Dar Global to Unveil Billion-Dollar Trump Plaza in Jeddah

The announcement of a second billion-dollar Trump-branded development in Saudi Arabia raises urgent questions about the intersection of private business interests and American foreign policy in an increasingly volatile Middle East. A Growing...

Global Shipping Emissions Deal Sinks After Last-Minute Collapse

A decade-long effort to make the shipping industry the first to adopt binding international emissions targets has fallen apart—this time not over science or technology, but timing and cost. The breakdown leaves oil demand from marine fuels largely...

Ryan Seacrest under fire for taking job as keynote speaker at a Saudi Arabian festival as fans brand him a ‘sell-out’

RYAN Seacrest is facing backlash after agreeing to serve as keynote speaker at a Saudi Arabian entertainment event linked to the country’s controversial government. The American Idol host sparked outrage online after appearing at the Joy Forum...

TRIUMPH: Team Trump Tramples UN Carbon Tax on Shipping

What a bunch of BAD ASSES. There. I said it. Yesterday I told y'all about the ee-ville intentions of an auxiliary arm of the United Nations that regulates international shipping, formulating regulations and rules, the International Maritime...

London Police Chief Plans Saudi Partnership to Fight Fraud, Cybercrime

City of London Police Commissioner Peter O’Doherty has outlined plans for a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia aimed at strengthening centralized reporting of fraud and cybercrime. He also noted that British authorities have approved a new...

Global Crude in Transit Reaches Record 1.24 Billion Barrels as Supply Surges

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — A flotilla of crude oil on the world’s oceans expanded to a fresh high as producer nations keep adding barrels and the tankers sail further for deliveries. A total of 1.24 billion barrels of crude and condensate, a...

US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions

The United States has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions, as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. The world's largest maritime nations had been deliberating and...

Saudi Arabia and the Tired ‘Whitewashing’ Trope

The internet brigades and media commentators found ample reason to be concerned about Saudi Arabia and its growing influence earlier this month. Instead of the anodyne concerns of yesteryear about madrassas influenced by fundamentalist clerics,...

'We stand with Syria,' Saudi Finance Minister says

Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan on Friday said many investments were being finalised for Syria, as Damascus seeks to reconnect with the global financial system following the toppling of the Assad regime last December. “We stand with...

Saudi to offer steel projects worth $16bln

Saudi Arabia has completed a study about the optimal options to address the supply shortage in the domestic steel market, the Kingdom’s Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef has said. Options involve manufacturing 7 steel...

Saudi Arabia, India explore tie-ups in petrochemical sector: Report

Saudi Arabia and India are exploring partnerships in the chemicals and petrochemical sector, according to a news report. The countries are exploring opportunities for investments, research and skill development, Economic Times, an Indian financial...

Saudi Arabia: Trina Storage unveils 6 MWh+ energy storage system

Trina Storage, an energy storage solution and a business unit of Trinasolar, has announced the launch of its next-generation 6.25 megawatt-hour (MWh) energy storage platform, Elementa 3, during Solar & Storage Live KSA. Featuring higher energy...

Salic, Syngenta in deal to boost global food security

Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (Salic), a wholly-owned unit of Saudi PIF, and global agri-tech leader Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Syngenta), have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to combine their expertise to create a...

Citi Makes a Case for $50 Oil

Citigroup’s latest call for Brent crude to tumble toward $50 on a Russia-Ukraine de-escalation feels more like an echo chamber than a fresh forecast. Senior commodities strategist Eric Lee told Bloomberg Friday that easing geopolitical tensions...

US scuppers carbon pricing deal to cut shipping emissions

A majority of countries at the International Maritime Organisation voted on Friday to postpone by a year a decision to adopt a global carbon price for shipping, after negotiations collapsed under US pressure. More than 100 member states of the...

Russia Teases Major Defense Contracts to Incentivize India to Keep Buying Oil

The Russian government on Thursday downplayed President Donald Trump’s statement that he has persuaded India to dramatically reduce its massive purchases of Russian oil, teasing a major offering of Russian military hardware as an incentive for...

Breaking: US Strong-Arms Europe Into Shipping Emissions Delay

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Earlier today, CleanTechnica published a report by Transport & Environment that said the US, UAE, Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries were pressuring the EU to...

Veteran pushes VA to provide disability payments, health coverage for Gulf War illness

An armored vehicle passes through a breached sand berm separating Saudi Arabia from Iraq in February 1991, paving the way for advancing allied troops as the Gulf War moves to its next phase after 38 days of air raids and skirmishes. (Wayne J....

Saudi Arabia’s Inflation Rate Steady at 2.2% in September 2025

Year-on-Year Inflation Trends The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Saudi Arabia recorded a year-on-year increase of 2.2% in September 2025, reflecting the sustained cost pressures affecting a range of consumer goods and services. This index tracks...

Trump’s threats succeed in halting global plan to reduce shipping emissions

Shipping containers line the Ever Most cargo vessel docked at the Port of Oakland on April 3, 2025, in California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) A plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in shipping supported by much of the maritime industry was...