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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 King Abdullah Economic City Awards Over $300 Mln Contracts

King Abdullah Economic City Awards Over $300 Mln Contracts

King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) has awarded new contracts worth over SAR1.2 billion (USD320 million) for the construction and development of several sectors…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business Saudi Minister Calls for 1 Mn Bpd Global Oil Output Cut

Saudi Minister Calls for 1 Mn Bpd Global Oil Output Cut

Oil producing countries should cut output by one million barrels per day to re-balance the market, Saudi Arabia's energy minister said Monday, following a drop…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business ADNOC

ADNOC Signs Deal Granting Total 40% Stake in Unconventional Gas Concession

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed an agreement with French oil and gas major Total, granting it a 40 percent stake in the Ruwais Diyab…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Oman Oil Minister Says Majority of OPEC, Its Allies Support Cut

Oman Oil Minister Says Majority of OPEC, Its Allies Support Cut

Oman Oil Minister Mohammed bin Hamad al-Rumhi said on Sunday that the majority of OPEC and allied oil exporters support a cut in the global supply of crude. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Bahrain Focuses on Boosting its Regional Economic Competitiveness, Private Sector

Bahrain Focuses on Boosting its Regional Economic Competitiveness, Private Sector

Bahrain is currently focusing on upgrading the performance of five sectors that will give the Gulf state a competitive power on regional and world stages. …

Mosaed al-Zayani (Riyadh)
Business S&P: Egypt Credit Rating at Stable B with Debt Concerns

S&P: Egypt Credit Rating at Stable B with Debt Concerns

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Egypt stands at B with a stable outlook, but the agency warned of financial challenges facing the country in light of its…

Mohammed Jad (Cairo)
Business More than 9M Square Meters of Encroachments Removed

More than 9M Square Meters of Encroachments Removed

Saudi Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs has removed encroachments at government lands in different regions and provinces in the kingdom, within its…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Energy Minister Discusses Market Stability in Iraq

Saudi Energy Minister Discusses Market Stability in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi received on Saturday visiting Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Faleh and accompanying…

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)
Business Jordan Inaugurates 50MW Wind Power Plant

Jordan Inaugurates 50MW Wind Power Plant

Jordan’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Zawati inaugurated Friday a new wind power plant in Tafileh governorate, southwest of Amman, at a total…

Mohamed Al-Daameh (Amman)
Business 131 Saudi Companies Achieve $22 Mn Profits in 9 Months

131 Saudi Companies Achieve $22 Mn Profits in 9 Months

The financial results of the first nine months of 2018 for 131 Saudi companies, which are listed in the local stock market, were announced on Friday. The…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Cairo

IMF Lauds Egypt’s Chances for Growth

Egypt has a variety of economic factors that will enable it to achieve strong growth in the coming years, provided that the implementation of financial and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Saudi Aramco Breaks Ground for Upstream Research Center at Moscow University

Saudi Aramco Breaks Ground for Upstream Research Center at Moscow University

Strategic collaboration between Saudi Arabia and Russia continues to progress with Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin Al-Nasser who attended the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Aramco, Chinese Firms Partner up to Improve Engine, Fuel Technologies

Saudi Aramco, Chinese Firms Partner up to Improve Engine, Fuel Technologies

Saudi Aramco and a number of Chinese companies, including Tsinghua University and Shandong Chambroad Petrochemical Company, announced on Friday the launch of a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia Leading Investor in Bahrain Technology Sector

Saudi Arabia Leading Investor in Bahrain Technology Sector

Saudi investors have been among the leading investors in the technology sector in Bahrain, according to recent data published by Bahrain’s Ministry of Industry…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business British Expert Praises Saudi Economy Reform Measures

British Expert Praises Saudi Economy Reform Measures

Steffen Hertog, a Gulf specialist and associate professor at the London School of Economics and Politics, affirmed that the Saudi reforms in the past three…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business tourist

Egypt Sees ‘Steep Rebound’ in Tourists

The number of tourists to Egypt soared 40 percent in the first nine months of 2018 from a year earlier, recovering from a slump that began with the so-called …

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Kuwait Celebrates First Light Crude Oil Export

Kuwait Celebrates First Light Crude Oil Export

Kuwait celebrated the export of the first shipment of light crude oil, while state-owned Kuwait Oil Company said the country plans to increase production…

Merza al-Khuwaldi (Kuwait)
Business Jadwa Investment: Saudi Economy Adapts to Structural Changes

Jadwa Investment: Saudi Economy Adapts to Structural Changes

The Saudi economy is adapting to structural changes and is expected to grow by 2.2 percent in 2018, compared to a 0.9 percent decline last year, according to…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Turkish Lira Firmest in Three Months

Turkish Lira Firmest in Three Months

The Turkish lira traded at 5.34 against the dollar on Tuesday, around its strongest levels in three months, supported by investor optimism after it received a…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Kuwait’s Oil Minister: Global Oil Markets Stable

Kuwait’s Oil Minister: Global Oil Markets Stable

Global oil markets are currently stable, Kuwait's Oil Minister Bakhit al-Rashidi said on Tuesday, adding that he expects such stability to continue until the…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business ADIA

ADIA, Citi Analysts See Ample Oil Supply after Iran Sanctions

US sanctions on Iran are unlikely to impact the oil market due to a glut in supplies globally, but Iran’s production capacity could be hit due to a possible…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Egypt’s Non-Oil Private Sector Weakened in October

Egypt’s Non-Oil Private Sector Weakened in October

Egypt’s non-oil private sector weakened slightly in October in October. The Emirates NBD Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for Egypt fell slightly to 48.6…

Waleed Abdul Rahman (Cairo)
Business Slight Fluctuation in Oil Prices as US Sanctions Against Iran Take Effect

Slight Fluctuation in Oil Prices as US Sanctions Against Iran Take Effect

Oil prices witnessed a slight and expected fluctuation on Monday as sanctions on Iran's fuel exports were eased as as they went into effect, allowing major…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Egypt’s Sisi Says Public Sector Employees Must Brace for New Austerity Measures

Egypt’s Sisi Says Public Sector Employees Must Brace for New Austerity Measures

Egyptian President Abdulfattah el-Sisi hinted at government intentions to take on new austerity measures, saying that “an annual bonus will not be paid to…

Mohammed Nabil Helmi (Cairo)