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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 109k Saudi Benefited from Sakani Program in 7 Months

109k Saudi Benefited from Sakani Program in 7 Months

The Saudi Sakani program, of the Ministry of Housing, revealed in its July report that the total of beneficiaries reached 109,137 including 46,188 who are…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Tunisia: Foreign Currency Reserves Reach TND17B

Tunisia: Foreign Currency Reserves Reach TND17B

Tunisia’s foreign currency reserves reached TND17 billion (USD5.7 billion), according to data released by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT). The country’s…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Business Rosneft: Gas Production in Egypt Reaches 11.3 bcm

Rosneft: Gas Production in Egypt Reaches 11.3 bcm

Rosneft, Russian Oil Company, announced Wednesday that production in Zohr field amounted to 11.3 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas, which is 3.6 times more…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Turkey's Seasonally Adjusted Jobless Rate Hits Highest on Record

Turkey's Seasonally Adjusted Jobless Rate Hits Highest on Record

Turkey's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed to its highest level on record, statistical data showed on Thursday, despite a slight fall in the April…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Debate in Tunisia over Role of Currency Exchange against Black Market

Debate in Tunisia over Role of Currency Exchange against Black Market

The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) has allowed foreign exchange activities outside the banking system, in favor of a group of licensed manual exchange offices…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Business Algeria’s Trade Deficit Increases in H1 2019

Algeria’s Trade Deficit Increases in H1 2019

Algeria’s trade deficit amounted to $3.18 billion during the H1 of 2019 against $2.84 billion during the same period of 2018, official data showed on Tuesday. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Algiers)
Business Morocco’s Internal Debt Reaches $59.3 Bn

Morocco’s Internal Debt Reaches $59.3 Bn

Morocco's internal debt stood at $59.3 billion at the end of July, up 2.7 percent from the beginning of the year, reaching 49.5 percent of the country's gross…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Turkish Lira Weakens as Investors Remain Cautious of Emerging Markets

Turkish Lira Weakens as Investors Remain Cautious of Emerging Markets

Turkey's lira weakened more than 1% on Tuesday, declining for a third straight trading session, as investors remain cautious of emerging markets after the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Kuwait Says Committed to Agreement on Reducing Oil Production

Kuwait Says Committed to Agreement on Reducing Oil Production

Kuwait is “fully committed” to implementing an agreement among oil-exporting countries to cut production in order to support crude prices, Oil Minister Khaled…

Asharq Al Awsat (Kuwait)
Business Egypt Seeks Increasing Oil Production Through New Geological Phenomena

Egypt Seeks Increasing Oil Production Through New Geological Phenomena

Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla said Monday his country targets increasing the daily production of crude oil. “New…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business German Exports to Iran Halve in H1

German Exports to Iran Halve in H1

German exports to Iran fell by nearly half in the first six months of 2019, data showed on Monday. German exports to Iran fell by 48 percent to USD758.8…

Asharq Al Awsat (Berlin)
Business Indian Reliance to Sell 20% of Refining Activities to Aramco

Indian Reliance to Sell 20% of Refining Activities to Aramco

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is preparing to sell a 20 percent stake to Saudi Aramco of its refining and petrochemicals businesses. While terms of the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Mumbai)
Business Moroccan PM Calls for Diversifying Resources

Moroccan PM Calls for Diversifying Resources

Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani has called on the government to control expenditures and resort to innovative ways to fund investments in an attempt…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Saudi Aramco Reports $47 Billion in Earnings for First Half of 2019

Saudi Aramco Reports $47 Billion in Earnings for First Half of 2019

Saudi Aramco announced on Monday for the first time its half-year financial results. The Company’s net income was $46.9 billion for the first half 2019,…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Uber Wants to Sell You Train Tickets. And Be Your Bus Service, Too.

Uber Wants to Sell You Train Tickets. And Be Your Bus Service, Too.

When Julia Ellis arrives at a train station in a Denver suburb to go to work, she opens her Uber app. Next to the ride-hailing options, she taps a train icon…

Kate Conger (New York)
Business Iraq Denies Excluding Exxon from Southern Mega-project

Iraq Denies Excluding Exxon from Southern Mega-project

Iraq's oil ministry said on Saturday it was still in talks with the US energy giant ExxonMobil over a major deal to improve the country's southern oil…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business Saudi Stocks Stable despite Decline in Oil Prices

Saudi Stocks Stable despite Decline in Oil Prices

Last week's oil prices saw a drop of up to 10 percent, as Saudi Arabia's stock closed at a limited decline of 1.3 percent ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday. …

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Large Overhaul to Senior Managers in Turkey’s Central Bank after Governor Sacked

Large Overhaul to Senior Managers in Turkey’s Central Bank after Governor Sacked

Turkey’s central bank made the biggest overhaul to its senior management in recent years, a month after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unexpectedly fired the…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Tunisia, IMF Disagree Over Automatic Fuel Adjustment

Tunisia, IMF Disagree Over Automatic Fuel Adjustment

Tunisia’s Reform Minister Tawfiq al-Rajhi revealed that the government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have disagreed over automatic fuel adjustment…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Unemployment Drops in Morocco to 8.5%

Unemployment Drops in Morocco to 8.5%

The unemployment rate in Morocco reached 8.5 percent at the end of June after it was at 9.1 percent last year, Reuters reported, quoting the Kingdom’s High…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Flight Bookings to Saudi Arabia Grow as Hajj Begins

Flight Bookings to Saudi Arabia Grow as Hajj Begins

Travelport revealed that flight bookings made from in Asia were up five percent compared to last year. Bangladesh (13,906, +171 percent), which saw the…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Red Sea Development Company Constructing Residential Village for Workers

Saudi Red Sea Development Company Constructing Residential Village for Workers

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) has announced beginning the construction of a residential village for workers. The village includes administrative…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business King Abdulaziz Int’l Airport Begins Operating Flights to UAE, Bahrain, Oman

King Abdulaziz Int’l Airport Begins Operating Flights to UAE, Bahrain, Oman

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced the launch of the first of its international destinations at the new King Abdulaziz…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Egypt's Headline Inflation Slows to Four-year Low of 8.7% in July

Egypt's Headline Inflation Slows to Four-year Low of 8.7% in July

Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation decreased to 8.7% in July from 9.4% in June, official statistics agency CAPMAS said on Thursday, its lowest in…

Asharq Al Awsat