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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 Qatar: Rise of Foreign, Domestic Debts

Qatar: Rise of Foreign, Domestic Debts

The Qatari economy continues to face aggravated foreign and domestic debts -- there are several indicators showing that Doha’s economy is facing huge…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Iran to Store Its Oil in Fleet of Supertankers

Iran to Store Its Oil in Fleet of Supertankers

Iran seems to be struggling again from US sanctions and despite major buyers announcement for their full compliance with Washington’s will to fully stop any…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Saudi Aramco Dismisses ‘Speculative’ Reports on its SABIC Transaction

Saudi Aramco Dismisses ‘Speculative’ Reports on its SABIC Transaction

Saudi Aramco stated on Thursday that recent media reports on a potential Saudi Aramco- SABIC transaction are entirely speculative. The oil giant added that…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Aldar Creates Investment Arm Worth $5.4Bn

Aldar Creates Investment Arm Worth $5.4Bn

Aldar Properties is spinning off its recurring-revenue assets worth 20 billion dirhams ($5.4 billion) into a new, fully-owned subsidiary as it seeks to achieve…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Saudi: Volume of Cargo Handling at Jizan Port Jumps by 24%

Saudi: Volume of Cargo Handling at Jizan Port Jumps by 24%

The total number of transshipment containers in Saudi ports have increased by more than 19 percent during H1 of this year. Meanwhile, recent data revealed…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia's SALIC Acquires Ukraine’s Mriya

Saudi Arabia's SALIC Acquires Ukraine’s Mriya

The Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC) announced the purchase of Ukraine’s Mriya, one of Ukraine’s biggest farming companies. According to…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Oil Rates Hit Four-Year High As US Sanctions Hit Iran Production

Oil Rates Hit Four-Year High As US Sanctions Hit Iran Production

As the second wave of US sanctions against Iran closes in, oil rates shot up on global markets touching a four-year high on Tuesday, with markets bracing for…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business DP World Vows to Defend Rights in Doraleh Container Terminal

DP World Vows to Defend Rights in Doraleh Container Terminal

Global ports operator DP World said Tuesday that it would continue to pursue all legal means to defend its rights in a raging dispute with the government of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Aramco

Aramco Increases Production in Offshore Fields

Saudi Aramco has pressed ahead with plans to increase production from offshore fields to maintain its capacity of producing 12 million bpd in the coming years…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business SABIC Signs MoU to Build Petrochemical Complex in China's Fujian

SABIC Signs MoU to Build Petrochemical Complex in China's Fujian

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) signed Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding with China's Fujian provincial government to build a petrochemical complex. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business oil

Turkey Signs $100 Million Oil Exploration Deal with Sudan

Turkey and Sudan have signed a $100 million oil exploration deal and an agreement allocating thousands of square miles of Sudanese agricultural land for…

Business Perry

US Urges Oil Producing States to Keep Output High, Limit Iran Imports

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry met with Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih on Monday in Washington, as the Trump administration encourages big oil-producing…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business SABIC Acquires 24.99% Stake in Clariant

SABIC Acquires 24.99% Stake in Clariant

SABIC announced it has received the final outstanding regulatory approvals from the competition authorities for the purchase of a 24.99 percent stake in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Aramco, Petronas Venture Seeks $9.7 Bn for Project Financing

Aramco, Petronas Venture Seeks $9.7 Bn for Project Financing

Malaysia’s Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project is seeking commitments from banks for $9.7 billion for a 15-year loan, according…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Saudi Monetary Authority Launches Cyber-Security Training Program

Saudi Monetary Authority Launches Cyber-Security Training Program

Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) announced the launch of the second version of its cyber-security training program. The program, dubbed Secure 18, is…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Shadow of Iranian Oil Exports Drop Looms over Upcoming OPEC Meeting

Shadow of Iranian Oil Exports Drop Looms over Upcoming OPEC Meeting

Two months ahead of US sanctions on Iranian oil exports being reintroduced, Tehran witnessed a sharp drop in its crude oil sales. It also lost key importers in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business NEOM Begins Environmental, Geological Surveys of Construction Sites

NEOM Begins Environmental, Geological Surveys of Construction Sites

The NEOM megacity project in Saudi Arabia has begun environmental, archaeological and geological surveys to ensure the successful execution of future…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Careem Ride-Hailing Firm Expands into Sudan

Careem Ride-Hailing Firm Expands into Sudan

Uber’s ride-hailing rival in the Middle East, Careem announced on Sunday that it had started a service in Sudan. Sudan is grappling with an economic crisis…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Airlines to Begin Operating Flights to Erbil in October

Saudi Airlines to Begin Operating Flights to Erbil in October

Saudia Airlines announced it will launch a new destination to Erbil, Iraq, as of October 1. It will operate three weekly flights nonstop from Jeddah. The…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business Saudi Stock Market Value Settles at USD 482.6bn

Saudi Stock Market Value Settles at USD 482.6bn

The market value of Saudi shares settled at SAR1.81 trillion (USD482.6 billion), with the local market preparing to list and trade shares of Leejam Sports…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Egypt's Zohr Gas Field Daily Output Hits 2 Bln Cubic Feet

Egypt's Zohr Gas Field Daily Output Hits 2 Bln Cubic Feet

Production at Egypt's Zohr gas field hit 2 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d), Egyptian oil ministry said in a statement Friday. "Nearly 7.7 billion US…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Can the ‘Strong’ US Economy Survive Until 2020?

Can the ‘Strong’ US Economy Survive Until 2020?

President Trump and the Federal Reserve — the nation’s top economic policymakers — believe the U.S. economy is strong and they want to keep it humming. If the…

Heather Long (Washington)
Business Heads of Saudi, US Audit Bureaus Sign Cooperation Accord

Heads of Saudi, US Audit Bureaus Sign Cooperation Accord

President of the General Audit Bureau Dr. Hussam bin Abdulmohsen Al-Anqari and US Comptroller-general of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Eugene…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Bahrain: Top Expat Destination in the World

Bahrain: Top Expat Destination in the World

Bahrain has been described as the world’s most popular destination for expatriates to live and work in, out of 68 surveyed countries, for the second year in a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Manama)