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Gulf Railway Enters Implementation Phase, Targets 2030 Completion

Business Members of the GCC Transport and Communications Ministers Committee pose for an official photo in Manama (GCC). 

Gulf Railway Enters Implementation Phase, Targets 2030 Completion

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries signed an agreement in Manama on Sunday to advance a 2,117-kilometer railway linking all six member states by 2030, as…

Mirza al-Khuweildi (Manama)
Business A gold mine in Saudi Arabia (SPA) 

Saudi Gold Refinery Obtains 10 Gold Exploration Licenses in Tanzania

Saudi Gold Refinery Company (SGR) announced Sunday it has secured 10 licenses to explore gold in the Republic of Tanzania, covering a total area of nearly 1…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business A worker walks past oil pipes at a refinery in Wuhan, Hubei province March 23, 2012. (Reuters)

Oil Falls as Trump Says New Iran Attacks ‘Unlikely’

Oil prices fell at Monday's open after US President Donald Trump said he was highly unlikely to order new Iran attacks while talks to end the conflict make…

Business A conceptual rendering of the Gulf railway interconnection project. (X)

Bahraini Transport Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: Each Country to Finance Its Share of Gulf Railway Project

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states took a new step toward completing the railway interconnection project by signing the project's general…

Merza al-Khuwaldi (Manama)
Business Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with Minister of Information Diaa Rashwan (not pictured) in Cairo, Egypt, March 25, 2026. (Reuters)

Egypt Seeks Faster Progress on Libya Gas, Refining and Power Projects

Egypt aims to accelerate energy projects with Libya, including gas pipeline links, refining of Libyan crude in Egypt and an electricity interconnection,…


Business Egypt to Invest $315 M in Sinai

Egypt to Invest $315 M in Sinai

Egypt said on Thursday it would invest 5.23 billion Egyptian pounds ($315 million) in the Sinai Peninsula in fiscal 2019-20, a 75% rise on the year, in a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Berri Expects ‘Positive Indicators’ on Lebanon’s Sovereign Credit Rating

Berri Expects ‘Positive Indicators’ on Lebanon’s Sovereign Credit Rating

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has struck a positive note over the expected announcement by Standard & Poor’s, an international financial institutions, on…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Business ADNOC Awards Contracts Worth $3.6 Billion

ADNOC Awards Contracts Worth $3.6 Billion

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded three contracts for the procurement of casing and tubing, whose combined scope is Dh13.2 billion ($3.6…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Egypt Gets Closer to Becoming Regional Energy Hub

Egypt Gets Closer to Becoming Regional Energy Hub

Natural gas production at Egypt’s Zohr field, the largest gas field in the Mediterranean, has increased to 2.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd), speeding up…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Lebanon Sees High Chances of Offshore Discovery, Reforms on Track

Lebanon Sees High Chances of Offshore Discovery, Reforms on Track

Lebanon has high chances of making an offshore energy discovery once drilling gets underway from November or December and its second licensing round is…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Iran Moves to Strike 4 Zeroes from its Battered Currency

Iran Moves to Strike 4 Zeroes from its Battered Currency

Iran's president sent a bill to parliament Wednesday that would cut four zeroes from the value of the country’s sanctions-battered currency, the rial, as…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Ministry of Finance Warns of Suspicious Virtual Currency

Saudi Ministry of Finance Warns of Suspicious Virtual Currency

The Saudi Ministry of Finance has warned traders in the nation against the use of virtual currencies, saying that they are not legally recognized in the…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business 72% Trade Volume Hike between Saudi, Russia in Q1 2019

72% Trade Volume Hike between Saudi, Russia in Q1 2019

Moscow affirmed holding strategic relations with Riyadh in all fields, revealing that the trade volume between Russia and Saudi Arabia during the Q1 2019…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Zain Saudi Arabia Discusses Debts with Ministry of Finance

Zain Saudi Arabia Discusses Debts with Ministry of Finance

Zain Saudi Arabia has started a new round of talks with the Kingdom’s Ministry of Finance to convert the debt it owes, or at least part of them, into shares. …

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Egyptian President: We Look Forward for TICAD7

Egyptian President: We Look Forward for TICAD7

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said he looks forward for the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), and all possible…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Experts: Suez Canal $3.6 Billion in Due Certificates to Remain in Banks

Experts: Suez Canal $3.6 Billion in Due Certificates to Remain in Banks

Analysts and bankers said that most of the Suez Canal certificates of deposits due on September 4 will not be withdrawn from banks after their due date. They…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Tunisia Tourism Revenues Jump 44% in 8 Months

Tunisia Tourism Revenues Jump 44% in 8 Months

Tourism revenues in Tunisia jumped 44 percent to TND3.16 billion (USD1.12 billion) year-on-year to August 10, official figures showed on Monday. Tourism - a…

Business Saudi Oil Exports Fall to 6.72 bpd in June

Saudi Oil Exports Fall to 6.72 bpd in June

Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports in June fell to 6.72 million barrels per day (BPD) from 6.94 million BPD in May, official data showed on Monday. Saudi…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Aramco Asks Banks to Pitch for Roles in IPO

Saudi Aramco Asks Banks to Pitch for Roles in IPO

Saudi Aramco has formally asked major banks to submit proposals for potential roles in its planned initial public offering, two sources told Reuters on Monday…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business In Delaying Tariffs, Trump Faces Up to Economic Reality

In Delaying Tariffs, Trump Faces Up to Economic Reality

President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are forcing Americans to pay more for everyday products. Many economists have shown this. If you look at the…

Jim Tankersley (New York)
Business Egypt Issues New Unified Law for the General Budget

Egypt Issues New Unified Law for the General Budget

Egypt’s Minister of Finance Mohamed Maaet announced Sunday that a draft unified law for the general budget and government accounting has been completed and is…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Dubai Receives 8.36M Visitors in First Half 2019

Dubai Receives 8.36M Visitors in First Half 2019

Dubai welcomed 8.36 million international overnight visitors during the first six months of 2019, a 3 percent increase compared to the same period last year,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Morocco: Managem Turnover Drops after Metals Decline

Morocco: Managem Turnover Drops after Metals Decline

Morocco’s leading mining company, Managem, announced its turnover for the first half of 2019 has declined after the average price of cobalt dropped 62 percent…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Over 5 Million Tourists Visited Tunisia in 2019

Over 5 Million Tourists Visited Tunisia in 2019

Over 5 million tourists visited Tunisia during the first seven months of his year, a 15.6 percent increase from the same period in 2018, according to the…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Business Record Number of Travelers Depart Beirut Airport in One Day

Record Number of Travelers Depart Beirut Airport in One Day

A record number of people departed Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport on Friday, said Interior Minister Raya al-Hassan. She said 22,800 travelers…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Business OPEC Sees Bearish Oil Outlook for Rest of 2019

OPEC Sees Bearish Oil Outlook for Rest of 2019

OPEC delivered a downbeat oil market outlook for the rest of 2019 on Friday as economic growth slows and highlighted challenges in 2020 as rivals pump more,…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Tunisia's Growth Rate Reaches 1.1% in 1st Half of 2019

Tunisia's Growth Rate Reaches 1.1% in 1st Half of 2019

Tunisia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 1.1 percent in the first half (H1) of 2019, well below government expectations of up to 3 percent of economic…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Business Egypt Seeks to Cut Debt-to-GDP Ratio

Egypt Seeks to Cut Debt-to-GDP Ratio

The Egyptian Finance Ministry has revealed that in its 2019-2020 budget Cairo is planning to reduce the government debt to GDP ratio to reach 77.5 percent by…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Turkish Growth Outlook Worsens as Industrial Output Drops Sharply in June

Turkish Growth Outlook Worsens as Industrial Output Drops Sharply in June

Turkish industrial production fell for the tenth consecutive month in June, data showed on Friday, offering few signs of a pick-up in economic growth as…