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Largest Study Reveals Diversity of Habitats in Red Sea

The Red Sea Development Company, the developer of the world's most ambitious renewable tourism projects, has published the results of one of the largest environmental studies on the ecosystems of living organisms, which it conducted in the Red Sea region. The research study was released at the five-day UN Ocean…

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Saudi Leadership Offers Condolences to Jordan’s King after Aqaba Gas Leak

Saudi Leadership Offers Condolences to Jordan’s King after Aqaba Gas Leak

The Saudi leadership offered its condolences to King Abdullah II of Jordan over the victims of the gas leak at at the Red Sea port of Aqaba. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense,…

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Jordan promises inquiry into deadly blast at Red Sea port

Jordan promises inquiry into deadly blast at Red Sea port

Jordan's prime minister says he has instructed authorities to launch an investigation into the deadly blast at the port of Aqaba that killed at least 13 people

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Chlorine gas leak kills 13 in Jordan port

Aqaba (Jordan) (AFP) - Thirteen people were killed, including at least four Asian migrants, when toxic chlorine gas escaped on the dockside in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba, officials said.

Death toll in Jordan chlorine gas leak rises to 13

Aqaba (Jordan) (AFP) - Thirteen people were killed, including at least four Asian migrants, when toxic chlorine gas escaped on the dockside in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba, officials said.

KAUST Announces Partnership with Ocean Aero for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced a new collaboration agreement with Ocean Aero, a manufacturer and service provider of ocean-going Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicles (AUSVs). Ocean Aero and Shelf Subsea, a service company for the marine industry, will bring the AUSVs into Saudi Arabia, which will…

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Tanker could spill oil along whole of Red Sea coast, UN warns

An oil supertanker that has been moored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen since 1976 could break apart and unleash part or all of its 1.1 million barrels of oil on the Horn of Africa, the UN warns. Also in this edition: Britain's Prince Charles expresses regret…

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Tech giants form metaverse standards body, but without Apple

Tech giants form metaverse standards body, but without Apple

Tech giants such as Meta, Sony and Adobe, together with oversight groups like the World Wide Web Consortium, have created a forum to set standards for the nascent metaverse industry. The move aims to make digital worlds compatible with each other. However, Apple and Snapchat have not joined the outfit.…

Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh reels from Ukrainian and Russian exodus

Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh reels from Ukrainian and Russian exodus

On Sharm el-Sheikh's sandy beaches many of the sun loungers lie empty. At a central promenade packed with shops, cafes and nightclubs, crowds are thinner than usual.

Exclusive-UAE to build Red Sea port in Sudan in $6 billion investment package

Exclusive-UAE to build Red Sea port in Sudan in $6 billion investment package

The United Arab Emirates will build a new Red Sea port in Sudan as part of a $6 billion investment package, DAL group chairman Osama Daoud Abdellatif, a partner in the deal, told Reuters.

Cairo Looks Forward to High-Level US Participation in COP27

Cairo Looks Forward to High-Level US Participation in COP27

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the president-designate of the upcoming UN climate change conference, received on Thursday a phone call from the United States Special Climate Envoy, John Kerry. Shoukry told Kerry his country is looking forward to high-level US participation in the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022,…

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Major blow for holidaymakers as easyJet axes trips to popular Egypt resort

Major blow for holidaymakers as easyJet axes trips to popular Egypt resort

Decision to cancel flights to popular Red Sea resort Hurghada will be massive issue for many customers owing to a shortage of alternative airlines

UN crowd-funds to prevent oil spill disaster off Yemen

UN crowd-funds to prevent oil spill disaster off Yemen

Dubai (AFP) - The United Nations is launching a crowd-funding campaign for an operation intended to prevent an ageing Yemeni oil tanker from unleashing a potentially catastrophic spill in the Red Sea, a senior official said Monday.

Thousands of sheep drown as Sudan ship sinks

Thousands of sheep drown as Sudan ship sinks

Khartoum (Sudan) (AFP) - An overladen ship crammed with thousands of sheep sank Sunday in Sudan's Red Sea port of Suakin drowning most animals on board but with all crew surviving, officials said.

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Nearly 16,000 sheep drown after ship sinks in Sudan’s Red Sea

Badr 1 ship sank in early hours of Sunday morning

Saudi offers $10m to prevent Red Sea oil spill disaster off Yemen

Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia on Sunday pledged $10 million to help prevent an ageing Yemeni oil tanker from unleashing a potentially catastrophic spill in the Red Sea bordering its waters.

East Sudan governor resigns, protesters lift blockade

Khartoum (AFP) - A coalition of tribes in East Sudan announced on Tuesday the end of a sit-in which blocked roads to the crucial Red Sea port, after the governor announced his resignation.

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East Sudan Governor Resigns, Protesters Lift Blockade

A coalition of tribes in East Sudan announced on Tuesday the end of a sit-in which blocked roads to the crucial Red Sea port, after the governor announced his resignation. The Port Sudan sit-in protested a 2020 peace deal the country's Beja tribes say made too many concessions at the…

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2023 Dakar Rally Route Will Be Longer And Even More Challenging

The 2023 Dakar Rally will feature a 14-stage route stretching from the Red Sea to the city of Dammam on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast.

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TRSDC Seeks 30% Environmental Conservation Rate by 2040

The "Amaala" and "Red Sea" projects in western Saudi Arabia will attract a wide range of various markets given the multiple services they offer, according to the Executive Director at the Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), Rosanna Chopra. Chopra stressed that TRSDC aspires to provide the destination with clean and…

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Saudi Western Fleet Wraps up Red Wave-5 Drill

The Western Fleet's Red Wave-5 exercise, carried out by the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, concluded on Thursday, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Friday The drill was held with the participation of the Red Sea coastal countries of Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, as well as the Royal…

Israel holds military drills amid Iran tensions

Jerusalem (AFP) - Dozens of Israeli fighter jets conducted exercises over the Mediterranean and warships held Red Sea drills this week, the army said Thursday, as it readies for different "scenarios" against Iran.

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Saudi Arabia Launches Major Partnerships, Agreements to Boost Tourism

Several global partnerships and agreements enhancing the tourism sector in Saudi Arabia were accomplished at the Future Hospitality Summit, which concluded Wednesday. Saudi Arabia hosted the second edition of the Future Hospitality Summit under the theme "Reimagined Horizons" on the 24th and 25th of May at Riyadh Airport Marriott Hotel.…

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Egypt Promises to Push Pledges as COP27 Host

Egypt, host of the next United Nations summit on climate change, will push countries to make good on their pledges to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, facilitate "non-adversarial" talks on compensation to developing countries for global warming impacts and allow climate activists to protest, said the incoming president of COP27.…

U.S. quietly negotiating among Saudis, Israelis and Egyptians on Red Sea islands transfer

A deal could be a first step on the road to the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

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