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  • Saudi Arabia and Beyond: Meet the Women Leaders in the World of Sailing

    With five America’s Cups under her belt and over 25 years of experience, Ryan has traveled far and wide to various race locations, including Saudi Arabia in November 2023. The venue for the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta was the Jeddah Yacht Club – notably the only event ever to be hosted outside of Barcelona in this series of the America’s Cup. “I really wanted to spread the reality of what I saw in Saudi Arabia. A lot of people said to me, ‘How did you feel as a female event director running an event in Jeddah; was that challenging?’ I said, ‘Not in the slightest.’ There were many women involved in the Saudi Federation and organizations, and I never once felt any difficulty or challenge being a woman running professional events on this scale. And I wanted more people to realize that.”

  • SBC Concludes Participation in the Saudi-South African Business Forum

    The Saudi Business Center (SBC) has concluded its participation in the Saudi-South African Business Forum, which was held yesterday here by the National Competitiveness Center, the Federation of Saudi Chambers of Commerce, and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition of the Republic of South Africa. SBC participated in the event to raise awareness about the services provided by government partners to the business sector, and to facilitate the initiation and conduct of business in Saudi Arabia.

  • EU sanctions Iran over alleged missile transfers to Russia

    The European Union has announced sanctions against more than a dozen Iranian individuals and firms, including the country’s deputy defence minister and national airline, over the alleged transfer of missiles and drones to Russia. The European Council said on Monday that seven individuals and as many entities in total would be subject to an asset freeze and travel ban over their involvement in transferring weapons and equipment to Moscow for use in its war against Ukraine.

  • Israel assures US it won’t strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say

    The Biden administration believes it has won assurances from Israel that it will not hit Iranian nuclear or oil sites as it looks to strike back following Iran’s missile barrage earlier this month, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. The administration also believes that sending a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel and roughly 100 soldiers to operate it has eased some of Israel’s concerns about possible Iranian retaliation and general security issues.

  • The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like

    Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. The Sahara does experience rain, but usually just a few inches a year and rarely in late summer. Over two days in September, however, intense rain fell in parts of the desert in southeast Morocco, after a low pressure system pushed across northwestern Sahara. Preliminary NASA satellite data showed nearly 8 inches of rain in some parts of the region.

  • Saudi Arabia to open four airports for private sector by 2025

    He stated that Saudi Arabia is set to become one of the world’s largest producers of green energy. Additionally, he emphasized the importance of regionalizing supply chains, with plans to establish centers for logistics supply chains in the kingdom.

  • Preview: Saudi Arabia Target Crucial Win Against Bahrain in World Cup Qualifier

    Saudi Arabia, under coach Roberto Mancini, look to end a three-match winless run at home. They previously suffered defeats to Jordan and Japan and settled for a draw with Indonesia. This match provides an opportunity for Saudi Arabia to regain form and push for qualification.

  • Odds rising that Saudi Arabia may ‘open floodgates’ on oil production – report

  • Weekly Briefing: Iran’s growing burden of confronting Israel

    Iranian media headlines from last week vividly demonstrated the hard choices before Tehran as Iran confronts the specter of possible war with Israel and its allies. The contrasting realities exemplify the pressures Iran’s leadership is under in terms of choosing the immediate and narrow national security interests, namely focusing on saving the economy and avoiding war, versus insisting on core Khomeinist convictions of confronting Israel and the United States.

  • Lina Khatib: War Spreads to Lebanon

    This has been one of the biggest blows to Hezbollah morally. He's been in charge for 30 years, but the cultivation of the image has really taken off since 2006, so we're talking about almost two decades of this person being presented as almost superhuman. His image had been tightly linked to that of Hezbollah itself, so that, in the eyes of many supporters of Hezbollah, Nasrallah represented strength, resilience, victory, and all those qualities that Hezbollah wanted associated with itself. At the morale level, having this figure eliminated is a huge blow.