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Saudi ‘Davos In The Desert’ Opens Amid Conflict In Middle East

October 29, 2024 admin

Riyadh: Global business leaders meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a glitzy investor forum as conflict shakes the region and scepticism mounts over the Gulf kingdom’s most ambitious development projects. The Future Investment Initiative (FII) debuted in 2017 as a showcase for de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s dream of diversifying the…

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Women Running Businesses To Film Music, New Saudi Is A Surprise

October 27, 2024 admin

Saudi Arabia is changing. You have to see it to believe it. The Saudi Arabia with strict gender segregation, tough Islamic laws, and dress codes, no longer exists. It’s a new country that is open, just, welcoming and rising. With Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s Vision 2023 as its compass, the kingdom is making great…

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US Army Tests Robot Dogs Armed With AI-Enabled Guns At Military Facility In Middle East: Report

October 4, 2024 admin

The US Army is testing robot dogs mounted with AI-enabled guns at a military facility in the Middle East, according to Military.com. Photos shared by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) show one such robot dog undergoing “rehearsals” at the Red Sands Integrated Experimentation Center in Saudi Arabia in mid-September as part of a…

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Saudi Arabia Voices “Great Concern” For Lebanon Amid Israeli Strikes

September 30, 2024 admin

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia expressed its “great concern” at the conflict in Lebanon on Monday, calling for the country’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity” to be respected. A foreign ministry statement said: “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is following with great concern the developments taking place in the Republic of Lebanon.” As the country’s health…

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Fifteen Stadiums, Five Cities Tn Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup Bid

August 1, 2024 admin

Saudi Arabia, the only bidder for the 2034 World Cup, will host the 48-team tournament in fifteen stadiums across five cities, including eight in the capital, state media said on Wednesday. The announcement came days after the kingdom submitted its official bid to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). Saudi Arabia plans…

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Saudi congratulates Iran’s new reformist President

July 6, 2024 admin

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is seen. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Saudi Arabia, which restored ties with Tehran last year following a years-long rift, on Saturday congratulated Iran’s new president-elect, the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian. King Salman, in a message to Pezeshkian, expressed hope for the “continued development of relations which…

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Saudi Netflix show creator says convicted by anti-terrorism court

July 4, 2024 admin

Saudi TV creator Abdulaziz Almuzaini, whose animated Netflix show has made waves for breaking social taboos, said he had been convicted by an anti-terrorism court, prompting condemnation from rights advocates. The kingdom’s Specialised Criminal Court, established in 2008 to try suspects accused of terrorism, “issued against me (a sentence of) 13 years, followed by a…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, June 24, 2024

June 24, 2024 admin

Students raise slogans during a protest over the alleged irregularities in NEET 2024 results. | Photo Credit: – 48% of 1,563 candidates skip NEET-UG re-exam Of the 1,563 candidates eligible to appear for the re-exam of the undergraduate National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG), only 813 (approximately 52%) took it on Sunday. Another 750 candidates (approximately 48%)…

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Saudi Arabia says deaths during haj pilgrimage reach 1,301

June 23, 2024 admin

Muslim devotees walk around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. File | Photo Credit: FADEL SENNA The number of deaths during this year’s haj pilgrimage totaled 1,301 people, Saudi Arabia’s health minister Fahad Al-Jalajel said on Sunday. The minister, quoted by state television, said that…

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68 Indians among over 600 to die due to heat during Haj pilgrimage

June 20, 2024 admin

Muslim pilgrims holding umbrellas walk on the third day of the Satan stoning ritual, amid extremely hot weather, during the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A diplomat in Saudi Arabia said on June 19 that 68 Indian nationals died during the haj pilgrimage this year…

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