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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 Tunisia’s Central Bank Hikes Interest Rate to Curb Inflation

Tunisia’s Central Bank Hikes Interest Rate to Curb Inflation

Tunisia’s Central Bank raised its key interest rate to 5.75 percent from 5.0 percent to tackle inflation that has been mounting for months. Tunisia’s…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Saudi-British Trade Volume Amounts to 10 Billion Pounds

Saudi-British Trade Volume Amounts to 10 Billion Pounds

The visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, to the UK marks the start of a new phase of strategic…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Egypt Considers Establishing Sovereign Wealth Fund to Manage State Companies

Egypt Considers Establishing Sovereign Wealth Fund to Manage State Companies

Egypt is considering setting up of a sovereign wealth fund to manage state companies as it plans to list them on the stock exchange, Minister for Public…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Morocco

Morocco Government Signs Deal with Federation of Chambers to Develop its Performance

The Moroccan government signed an agreement on Monday with the Federation of Chambers of commerce, industry and services, aiming to create an innovative…

Asharq Al Awsat (Rabat)
Business IEA

IEA: Oil Industry Needs More Investments

US shale oil output is set to surge over the next five years, stealing market share from OPEC producers and moving the United States, once the world’s top oil…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Central Bank Governor: Total Assets in Lebanon Exceeded $43 Billion

Central Bank Governor: Total Assets in Lebanon Exceeded $43 Billion

Lebanese Central Bank Riad Salameh announced on Monday that dollar reserves climbed by $1.4 billion in the first two months of the year and its total assets in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business oil

Iraq Parliament Votes to Create National Oil Company

Iraq’s parliament voted on Monday to establish a new National Oil Company to manage its energy sector, lawmakers told Reuters. Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Egypt’s Oil Reserves Rise to $42.5 Bn

Egypt’s Oil Reserves Rise to $42.5 Bn

Egypt’s foreign reserves rose to $42.524 billion at the end of February from $38.209 billion at the end of January, the central bank said on Sunday. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business $15 Billion in Contracts Estimated at AFED 2018

$15 Billion in Contracts Estimated at AFED 2018

The Armed Forces Exhibition for Diversity of Requirements and Capabilities (AFED 2018) registered around 57,600 manufacturing orders in Saudi Arabia, while the…

Nayef al-Rashid (Riyadh)
Business Sudan Launches Program to Protect Private Sector Employees from Corruption

Sudan Launches Program to Protect Private Sector Employees from Corruption

Khartoum announced preparations to launch a counter-corruption program next April, which will vet Sudan’s private sector employees, estimated at about 75,000. …

Saif al-Yazal Ba Baker (Khartoum)
Business Quarter of Saudi Arabia’s Energy Use Goes on Road Transport

Quarter of Saudi Arabia’s Energy Use Goes on Road Transport

Road transport is responsible for almost a quarter of Saudi Arabia’s energy use, with 22 percent of energy use in the Kingdom directed at the transport sector…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business GCC States Raise $2.5 Billion in IPO Boom

GCC States Raise $2.5 Billion in IPO Boom

The number of IPOs in the Arab Gulf countries in the fourth quarter of 2017 reached about eight initial public subscriptions, a significant increase compared…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Turkey Has Invested $35 Mn in Defense Industry in 15 Years, Says PM

Turkey Has Invested $35 Mn in Defense Industry in 15 Years, Says PM

Turkey has invested more than $35 billion in the defense industry over the past 15 years, Turkish Prime Minister Benali Yildirim said, adding that Turkey has…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business MoU Boosts Saudi Industrial Sector’s Role Worldwide

MoU Boosts Saudi Industrial Sector’s Role Worldwide

The Council of Saudi Chambers and Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) signed on Saturday a strategic partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Egypt- Trade Balance Deficit Drops 11% in January

Egypt- Trade Balance Deficit Drops 11% in January

The Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry revealed that the trade balance deficit dropped 11 percent on an annual basis in January. According to a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Saudi MoF Announces Successful Stage in International Syndicated Loan Refinance Facility

Saudi MoF Announces Successful Stage in International Syndicated Loan Refinance Facility

Saudi Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) reported that all banks participating in the international syndicated loan confirmed their…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Yemen's Central Bank Denies Postponement of Saudi Deposit

Yemen's Central Bank Denies Postponement of Saudi Deposit

The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) denied allegations that Saudi Arabia's $2 billion deposit to shore up Yemen's Riyal has been put off. The bank stated that the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
Business Trump’s Team Releases Economic Report, Compares Him to Reagan, Kennedy

Trump’s Team Releases Economic Report, Compares Him to Reagan, Kennedy

President Trump’s policies are driving an economic turnaround that puts him in the company of transformative presidents such as John F. Kennedy and Ronald…

Heather Long (Washington)
Business DP World Signs Agreement with Ethiopia, Somalia to Develop Port of Berbera

DP World Signs Agreement with Ethiopia, Somalia to Develop Port of Berbera

Dubai's state-owned DP World said on Thursday the Ethiopian government had taken a 19 percent stake in Somaliland's Port of Berbera. The port operator said it…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Saudi Arabia Awards License to First Firm Post Reducing Restriction on Securities

Saudi Arabia Awards License to First Firm Post Reducing Restriction on Securities

After reduction of restrictions on securities, Capital Market Authority (CMA) issued a decision on Wednesday to approve the first licenses of managing special…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business IMF

Lagarde Sees Growth, Debt Risks from US Tax Cuts

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she saw positive and negative effects from a "complicated" US tax overhaul, including a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Fear of Trade War Between China, US

Fear of Trade War Between China, US

China has expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with the United States imposing antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese aluminum foil, the Ministry of…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi

Saudi Agreement with Lockheed Martin to Locally Manufacture LGBs

Saudi Specialized Products Company (Wahaj), a Sipchem subsidiary, signed a teaming agreement with Lockheed Martin in Riyadh on Wednesday to develop the company…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business crude

Aramco to Supply Egyptian Refineries for 6 Months

Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said Thursday that his ministry agreed with Saudi Aramco for the oil producer to supply Egyptian refineries with…

Asharq Al Awsat