Saudi Oil Field Attacked by Drones Yemeni rebels attacked oil and gas facilities at the Shaybah field in southeast Saudi Arabia, but failed to disrupt production. Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco as the company is known, extinguished a small fire at a natural gas liquids plant at Shaybah on Read more…
Flying Cars, Robot Dinosaurs and a Giant Artificial Moon A Prince’s $500 Billion Desert Dream Saudi Arabia’s crown prince turned to U.S. consultants for help imagining a massive new city-state in a barren section of his kingdom. What emerged was a Jetsons-style world of automation. SHARMA, Saudi Arabia—This seaside Read more…
Investigators Are Focusing on Jamal Khashoggi’s Apple Watch The Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi was living in Turkey in self-imposed exile when he walked into his country’s embassy in Istanbul on Oct. 2 and never walked out again. Turkish authorities think Khashoggi was murdered inside the embassy, which the Saudis dispute. Read more…
Saudi Arabia becomes first country to grant citizenship to a robot LONDON: A humanoid robot took the stage at the Future Investment Initiative yesterday and had an amusing exchange with the host to the delight of hundreds of delegates. Smartphones were held aloft as Sophia, a robot designed by Hong Read more…
Archaeologists are mystified by ancient “gates” in Saudi lava fields Google Earth reveals hundreds of geoglyphs in the desert, possibly 9,000 years old. For almost a century, aerial photographers have been documenting mysterious, millennia-old structures built from low walls of stone in the rocky lava fields, known as harrat, in Syria, Read more…
Pilgrims Traveling to Mecca Will Soon Have Electronic ID Bracelets Beginning this year, Saudi Arabia will provide electronic identification bracelets for all pilgrims traveling to Mecca. The bracelets, which are designed to promote safety, will include personal details and medical information. According to the official Saudi Press Agency, the bracelets Read more…