiliate of the Saudi PIF, to purchase $750 million of convertible preferred stock through a private placement and provide a $750 million unsecured loan.

  • The Fork in the Road to AI Regulation

    As urgency grows among regulators, cooperative efforts are emerging. Ten countries and the EU agreed to create “a common understanding of AI safety and align their work on AI research” during May’s AI Seoul Summit, and several nations agreed to share information through their government-backed AI safety institutes.

  • Tense Israel in waiting as attack threat looms

    Israel's ambulance service has stocked blood supplies in a fortified underground centre, factories have moved out hazardous materials and municipal authorities are checking bomb shelters and water supplies as the country waits for a threatened attack from Iran and its proxies. Israel has been fortifying its home front for months and many preparations have been in place since the start of the war in Gaza last October, when thousands of Hamas-led gunmen carried out a devastating cross-border attack on Israeli communities.

  • Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia reject US request to send peacekeepers to Gaza

    Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have rebuffed US requests to contribute troops to a post-war peacekeeping force in Gaza, an Arab official and a second source familiar with the matter tells The Times of Israel, the newspaper reports. According to the report, the dispatched troops would be seen to be “protecting Israel from the Palestinians”, the Arab official says, explaining the opposition of Amman, Doha and Riyadh to the effort being advanced by the US to secure Gaza after the war.

  • Saudi Arabia’s retail real estate sector to grow to $183.2 billion by 2027

    As modernization and urban development transform Saudi Arabia’s retail real estate sector, sales are expected to increase from 2.4% in 2024 to 2.7% by 2027, reaching $183.2 billion. In its 10th annual “Saudi Arabia Real Estate Predictions” report, global consultancy firm Deloitte, referencing the Economist Intelligence Unit, revealed that retail sales in Saudi Arabia amounted to $142.7 billion in 2022.