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  • 10 Saudi women take fight against breast cancer to Mount Everest
     

    Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan and the Zahra Breast Cancer Association launched a campaign on Tuesday where 10 Saudi women will climb to the Mount Everest base camp in May. The 10 climbers include Jude Al-Aitani, Asma Al-Sharif, Mashael Alhegelan, Mona Shahab, Noura Bouzo, Raha Al-Moharrak, Lina Almaeena, Samaher Mously, Hatun Madani, Alya Al-Sa’ad, […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia Jeddah Weddings
     

    I was approached, a couple of months ago by a media company, about the wedding video I made for my cousin’s wedding. The company makes documentaries and would like to make a documentary about modern day Saudi couples in Jeddah getting married. They were, in my opinion, too optimistic, but then again I am a […]

     
  • Saudi Market Opens Up, but Gradually
     

    Regulators of the Saudi stock exchange, Tadawul, the largest in the Arab world, are fine-tuning the draft of a law on Qualified Foreign Investors in the hope of attracting institutional fund managers to buy shares directly in the $400 billion market. The market, which is equal in size to the combined value of the stock […]

     
  • Opportunities in Water Production
     

    Saudi Arabia will increase by almost double its desalinated water production over the next three years according to the governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) who said the daily water production will rise from the current 3.3 million cubic meters to about 6 million. SWCC’s HR General Manager, Abdul Latif Al-Harkan, was a […]

     
  • Saudi Aramco Rethinks Global Communications Strategy
     

    Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, is rethinking its global communications strategy as it undertakes an ambitious corporate transformation. The company is understood to be actively seeking public relations agency support across a wide range of areas, including media relations, internal communications, and event management. The review covers Saudi Aramco’s operations in the Gulf, North […]

     
  • Top-10 ranking in sight for Tadawul
     

    Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange is expected to quickly rank among the world’s 10 most active markets if it opens up to international investors.

     
  • American Public Opposes Israel Striking Iran
     

    A new poll finds that only one in four Americans favors Israel conducting a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program. Seven in ten (69%) favor the US and other major powers continuing to pursue negotiations with Iran, a position that is supported by majorities of Republicans (58%), Democrats (79%) and Independents (67%).

     
  • SACM Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony Begins in Washington
     

    Saudi students from around the United States are descending on the U.S. capital for a graduation ceremony and career fair organized by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) on May 26-27. SACM, in coordination with the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education, will host the SACM Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony this weekend at the Gaylord […]

     
  • Global Markets Drag on TASI
     

    The TASI has dipped over the past month, primarily due to global factors. First quarter results of listed companies point to ongoing strength in the domestic economy, with profits 14.9 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2011. Nonetheless, the TASI is down by 10 percent since the end of March, mirroring falls on […]

     
  • USTR: Saudi Continues to Protect Intellectual Property Rights
     

    The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday released the 2012 Special 301 Report reviewing the intellectual property protection policies of foreign nations.  Saudi Arabia is not named on the “Watch List” again this year and has not been since a successful Out-of-Cycle Review in 2009 to resolve IP issues in cooperation with the […]

     

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  • Saudi Arabia plans to allow tougher nuclear oversight by IAEA this year

    Saudi Arabia plans to scrap light-touch oversight of its nuclear facilities by the U.N. atomic watchdog and switch to regular safeguards by the end of this year, the kingdom said on Monday, a step the watchdog has long been calling for. Saudi Arabia has a nascent nuclear programme that it wants to expand to eventually include activities like proliferation-sensitive uranium enrichment. It is unclear where its ambitions end, since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said for years it will develop nuclear weapons if regional rival Iran does.

  • UK trade minister to meet Gulf state officials in Saudi Arabia

    Reynolds will discuss ambitions for a trade deal with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh on Monday. The bloc is made up of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Talks began in July for a deal that would boost the UK economy by £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion), the Department for Business and Trade said.

  • 3 Customs Authority officials arrested in Rabigh over SR2.23 million bribery charges

    An official source at the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) has announced the arrest of three employees from the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (ZTCA) at King Abdullah Port in Rabigh. The arrests were made in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior. The employees, identified as Rashid Mohammed Al-Shabrami, Mohammed Ahmed Al-Jizani, and Saleh Hamoud Al-Harbi, are accused of accepting a total of SR2,232,000 in bribes from a number of expatriates.

  • Russia and Ukraine exchange 103 prisoners each in deal mediated by UAE

    The exchange of a total of 206 prisoners was facilitated in the UAE’s eighth such mediation, the Gulf nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on social media platform X. “We have successfully brought back another 103 warriors from Russian captivity to Ukraine,” Zelenskyy posted on X on Saturday. The freed Ukrainians included 82 privates and sergeants and 21 officers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine, border guards, and police officers, he said.

  • EU mission starts Red Sea oil tanker salvage

    An operation trying to salvage a stricken oil tanker, burning in the Red Sea for almost a month now after attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, has begun, according to a European Union naval mission on Saturday. The EU's Operation Aspides released images showing its vessels escorting three ships making their way toward the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion. The operation aims to prevent an environmental disaster in the region.

  • Iraqi and US forces kill a top IS commander and other militants in joint operation

    Iraqi forces and American troops have killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States, as well as several other prominent militants, Iraq’s military said on Friday. The operation in Iraq’s western Anbar province began in late August, the Iraqi military said, and involved also members of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service and Iraq’s air force.

  • Saudi Ranks Among Top Countries For Child Welfare And Education Opportunities

    Saudi has emerged as a global leader in child welfare and education, ranking among the top nations where citizens believe children are treated with respect and dignity, according to the 2023 Gallup World Poll. Iain Drennan, executive director of WeProtect Global Alliance, praised the Gulf region’s achievements in safeguarding children. He emphasized the importance of ensuring children’s rights, particularly in light of global challenges like child abuse and online exploitation.

  • Analysis: Saudi Arabia’s FDI Outlook

    Strong economic foundations and extensive international relations contribute to growing FDI in Saudi Arabia’s tourism, construction, electronics, and financial service sectors, among others. Correspondingly, GlobalData’s FDI database records 735 announced and 572 opened FDI projects in Saudi Arabia, between Q1 2019 and Q3 2024.