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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 Moodys

Moody's Lauds Egypt Fuel Price Hike

The rise in fuel prices in Egypt is credit positive, Moody’s Investors Service said on Thursday, adding that the hike earlier in the week comes as part of the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business MSCI Inclusion Helps Attract Investors in Saudi Capital Market

MSCI Inclusion Helps Attract Investors in Saudi Capital Market

The upgrade of Saudi stock exchange, Tadawul, to the status of an emerging market by global index provider MSCI is a step expected to attract up to $45 billion…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Riyadh)
Business UAE ‘Mubadala’ Acquires 10% of Egypt's Shorouk Field

UAE ‘Mubadala’ Acquires 10% of Egypt's Shorouk Field

UAE’s Mubadala Petroleum has announced that it has completed the acquisition from Italy’s Eni of a 10 percent interest in the offshore Shorouk concession in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Tunisia, Canada Seek Concluding FIPA

Tunisia, Canada Seek Concluding FIPA

Tunisia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui and Canadian Minister of International Trade François-Philippe Champagne met and discussed means to…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Saudi Arabia Added to MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Saudi Arabia Added to MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Index provider MSCI said on Wednesday it will begin including Saudi Arabia in its classification as an emerging market, sharply broadening the investor base…

Business EU

EU Launches its External Investment Plan in Morocco

The European Union and Morocco have launched the EU External Investment Plan (EIP) in the country to create a better business environment and foster economic…

Abdullah Mustafa (Brussels)
Business Global Oil Demand to Stay Strong in Second Half of 2018

Global Oil Demand to Stay Strong in Second Half of 2018

Ahead of OPEC’s meeting on Friday, disagreements seem to rise among member states amid calls from major consumers such as the United States and China to reduce…

Asharq Al Awsat (Vienna)
Business Germany Whistles for Cedre Conference Investments’ Kick-off

Germany Whistles for Cedre Conference Investments’ Kick-off

Germany’s investments in Lebanon, which are expected to be revealed during the visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel to Beirut, will represent the first European…

Youssef Diab (Beirut)
Business Trump to Impose Additional $200 Mil Tariffs on Chinese Products

Trump to Impose Additional $200 Mil Tariffs on Chinese Products

China and the United States are closer than ever to a trade war after Beijing accused US President Donald Trump of "extortion" following his threat to impose…

Business Saudi Housing Ministry Seeks Providing 75,000 Land Grants

Saudi Housing Ministry Seeks Providing 75,000 Land Grants

The Saudi Ministry of Housing provided 33,137 residential land grants to citizens of all regions during the last six installments of “Sakani” program for the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Turkish Lira Weakens Against Dollar During Eid al-Fitr

Turkish Lira Weakens Against Dollar During Eid al-Fitr

The Turkish lira was quoted at 4.74 against the dollar early on Monday – it improved slightly at the end of trading on Tuesday reaching 4.71 against the dollar…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Oil Market Closer to Regaining Balance, UAE Energy Minister

Oil Market Closer to Regaining Balance, UAE Energy Minister

The oil market is moving closer to re-balancing, according to United Arab Emirates’ Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei. Mazrouei, President of the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Tunisia: BCT Raises Benchmark Interest Rate by 100 Points

Tunisia: BCT Raises Benchmark Interest Rate by 100 Points

The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) on Wednesday raised its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 6.75 percent – according to a number of financial experts,…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Tunisia Postpones Step Into International Capital Market

Tunisia Postpones Step Into International Capital Market

Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) Marouane Abassi revealed that the authorities backed off their decision to enter the international capital market…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Over 49,000 Loans Via Sakani in Six Months

Over 49,000 Loans Via Sakani in Six Months

The Saudi Real Estate Development Fund (REDF) revealed that the total number of mortgage loans announced by Sakani Program during the past six months reached…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Audi CEO Arrested over Emissions Scandal

Audi CEO Arrested over Emissions Scandal

Rupert Stadler, the CEO of Volkswagen's luxury arm Audi, was arrested on Monday over the German carmaker's emissions test cheating scandal, Munich prosecutors…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Turkey

Turkey Textile Firms Pressure Government on China Import Fees

Huge Turkish textile firms have urged the government to postpone plans on imposing new requirements on their imports from China. Sources from three firms…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Zaha Hadid’s Company Wins Competition for Russia Masterplan

Zaha Hadid’s Company Wins Competition for Russia Masterplan

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won an international competition for the Admiral Serebryakov Embankment masterplan in the city of Novorossiysk on Russia’s…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business OPEC Plus Looks into 1.5 bpd Boost in Oil Production

OPEC Plus Looks into 1.5 bpd Boost in Oil Production

The OPEC and non-OPEC countries in a global oil output deal will consider increasing output by 1.5 million per day in the third quarter only, Russian Energy…

Asharq Al Awsat (New York)
Business Egyptians Confused by Hike in Fuel Prices

Egyptians Confused by Hike in Fuel Prices

On the second day of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Egyptians were preoccupied with a 60 percent rise in gasoline…

Waleed Abdul Rahman (Cairo)
Business gas

Egypt Announces Steep Increase in Gasoline Prices

Egypt raised gasoline prices by up to 50 percent, the oil ministry said on Saturday, as part of the country's economic reforms and austerity measures. The…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Iraq

Iraq Bans Rice, Yellow Corn Planting Due to Water Shortages

Iraq has informed farmers of a ban on planting rice and other water-intensive crops in the face of increasing shortages because of drought and shrinking river…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business Saudi, Russia Support Gradually Boosting Oil Production Despite Iran Opposition

Saudi, Russia Support Gradually Boosting Oil Production Despite Iran Opposition

After Saudi Arabia and Russia competed for the opening of the 2018 World Cup in Moscow, both countries will play part in a different and fateful match on June…

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Trump

US-China Trade War Looms on the Horizon

US President Donald Trump has approved a plan to impose punishing tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese goods as early as Friday, prompting a…

Asharq Al Awsat