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SPL football: European agents squeezing clubs over players' potential 'tax traps'

Karim Benzema of Al-Ittihad lifts the trophy after winning the Saudi Pro League on 26 May 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Karim Benzema of Al-Ittihad lifts the trophy after winning the Saudi Pro League on 26 May 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. © Stringer TPX Images of the day/Reuters

Becoming a football superpower, part 8: With tax-free salaries a big lure for elite sportsmen in the Kingdom, the issue of "home-country" liabilities is now becoming a wage bargaining tool during contract negotiations, Intelligence Online has learned.

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Iran
Tehran looks to scoop up cream of BRICS students for its space sector

Two young female Iranian scientists stand together at the booth of the Iranian Space Research Center during an aerospace exhibition in Tehran, Iran, on 11 February 2025.
Two young female Iranian scientists stand together at the booth of the Iranian Space Research Center during an aerospace exhibition in Tehran, Iran, on 11 February 2025. © Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via AFP

Despite the setbacks to its space programme, Iran is trying to capitalise on the quality of its researchers and academics by offering a broad range of training courses to attract students from BRICS countries.

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Greece
Athens close to purchasing Naval Group frigate to mend ties with Paris

The Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu in Athens on 14 April 2025.
The Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu in Athens on 14 April 2025. © Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters

The Greek defence minister visited the French shipyard on Wednesday 4 June for a meeting which could prove crucial for mending Franco-Greek ties, which cooled after Paris approved the sale of MBDA missiles to Athens's arch-rival Turkey earlier this year.

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