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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 Sudan Targets Increasing Oil Production to 31 Million  Barrels

Sudan Targets Increasing Oil Production to 31 Million Barrels

 The Sudanese cabinet approved several measures aimed at raising the country’s oil production to 31 million barrels this year, with revenues reaching one…

Saif al-Yazal Ba Baker (Khartoum)
Business EU Could Compensate Firms Targeted by US Sanctions over Iran

EU Could Compensate Firms Targeted by US Sanctions over Iran

France is looking to see if the European Union could compensate European companies that might be facing sanctions by the United States for doing business with…

Asharq Al Awsat (Paris)
Business solar

IDB to Increase its Support to Turkey

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) announced that Turkey has the potential to become a center of Islamic banking in the world. IDB Deputy Chairman Zamir…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Orascom Development Anticipates NEOM Project Plans

Orascom Development Anticipates NEOM Project Plans

Orascom Development Egypt (ODE) CEO Khaled Bichara said that the company is anticipating announcing NEOM plans in order to study the available opportunities,…

Sabri Najeh (Cairo)
Business Washington, Beijing Reach a 'Consensus' to Reduce US Trade Deficit

Washington, Beijing Reach a 'Consensus' to Reduce US Trade Deficit

A joint statement released by China and US on Saturday said that there was a consensus on taking effective measures to substantially reduce the United States…

Asharq Al Awsat (Washington)
Business Iran Relies on Europe for Saving its Oil Exports

Iran Relies on Europe for Saving its Oil Exports

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Saturday that US President Donald Trump’s decision to quit a multinational nuclear deal would not affect Tehran’s…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Egypt’s Central Bank Maintains Interest Rates While Anticipating Inflationary Measures

Egypt’s Central Bank Maintains Interest Rates While Anticipating Inflationary Measures

Egypt’s central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged, as the government prepares for a new round of fuel subsidy cuts against a backdrop of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Saudi Arabia Provides Assurances to Ensure Adequate Oil Supplies for Healthy Global Growth

Saudi Arabia Provides Assurances to Ensure Adequate Oil Supplies for Healthy Global Growth

Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that it was holding consultations with other oil producers in and outside OPEC, in a move aimed at securing the world’s…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Moody’s: Results of Saudi Banks’ Net Profits Are Credit Positive

Moody’s: Results of Saudi Banks’ Net Profits Are Credit Positive

Saudi domestic banks in aggregate reported a 7.5 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit for the first quarter, said Moody’s Investors Service, adding the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business lira

Turkey: Central Bank Vows Necessary Steps to Calm Lira

Turkey's Central Bank announced that it will be watching closely unhealthy prices in the market, saying it will take the necessary steps to limit the…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Egypt: Best Economic Growth Rate in 7 Years

Egypt: Best Economic Growth Rate in 7 Years

The Ministry of Planning Monitoring and Administrative Reform (MPMAR) in Egypt announced that the GDP growth for the third quarter of the 2017/18 fiscal year…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Oil Surges Above $80 Amidst Iran Concerns

Oil Surges Above $80 Amidst Iran Concerns

Benchmark oil contract Brent North Sea surged above $80 a barrel Thursday, hitting the highest level since November 2014 on concerns that Iranian exports could…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business EU Allocates EUR300 Million Support to Tunisia

EU Allocates EUR300 Million Support to Tunisia

The 14th session of the Tunisia-EU Association Council was concluded by announcing the allocation of additional support in the forms of donations to the…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunisia)
Business SABB, Al-Awwal Possible Merger in Saudi Arabia

SABB, Al-Awwal Possible Merger in Saudi Arabia

SABB and al-Awwal Banks have reached an advanced stage of merger negotiations, which is a unique step that proves the strength of the financial sector in Saudi…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Sudan Takes Series of Measures to Deal with Economic Crisis

Sudan Takes Series of Measures to Deal with Economic Crisis

The leadership office of the National Congress (the ruling party) in Sudan has issued a series of measures to address the country's faltering economic…

Seif al-Yazal Babaker (Khartoum)
Business Egypt

Egypt Central Bank Takes Initiatives to Salvage Troubled Entities

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced a series of initiatives to exempt tens of thousands of entities from debt interests and to double funding for…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business ‘Sakani’ Program Contributes to Real Estate Market Rectifications

‘Sakani’ Program Contributes to Real Estate Market Rectifications

Sakani (housing) program in Saudi Arabia announced the completion of booking 70 percent of ready-made units, which were customized for individuals in the first…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business CAPMAS: Egypt Unemployment Rate Falls

CAPMAS: Egypt Unemployment Rate Falls

Egypt’s unemployment rate dropped to 10.6 percent in the first quarter of the year, down from 12 percent a year earlier, state statistics agency CAPMAS said on…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Aramco, Petronas Launch Corporate Identity of Joint Ventures

Aramco, Petronas Launch Corporate Identity of Joint Ventures

Saudi Aramco and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) launched on Tuesday the corporate identity for their joint ventures in the Pengerang Integrated Complex …

Asharq Al Awsat (Dammam)
Business Erdogan to Tighten Grip on Turkish Economy after Elections

Erdogan to Tighten Grip on Turkish Economy after Elections

Turkey's central government budget balance saw a deficit of TL 23.2 billion ($5.3 billion) in the January-April period. According to an official statement,…

Business Prince of Madinah Launches Initiatives to Develop Business Environment in the Region

Prince of Madinah Launches Initiatives to Develop Business Environment in the Region

Governor of Madinah Province Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz signed with Governor of the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Eng. Saleh…

Asharq Al Awsat (Madrid)
Business Abdulaziz bin Salman: KSA Keen on Achieving Concept of Sustainable Development

Abdulaziz bin Salman: KSA Keen on Achieving Concept of Sustainable Development

Saudi Minister of State for Energy Affairs Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is also President of the Executive Committee of the Saudi Energy…

Nayef al-Rashid (Riyadh)
Business Early Talks to Fund Saudi Arabia’s Giant Solar Power Project

Early Talks to Fund Saudi Arabia’s Giant Solar Power Project

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund have been carrying out early talks with banks about potential funding for a multi-billion…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business HSBC Performs World's First Trade Finance Transaction Using Blockchain

HSBC Performs World's First Trade Finance Transaction Using Blockchain

HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) said on Monday it has performed the world’s first trade finance transaction using a single blockchain platform, in a push to boost…

Asharq Al Awsat (Hong Kong )