RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has announced a huge new zero-carbon city to be built at NEOM in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The project named “The Line” will be home to a million people and have no cars and no streets, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a video released on Sunday. The ci...
Saudi Arabia has permanently shut down the only land border it shares with Qatar — the Salwa border — hinting at the possibility that the illegal siege of Qatar is nowhere near its end. A letter issued by the Saudi customs directorate on Tuesday announced that the Salwa border gat...
In 2014, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had been expected to cut production to stabilize the market and control the price of oil,but instead of reducing their own production, Saudi Arabia pushed OPEC to let the market control the price of of oil. This raised the ...
On January 19, Chinese President Xi Jinping started a state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Arab Republic of Egypt, and Islamic Republic of Iran at the invitation of Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al Sisi, and Iranian President Hassan Rou...
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (L) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at a welcome ceremony prior to the 32nd Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. Arab foreign ministers decided in an Arab League (AL) extraordi...
In the phone call made by Amir-Abdollahian, the two diplomats discussed regional escalations "against the backdrop of the crisis in the Gaza Strip and its repercussions," the Saudi Press Agency reported, without giving further details.
Despite Iran’s longstanding reputation for sustainable water management, the country currently faces mounting water-related challenges caused by population growth, industrial development, urban sprawl, lifestyle changes, climate change, territorial conf
theTalibanmet for peace talks inAbu Dhabi, brought together through the help of the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia—the only three countries to have had relations with both parties. An agreement was reached in 2020 that saw the fullwithdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan...
Nick lives in Dubai, operating trips throughout the United Arab Emirates, as well as in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Maldives. Thanks to the volume of business he does, he has special rates with the best hotels in the region—both brand-name and those lesser-known—but ...
The charter of the Arab League was established on March 22, 1945, and is referred to as the Pact of the League of Arab States. It was signed by the leaders of the seven founding member states: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen. As per the agreement, the ...