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Saudi Real Estate Market Maintains Investment Momentum Despite War Fallout

Business Residential developments in Saudi Arabia (Ministry of Municipalities and Housing)

Saudi Real Estate Market Maintains Investment Momentum Despite War Fallout

Saudi Arabia's real estate market continues to attract investment despite geopolitical challenges weighing on economic activity worldwide, supported by new…

Bandar al-Mosalam (Riyadh)
Business An investor monitors stock market data on a screen at the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) in Riyadh (Reuters)

Saudi Stocks Rebound 0.9%, Recouping Previous Session's Losses

Saudi stocks closed higher on Monday, recovering some of the losses sustained in the previous session as heavyweight shares strengthened and the banking sector…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)

Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Tesla will have to refund Cybertruck deposits for many customers as orders far exceed production capacity, CEO Elon Musk said, following last week's…

Business A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)

China Extends Suspension of New Rare Earth Controls Until January

China on Monday announced a two-month extension of export-control waivers due to expire this month, preserving part of a wide-ranging deal struck after a…

Business United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. (UN)

UN to Asharq Al-Awsat ahead of COP31: Climate Change and Energy Security Are Two Integrated Paths

On the eve of the opening of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) on Monday in the Turkish city of Antalya, attention is focused on the…

Abeer Hommadi (Riyadh)

Business Initiatives Boost Progression of Saudi Investment Environment Internationally

Initiatives Boost Progression of Saudi Investment Environment Internationally

The Saudi trade and investment system has strengthened its success through a series of qualitative initiatives that have been undertaken over the past period…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business US Energy Secretary Discusses Iran Sanctions in Baghdad

US Energy Secretary Discusses Iran Sanctions in Baghdad

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry visited Baghdad on Tuesday and discussed with senior Iraqi officials in the energy sector the sanctions imposed by his country…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Business Egypt Seeks to Double Investment in Africa in 5 Years

Egypt Seeks to Double Investment in Africa in 5 Years

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly inaugurated on Tuesday the first intra-trade fair in Africa and announced that Cairo was seeking to double its…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Sudan: Inflation on Rise Again Coupled with Commodities Hike

Sudan: Inflation on Rise Again Coupled with Commodities Hike

Inflation in Sudan rose again in November to 68.93% due to frequent increases in the prices of essential and basic commodities over the past six months. …

Seifyazal Babekir (Khartoum)
Business Falih to US Energy Secretary: Saudi Arabia Keen on Oil Prices Stability

Falih to US Energy Secretary: Saudi Arabia Keen on Oil Prices Stability

Saudi Energy Minister Khaled Al-Falih held talks Monday with US Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The two officials discussed the “state of the oil market” and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Economic Programs Pave Way Towards Full GCC Integration

Economic Programs Pave Way Towards Full GCC Integration

The Riyadh communique issued on Sunday comes as the latest affirmation of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s commitment towards achieving economic integration by…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Cairo

Egypt Inflation Declines, Exceeding Expectations

Egypt’s annual core inflation rate declined to 7.94 percent in November from 8.86 percent in October, exceeding analysts' expectations, according to a report…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business ENOC Plans to Open 45 Fuel Stations in Saudi Arabia in 5 Years

ENOC Plans to Open 45 Fuel Stations in Saudi Arabia in 5 Years

Dubai-based Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) announced a major expansion strategy in Saudi Arabia as it plans to build 45 new service stations in the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business King Salman Energy Park Sparks New Era of Growth for Saudi Arabia’s Energy Sector

King Salman Energy Park Sparks New Era of Growth for Saudi Arabia’s Energy Sector

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, broke ground Monday on the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK), located in the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Myers-Briggs Workplace Tools to Be Made Available in Saudi Arabia through Ertyad Partnership

Myers-Briggs Workplace Tools to Be Made Available in Saudi Arabia through Ertyad Partnership

The Myers-Briggs Company, a Certified B Corporation®, announced Monday that its workplace tools and solutions, including the world-famous Myers-Briggs Type…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Over 14,000 Corruption Notifications Filed in Saudi Arabia in 2018

Over 14,000 Corruption Notifications Filed in Saudi Arabia in 2018

President of the Saudi National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) Khalid Al-Mehaisen said that the agency received more than 14,000 corruption notifications…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business ADNOC Awards 4% Stake to China's ZhenHua Oil Company in Onshore Concession

ADNOC Awards 4% Stake to China's ZhenHua Oil Company in Onshore Concession

North Petroleum International Company, a subsidiary of China ZhenHua Oil Co. Ltd, acquired four percent stake in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC)…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Tunisia to Expand E-payment Transactions to Limit Parallel Economy

Tunisia to Expand E-payment Transactions to Limit Parallel Economy

Tunisian government bodies, supervising local fiscal policy, as well as the Central Bank, are seeking to push forward e-finance transactions to limit…

Business gas

Australia Overtakes Qatar as World's Largest LNG Exporter

Australia overtook Qatar as the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time in November, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Carlos Ghosn Formally Charged for Financial Misconduct

Carlos Ghosn Formally Charged for Financial Misconduct

Tokyo prosecutors Monday formally charged Carlos Ghosn with financial misconduct for under-reporting his salary and also served him a fresh warrant on separate…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Private, Public Investment Funds Jump 4% in Saudi Arabia

Private, Public Investment Funds Jump 4% in Saudi Arabia

The value of public and private investment funds increased 4 percent during the third quarter of 2018 compared to the previous quarter, with a total assets…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business EU Backed Jordan with USD2.2 Bln since 2011

EU Backed Jordan with USD2.2 Bln since 2011

The European Commission said, in a report published by Brussels, that the EU and Jordan participated in building and fostering a solid and strong partnership. …

Abdullah Mustafa (Brussels)
Business Sisi Counts on Africa as Future for Global Economy

Sisi Counts on Africa as Future for Global Economy

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi counted Saturday on Africa as “the future of global economy.” He pointed out that the continent has all the elements…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Egypt Signs Series of Development Deals

Egypt Signs Series of Development Deals

Egypt has signed several development deals with various parties, on the sidelines of the Africa 2018 Forum to be inaugurated on Sunday. Egyptian…

Asharq Al Awsat (Sharm El Sheikh)
Business Libya’s NOC Faces Labor Strike Demanding Wage Raise

Libya’s NOC Faces Labor Strike Demanding Wage Raise

The Libya National Oil Corporation (NOC) has informed the country’s Finance Ministry of the need to expand its budget spending in 2019 to support a 67 percent…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Business Sudan Allows Gold Exports after 6-Year Monopoly

Sudan Allows Gold Exports after 6-Year Monopoly

In a remarkable move, the Central Bank of Sudan has agreed to allow foreign and domestic mining companies and individuals to export gold after a government…

Saif al-Yazal Ba Baker (Khartoum)
Business OPEC

OPEC+ Agrees Joint Cut despite Trump Pressure

Supported by an agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, OPEC members and allies like Russia have agreed…

Asharq Al Awsat (Vienna)
Business OPEC, Russia Slam Trump's Intervention in Oil Producers’ Policies

OPEC, Russia Slam Trump's Intervention in Oil Producers’ Policies

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) held its meeting in Vienna on Thursday to agree on a production cut aimed at curbing price declines…

Asharq Al Awsat (Vienna)
Business Saudi Crown Prince Lays Cornerstone of King Salman Energy Park Monday

Saudi Crown Prince Lays Cornerstone of King Salman Energy Park Monday

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, will inaugurate on Monday King Salman Energy Park, dubbed Spark, located…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dhahran)