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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 Riyadh, Paris Towards Partnership in Algae Industry Early 2019

Riyadh, Paris Towards Partnership in Algae Industry Early 2019

Riyadh and Paris have entered into a new phase of cooperation in the algae industry. Ten French companies have shown interest in developing and cultivating…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Egypt Approves Establishment of $11 Billion Sovereign Wealth Fund

Egypt Approves Establishment of $11 Billion Sovereign Wealth Fund

Egypt’s parliament approved on Monday the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund with a capital of 200 billion Egyptian pounds ($11 billion), the MENA state…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business JP Morgan Considers Listing Gulf Countries in Emerging Markets Index

JP Morgan Considers Listing Gulf Countries in Emerging Markets Index

JP Morgan Chase is expected to add Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the emerging markets index, which already includes Oman…

Atef Abdullatif (Washington)
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Bosnia’s Izetbegovic Praises Saudi Role in Developing his Country

Chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Presidential Council Bakir Izetbegovic praised Monday Saudi Arabia’s role in helping his country overcome war, resume…

Asharq Al Awsat (Sarajevo)
Business Trade Tensions Are Greatest Risk to Global Growth- IMF

Trade Tensions Are Greatest Risk to Global Growth- IMF

The International Monetary Fund warned on Monday that global economic expansion has plateaued, increasing the risk of worse outcomes, although it also…

Asharq Al Awsat (Washington)
Business Foreign Investors Share Exceeds 5% in Saudi Stock

Foreign Investors Share Exceeds 5% in Saudi Stock

Ownership of foreign investors in Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) is on a rise reaching a new level of 5.02 percent. The growing rise in the ownership of…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Dubai International Financial Center Sees Growth in Number of Registered Companies

Dubai International Financial Center Sees Growth in Number of Registered Companies

The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) announced strong growth across various sectors. A total of 2,003companies were registered with the DIFC by the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
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Trump Considers Tapping US Oil Reserve

The Trump administration is actively considering tapping into the nation’s emergency supply of crude oil as political pressure grows to rein in rising gasoline…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
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South Africa Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Mandela with New Banknotes

South Africa launched a set of limited edition bank notes and gold coins to mark the 100th anniversary on July 18 of the birth of Nelson Mandela. The South…

Asharq Al Awsat (Pretoria)
Business Morocco Offers 5-Year Corporate Tax Break to Spur Industrial Investments

Morocco Offers 5-Year Corporate Tax Break to Spur Industrial Investments

Morocco will exempt new industrial companies from corporate tax for five years to stimulate investment, the finance and economy ministry said. The corporate…

Asharq Al Awsat (Rabat)
Business Fitch Deepens Turkey's Economic Wounds, Downgrades Rating With Outlook ‘Negative’

Fitch Deepens Turkey's Economic Wounds, Downgrades Rating With Outlook ‘Negative’

Fitch Ratings International raised concern over the status of the Turkish economy in the next phase after the country has switched into a presidential system…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business ACWA Power Inks Deal to Construct Solar Plant in South Africa

ACWA Power Inks Deal to Construct Solar Plant in South Africa

Saudi developer ACWA Power and the state-owned Central Energy Fund of South Africa are linking up to invest in renewable energy projects in the African country…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi-South African Partnership in Renewable Energy

Saudi-South African Partnership in Renewable Energy

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed the necessity of further cooperation to increase trade between his country and Saudi Arabia, and enhance…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)
Business Saudi Stocks Register New Gains, Unaffected by Drop in Oil Rates

Saudi Stocks Register New Gains, Unaffected by Drop in Oil Rates

Falling oil prices during the past week had no clear impact on the Saudi stock market. Registering upward spike at about 2.3 percent, the Saudi market managed…

Shojaa Al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
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Tunisia Coasts Bustling with Tourists Again

Holidaymakers are returning to the Tunisian seaside this summer in a marked turnaround three years since dozens of tourists were killed on one of the country's…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tunis)
Business Riyadh: Calls for Increasing Investments in Innovation

Riyadh: Calls for Increasing Investments in Innovation

Economists have shed light on the importance of increasing investment in innovative and pioneering projects in various technological industries. They also…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business STC Develops Performance Indicators to Enhance Service Quality

STC Develops Performance Indicators to Enhance Service Quality

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is working to improve the quality of telecommunications services in the country, after announcing yesterday that it has issued a…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
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IEA: World’s Spare Capacity Could be Stretched to the Limit

World’s oil supply cushion could be stretched to the limit due to prolonged outages, which will support prices and threaten demand growth, the International…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Central Bank Governor Expects Lebanese Economy to Grow to 2% in 2018

Central Bank Governor Expects Lebanese Economy to Grow to 2% in 2018

Lebanon Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Thursday that he expected the economy to grow to 2 percent in 2018. Inflation will be between 4 and 5…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia Sees Greater Role for SMEs in National Economy

Saudi Arabia Sees Greater Role for SMEs in National Economy

Saudi Arabia is working on raising the contribution of small and medium enterprises to the national economy. It is also working on improving the present…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business India's Iranian Oil Imports Fall After Sanctions

India's Iranian Oil Imports Fall After Sanctions

Indian refiners cut imports of Iranian oil last month as they started weaning their plants off crude from the country to avoid sanctions by the United States…

Asharq Al Awsat (New Delhi)
Business Saudi Arabia: Bankruptcy Law to Take Effect in August

Saudi Arabia: Bankruptcy Law to Take Effect in August

The bankruptcy law will come into effect on August 18, said an official in the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Investment. The Saudi government had endorsed…

Ali al-Qattan (AlDammam)
Business Kuwait Eyes ‘Silk City’ Project to Become Global Investment Destination

Kuwait Eyes ‘Silk City’ Project to Become Global Investment Destination

The Silk City project, spearheading the Kuwait vision 2035, is considered the largest marine front project that will bring Kuwait back on the world map of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Kuwait)
Business Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority Grants First Two Licenses in Financial Technology

Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority Grants First Two Licenses in Financial Technology

The Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) announced the approval of the first two trial financial technology licenses to Manafa Capital and Scopeer. The…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)