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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 SABIC Signs MoUs with Six Multinational Suppliers

SABIC Signs MoUs with Six Multinational Suppliers

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced on Thursday in Riyadh that it has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with six multinational…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Jordan Cabinet Approves USD13 Billion Budget for 2019

Jordan Cabinet Approves USD13 Billion Budget for 2019

Jordan’s cabinet approved a JOD9.25 billion (USD13 billion) budget for 2019 as part of a reform of public finances to ease the country’s record debt burden and…

Mohamed Al-Daameh (Amman)
Business Zain Saudi to Sell, Leaseback Tower Infrastructure for USD648 million

Zain Saudi to Sell, Leaseback Tower Infrastructure for USD648 million

Zain Saudi Arabia has accepted an offer from IHS Holding, a mobile tower operator, for the sale and leaseback of its tower infrastructure in a deal valued at…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business UAE Government Launches New Generation of Services

UAE Government Launches New Generation of Services

UAE government launched a new-generation of 'On-Demand Government Services' that reaches citizens in their homes and residences aiming to enhance customer…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business ACWA Power Affirms Expanding Shuaibah Station in 22 Months

ACWA Power Affirms Expanding Shuaibah Station in 22 Months

Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power Group said that it is proceeding with implementing the second expansion project of Shuaibah station, scheduled to be completed within…

Asharq Al Awsat (Makkah)
Business Khabeer REIT Targets 9% Returns Per Annum

Khabeer REIT Targets 9% Returns Per Annum

Al-Khabeer REIT Fund's returns of 9 percent per annum are considered among the highest rates in comparison with other real estate investment trade funds listed…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Putin

Putin: Success in Oil Production Cuts Due to Saudi Arabia

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that “a 100 percent” success in oil production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Maait

Egypt Says Won't Seek Further Funding From IMF

Egypt won’t ask for further funding from the International Monetary Fund when its $12 billion program expires next year but is open to maintaining a looser…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business SABIC Vice Chairman, CEO Urges Endorsing New Methodology for Chemical Industry Growth

SABIC Vice Chairman, CEO Urges Endorsing New Methodology for Chemical Industry Growth

Yousef Al-Benyan, Vice Chairman and CEO of SABIC and Chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), said that this is a landmark in the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Aramco

Aramco Announces $100 Bln Chemical Investments over the Next Decade

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, announced on Tuesday its plan to reach a target of 8-10 million barrels per day (bpd) of integrated refining…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Saudi Arabia Braces for Launching Energy City ‘SPARK,’ Set to Boost GDP by 6%

Saudi Arabia Braces for Launching Energy City ‘SPARK,’ Set to Boost GDP by 6%

Saudi Arabia is preparing to launch the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK), a company managed by Saudi Aramco, with a $1.6 billion worth of investments allocated…

Obeid Al Suhaimi (Dammam)
Business Saudi-Egyptian Initiative to Boost Partnership in Six Trade Sectors

Saudi-Egyptian Initiative to Boost Partnership in Six Trade Sectors

Saudi Commerce and Investment Minister Majid Bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi on Tuesday reaffirmed that the Kingdom has worked for providing a positive environment to…

Business Saudi Private Sector to Bear Burden of Creating Jobs

Saudi Private Sector to Bear Burden of Creating Jobs

Unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia is estimated at 12.9 percent, according to a senior official in the Saudi Ministry of Labor, who pointed out that the…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Dammam)
Business IKTVA Forum Sees Deals Worth $27.5 Bn on First Day

IKTVA Forum Sees Deals Worth $27.5 Bn on First Day

Saudi Aramco signed on Monday a number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreements with suppliers representing local and international companies…

Merza al-Khuwaldi (Dammam)
Business Egyptian President Visits Saudi Pavilion at Int’l Arab Mineral Resources Conference

Egyptian President Visits Saudi Pavilion at Int’l Arab Mineral Resources Conference

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi visited on Monday the Saudi pavilion at the 15the International Arab Mineral Resources Conference that is being held in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business 190 Countries Confirm Participation in Dubai’s Expo 2020

190 Countries Confirm Participation in Dubai’s Expo 2020

Dubai is preparing for Expo 2020, as 190 countries confirmed their participation in this year’s expo themed ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’. The…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business worker

Tunisia Plans to Boost Phosphate Production

Tunisia has been working on implementing projects for a 30 percent increase, around 5 million tons, in its annual production of phosphate in 2019. According…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. Orders 3 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tankers

Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. Orders 3 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tankers

Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. (KOTC) has ordered three giant liquefied petroleum gas tankers (LPG) from Hyundai Heavy Industries at a cost of KWD64.895 million (USD213…

Asharq Al Awsat (Kuwait)
Business Ghosn

Mitsubishi Sacks Ghosn as Chairman, Follows Nissan's Footsteps

Executives at Mitsubishi Motors Corp said on Monday that they decided to remove Carlos Ghosn from his role as chairman, following his arrest and ouster from…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Energy Revenues Cut Algeria Trade Deficit in Jan-Oct - Customs

Energy Revenues Cut Algeria Trade Deficit in Jan-Oct - Customs

Algeria’s energy earnings rose 18.21 percent in the first 10 months of this year from the same period in 2017, pushing down the trade deficit by 58.65 percent,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Algiers)
Business Libya: Hike in Airline Ticket Prices Raises Concerns

Libya: Hike in Airline Ticket Prices Raises Concerns

The decision of the Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways to raise the prices of flight tickets starting December has caused a hustle in local markets and has…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Business New Saudi Development Projects' Funds Exceed $40 Bln

New Saudi Development Projects' Funds Exceed $40 Bln

Mega development projects nationwide have been inaugurated by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, in the presence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, during a…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business oil

South Africa to Invest $1 Billion in South Sudan Oil Sector

South Africa will invest $1 billion in South Sudan's oil sector, including in the construction of a refinery, the South African minister for energy and his…

Asharq Al Awsat (Juba)
Business Egypt Targets Growth Rate of 6.5% in 2019/20

Egypt Targets Growth Rate of 6.5% in 2019/20

The Egyptian government targets a GDP growth of 6.5% in the coming fiscal year (FY) 2019/20 up from 5.3% in FY 2018/19, according to a press statement on…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)