The country also expected to host the World Cup in 2034 achieves the latest in a series of victories for Gulf states on international events. The Expo 2030 world’s fair will be held in Riyadh in another hosting victory for a Gulf country after Qatar put on football’s World Cup last year. South Korea’s Busan…
The pair touch on relations between their countries during Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud’s visit. Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, and his accompanying delegation during an official visit to Doha. The visit on Tuesday was to discuss…
Saudi Arabia has made no secret of its passion for gaming and e-sports, so there was no shortage of young Saudis to take in a museum of video game history stretching from the original Pac-Man to PlayStation 5. It is part of Gamers8, an eight-week festival of e-sports tournaments in the capital, Riyadh, with a…
White House says ‘still a lot’ to discuss as questions swirl around potential deal to normalise Israel-Saudi relations. US President Joe Biden’s administration has said more discussions need to happen before a potential deal to normalise relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel can be reached. White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Wednesday that the…
Washington, DC – The United States has made establishing diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel a top policy goal – a push that experts say would leave Palestinians behind and could come at a high price for Washington in the Middle East. The complexity of Washington’s so-called normalisation drive also has raised questions around…
Saudi Arabia has concluded a successful Hajj season, an annual event that, along with year-round Umrah pilgrimages, makes the kingdom an estimated $12bn. So far, religious pilgrimages and going there for work are the main reasons people think of when travelling to Saudi Arabia is mentioned. Even for those trips, visas were hard to get,…
On April 9, Saudi and Omani delegations met Houthi representatives in Sanaa to discuss a permanent ceasefire in Yemen. After more than eight years of warfare in the impoverished country, the meetings have led some to have cautious optimism that the fighting in Yemen may be winding down. Although the public still does not know much…