Archives for November, 2022

Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has embarked on a multi-stop Asian tour, shoring up the Gulf nation's ties with its biggest energy market

S. Korea, Saudi Arabia agree to boost energy and defence ties

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Conservationists restore some of the hieroglyphic murals along the roof of the Great Hypostyle Hall next to a column bearing a representation of the Egyptian god Amun-Min in the Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, Jan. 17, 2022.

Egypt restores Great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak Temple

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is implementing a project to restore the Great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak Temple in Luxor, in a bid to reveal the original colors of the Pharaonic inscriptions and subsequently draw more tourists and increase the country’s revenues.

For two decades, diehard Saudi football fan Bader Turkistani has criss-crossed the world supporting the national team, so this year's World Cup in neighbouring Qatar will feel almost like a home game

Travel-weary Saudi superfan awaits World Cup at 'home'

Agence France-Presse

Expatriate workers play cricket in a parking lot in the Gulf emirate of Dubai

As Qatar World Cup looms, street cricket rules for Gulf migrant workers

Agence France-Presse

Demonstrators marching in solidarity with protesters in Iran stand around the Lincol Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, on Oct. 29, 2022.

Analysis

The Takeaway: Republicans to dial up Iran pressure in 2023

Plus, Israeli officials were surprised by the reported FBI investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh's death, and the US blames Iran for a drone attack in the Gulf of Oman.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Despite a mixed record on the environment and jail time in his resume, leftist Lula drew crowds curious to hear his promises to protect the Amazon rainforest

'Brazil is back': Lula draws crowds at UN climate talks

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The Israeli-linked Japanese-owned tanker MT Mercer Street.

Iran behind drone strike on Israeli-owned tanker, US says

Drone debris recovered from the MV Pacific Zircon belonged to an Iranian-made Shahed drone, the US military said today.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sits on the main stage at Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) in an interview with Mike Novogratz, the CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings.

The Business & Tech Briefing: Binance CEO takes heat at Abu Dhabi event after FTX fall

In this weekly newsletter, Greg Cohen rounds up the biggest business and technology stories from the region.

Al-Monitor Staff

By Al-Monitor Staff

Smoke rises from an illegally lit fire in the Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil, in this photo taken on August 15, 2020

Brazil's Lula, world leaders bolster UN climate talks

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Israel Balad

Left out of Knesset, Arab Israeli party fights for survival

Failing to pass the electoral threshold, the Arab party Balad must find new goals, new faces and new enthusiasm in order to survive.

Tehran, IRAN: TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY FARHAD POULADI: Iranian staff members of "Press TV" news channel work at the newsroom in Tehran, 20 June 2007. An increasingly crowded market for 24-hour news is facing a new rival -- a channel from Iran whose self-proclaimed aim is to break the "stranglehold" of the West over the world?s media. Iran's state broadcaster is to launch "Press TV" on July 2 at a time of mounting international tension over its nuclear programme, complete with international journalists brough

Breaking | Last Updated: November 16, 2022, 7:55 pm

US sanctions employees of Iranian state-run broadcaster

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting is accused of airing hundreds of forced confessions, including from the relatives of Iranians killed in the ongoing protests.

An aerial picture shows the flag of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

North Cyprus anniversary highlights renewed rivalry between Turkey, Greece

Ankara’s support for a two-state solution and efforts to legitimize Turkish Cypriot entity stir Greek anger.

A Moroccan farmer walks past solar panels that are connected to a generator which feeds a pump extracting water from underground in Tafoughalt, a little village deep in the mountains of Morocco's eastern Berkane province, on October 31, 2016. As the Cop22 gets underway in Marrakesh, negotiators are thrashing out the details of a landmark global agreement designed to stave off disastrous climate change, but in Tafoughalt that impact is being felt already. Rising temperatures are among the factors making the

New PRO memo: Morocco’s transition to renewable energies to accelerate amid high hydrocarbons prices

Morocco is on track to have renewable sources account for more electricity generation than fossil fuels by 2025.

Mira Nair, pictured here in 2021 in Los Angeles, had to adapt a musical of "Monsoon Wedding" for the audience in Qatar

'Monsoon Wedding' drops alcohol, kissing for Qatar run

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Israel rejects US plan to investigate death of Palestinian journalist

The outgoing and incoming Israeli leaderships agree that Israel will not allow the FBI to investigate the death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

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Israeli-owned tanker hit by drone off Oman coast

No group or country have taken responsibility for the drone attack last night against the Pacific Zircon, but the Israeli security system suspects Iran was behind the hit.