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'We're at the start of a new industrial revolution': Ireland's environment minister

Talking Europe speaks to Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Irish Green Party and minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport in the current coalition government in Dublin. We caught up with him after he attended a signing ceremony for the Celtic Interconnector, a project that will link the…

France 24

US forces monitor Mideast skies at Qatar base amid World Cup

About 8,000 American troops watch over the airspace of the Middle East from a major air base run by Qatar as World Cup fans throng stadiums in the energy-rich nation

The Independent UK

Taj signs its 250th property; to open in Saudi’s Diriyah near Riyadh

NEW DELHI: Taj Hotels has signed its 250th property with that landmark unit going to open in Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah, near Riyadh. Taj parent Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) has the highest number of hotels in India. It now has five hotels in the Middle East, including two under development.

The Times of India

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Arabs unite in celebration as Morocco advances in World Cup

Morocco is the Arab world’s last hope at the first World Cup ever to be held in the Middle East

The Independent UK

Mikel Arteta in conversation with Arsenal academy staff as Dubai mid-season trip approaches

The Gunners head out to the Middle East on Sunday and will be expecting to take several of their academy youngsters along with them for friendlies against Lyon and AC Milan

Football London

PIF Secures Record-Breaking $17bn Senior Unsecured Term Loan

Badeel has announced a partnership to establish the largest solar photovoltaic plant in the region, while Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced that it has secured a $17 billion seven-year senior unsecured term loan (63.7 billion Saudi riyals). The loan is the largest-of-its-kind general corporate-purpose loan worldwide. While the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

5 Arsenal youngsters who could be part of Mikel Arteta's Dubai preseason squad

The Gunners head out to the Middle East on Sunday to compete in the Dubai Super Cup as they prepare for the resumption of the Premier League season and several academy players are expected to travel

Football London

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UN Middle East Envoy Says The Region Reaching A ‘boiling Point’

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “reaching a boiling point,” given a surge in violence in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.

Zenger

Saudi's ACWA Power, Badeel to Develop Largest Solar Plant in Middle East

Saudi Arabia's private utility ACWA Power and a unit of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Wednesday signed agreements to develop the largest solar power plant in the Middle East, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The 2,060 megawatt project will be located in Al Shuaibah in Makkah province and is…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US-Iran Match Reflects a Regional Rivalry for Many Arab Fans

The US team’s must-win World Cup match against Iran will be closely watched across the Middle East, where the two nations have been engaged in a cold war for over four decades and where many blame one or both for the region’s woes. Critics of Iran say it has fomented…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US-Iran match reflects a regional rivalry for many Arab fans

The U.S. team’s must-win World Cup match against Iran will be closely watched across the Middle East

The Independent UK

Qatar says ‘between 400 and 500’ worker deaths are related to World Cup

The comment by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, threatened to reinvigorate criticism by human rights groups over the toll of hosting the Middle East’s first World Cup.

Chicago Sun-Times

Qatar-based Japanese wants world to learn of nation's charms

DOHA -- Soccer teams are battling it out at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the first Middle Eastern country to host the competition.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

UN Special Coordinator Warns Oslo Accords Are ‘Slipping Away’

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, warned that the Palestinian-Israeli once again reached a "boiling point," stressing that the settlement expansion and restrictions continue to squeeze the "economic and physical space for developing a viable Palestinian State." He warned that the current context leads…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Daily Mirror

Saudi Arabia executing dozens while others 'distracted by the World Cup' says Tory MP

The former Tory cabinet minister David Davis raised the issue in an urgent question in the Commons after Britain's 'friend' in the Middle East beheaded twenty people in just two weeks

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Bugatti Mistral Roadster Makes Stunning Debut In Middle East

The automaker took the car on tour through Saudi Arabia’s capital.

Reuters

At Qatar World Cup, Mideast tensions spill into stadiums

The first World Cup in the Middle East has become a showcase for the political tensions crisscrossing one of the world's most volatile regions and the ambiguous role often played by host nation Qatar in its crises.

The Times of India

FIFA World Cup 2022: Camel flu is the new risk for fans in Qatar, claim reports

Camel flu or Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is the new risk for world cup fans in Qatar, reports have claimed. The ongoing FIFA World Cup is expected to attract millions of fans. The event will be held till December 18.

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The Independent UK

Flashes of Arab unity at World Cup after years of discontent

For a brief moment after Saudi Arabia’s Salem Aldawsari fired a soccer ball from just inside the penalty box into the back of the net to seal a win against Argentina, Arabs across the divided Middle East found something to celebrate

Bangkok Post

Workshop aims at big spenders

Businesses on Phuket should aim to promote wellness and multicultural activities among Muslim tourists from the Middle East, especially big spenders from Saudi Arabia, to spur the island's economy, according to the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism at Prince of Songkhla University (PSU).

Motorsport

WRC pushes Middle East event plans to 2024

The World Rally Championship is working on delivering a desert rally event in the Middle East in 2024 after plans for next year failed to come to fruition.

Autosport

WRC pushes Middle East event plans to 2024 following calendar reveal

The World Rally Championship is working hard to deliver a desert rally event in the Middle East in 2024, after plans for next year failed to come to fruition.

Los Angeles Times

A new foreign policy headache for Biden as Israel forms its most right-wing government ever

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is grappling with how to deal with a new Israeli government that will be the most right-wing in that country's history and may stand in the way of core U.S. goals for the Middle East.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Fan Support Key for Tunisia vs. Australia at World Cup

Expect "TUN-is, TUN-is, TUN-is" chants to reverberete around the Al Janoub stadium as Tunisia enjoys overwhelming home-like support when it takes on Australia in each team’s second match at the World Cup on Saturday. One of the four Arab teams at the first World Cup in the Middle East, Tunisia…

Bangkok Post

Emerging markets to buoy exports in 2023

Thailand's exports are expected to maintain growth momentum next year, albeit at a slower pace than this year, shored up by strong demand from emerging markets in Asia and the Middle East, speakers at a seminar said on Thursday.

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