Analysis
- Saturday’s border clash erupted just weeks after Iran warned Taliban not to violate its rights to Helmand River water
- ’Fragile’ Afghanistan may not favor military confrontation, with China also likely to advise de-escalation, say analysts
- Both sides said they are committed to facilitating humanitarian assistance but have committed prohibited acts that impeded those efforts: Statement
- Saudi artist Raghda Turkistani on building her carpet-painting business and social media presence in the ‘era of achieving dreams’
- Patriarch Al-Rahi praises parliamentary consensus before his trip to Vatican and France
- Hezbollah sees nomination of Azour as a ploy to overthrow their candidate Frangieh
- Exhibition to showcase industrial technologies to help boost KSA’s development
- About 67,000 social media accounts closed and hundreds of thousands of posts between March 10 and May 22 deleted
- Beijing frequently arrests citizens and censors accounts for publishing or sharing factual information considered sensitive or critical
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Gum arabic
Extracted from the sap of some Acacia tree species, gum arabic has plenty of uses, such as stabilizer in soft drinks and multiple uses for other foods. It is also used in watercolor paints, ceramic glaze, printmaking, pyrotechnics, glues, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, wine, shoe polish and lickable adhesives for postage stamps and envelopes. Gum arabic is one of the main products of Sudan, which accounts for 30 per cent of total exports worldwide. Because of the war in Sudan, producers — such as soft drink giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi — and the local market are in dire straits.
Wadi Qanuna Dam
Located in Saudi Arabia's western province of Makkah, Wadi Qanuna Dam is one of the Kingdom’s largest barrages. The site is a popular tourist destination and the surrounding Qanuna Valley is characterized not only by its running water and natural beauty, but also unique rock formations and archaeological inscriptions.
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