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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 Saudi Foreign Trade Expected to Grow in 2019

Saudi Foreign Trade Expected to Grow in 2019

International Chamber of Commerce - Saudi Arabia (ICC-SA) expected the kingdom’s foreign trade to rise in 2019, amid economic forecasts of a hike in energy…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Aramco Signs MoU to Establish Textile Factory in Hail

Aramco Signs MoU to Establish Textile Factory in Hail

Saudi Aramco signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a textile factory in Hail, in a strategic partnership with Nesma Holding Company, al-Aliaa…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dhahran)
Business Bahrain Raises Gasoline Prices between 12% - 25%

Bahrain Raises Gasoline Prices between 12% - 25%

Bahrain raised gasoline prices on Monday, reported the National Oil and Gas Authority, in which Octane 91 prices were increased BHD0.15, 12 percent, while…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business Saudi ACWA Power to Dispense Living Allowances in Tandem with Royal Decrees

Saudi ACWA Power to Dispense Living Allowances in Tandem with Royal Decrees

Chairman of ACWA Power Mohammad Abunayyan announced that firm’s administration approved dispensing living allowances for Saudi staff starting January 2018 for…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Turkey to Announce Record Growth of 7%

Turkey to Announce Record Growth of 7%

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci expected that the total economic growth of 2017 would be announced as seven percent and that Turkey would come among…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Emirati MAF to Enter Saudi Cinema Market

Emirati MAF to Enter Saudi Cinema Market

Ahmed Galal Ismail, CEO at Majid Al Futtaim Ventures, stated that MAF is willing to play a role in the Saudi cinema market, following the kingdom’s permission…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Dubai)
Business Gazprom

Russia Experiences Record Year in Oil, Gas

The year 2017 witnessed record levels in oil and natural gas production and gas exports to Europe, which is the most important market for Russian gas. …

Wael Mahdi (Kuwait)
Business Iraq, Algeria Cooperate in Energy Sector

Iraq, Algeria Cooperate in Energy Sector

Algerian state energy company Sonatrach will study possible investments in oil exploration and natural gas projects in Iraq, according to a statement issued by…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business US–South Korea Kick Off Revision of Trade Agreement

US–South Korea Kick Off Revision of Trade Agreement

The United States and South Korea on Friday completed the first round of review talks on a bilateral trade deal with Washington, saying there was "much work to…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Institute of International Finance: Global Debt Hits Record High

Institute of International Finance: Global Debt Hits Record High

Global debt hit an all-time high of $233 trillion in the third quarter of 2017, according to Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF), which…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Arabia Supports Economy Diversification by Boosting Investment of Government Resources

Saudi Arabia Supports Economy Diversification by Boosting Investment of Government Resources

Saudi Arabia has been working hard on diversifying its economy and adding value to its domestic product meanwhile the executive regulation of the state revenue…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Sudan Involves Foreign Investors in Budget Implementation

Sudan Involves Foreign Investors in Budget Implementation

The Sudanese government has been negotiating with foreign investors to carry out investments with Sudanese private sector to implement the country's economic…

Saif al-Yazal Babker (Khartoum)
Business Saudi Aramco Becomes Joint Stock Company

Saudi Aramco Becomes Joint Stock Company

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company – known as Saudi Aramco - has been for 30 years a company that does not fall under the corporate system imposed by the Ministry…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Libya Earns $14 Billion in Oil Revenues in 2017

Libya Earns $14 Billion in Oil Revenues in 2017

Libya’s central bank announced on Thursday that the country earned $14 billion in oil revenues in 2017, nearly three times more than in the previous year. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business SAMA Calls On Banks not to Misuse Citizen’s Account Allocations

SAMA Calls On Banks not to Misuse Citizen’s Account Allocations

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) addressed local banks not to discount or cut any amounts from the beneficiaries’ dues of the Citizen’s Account in…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Al-Falih: Gasoline in Saudi Arabia is Among the Cheapest in the World despite Price Hike

Al-Falih: Gasoline in Saudi Arabia is Among the Cheapest in the World despite Price Hike

Saudi Energy and Industry Minister Khaled Al-Falih said that the price of gasoline in the kingdom was still one of the cheapest in the world despite the recent…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
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Beijing Turns Its Back On Migrant Workers

They fuelled their nation's dramatic economic rise, toiling in jobs far from home, but China's migrant workers are now finding themselves increasingly…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beijing)
Business Tunisia Looks Forward to Enter African Markets

Tunisia Looks Forward to Enter African Markets

The Tunisian Export Promotion Centre (government center) has developed an economic program called “Turbo Africa” to boost the country's investments in Africa. …

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business oil

Saudi Energy Ministry: Falih Mentioned Solely Not Changing Industry Sector Prices

The Ministry of Energy and Industry has pointed out that the Minister of Energy, Khalid al-Falih, talked about not changing the energy prices for the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business SABIC Starts Up Polyacetal Facility in Jubail

SABIC Starts Up Polyacetal Facility in Jubail

The National Methanol Company (IBN SINA), a manufacturing affiliate of the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), has started up its polyacetal facility…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business gas

Iran's Unrest Pushes Oil to Highest Level in 2.5 Years

The price of crude oil has hit its highest level in two and a half years following the unrest in Iran. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, were…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business gas

Doha Announces Completion of LNG Merger

Qatar said Wednesday that Qatargas and RasGas had merged in a move aimed at cutting costs and creating a global energy giant in a plan first announced in…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Arabia Recovers Citizen Account Program on Twitter after Hack

Saudi Arabia Recovers Citizen Account Program on Twitter after Hack

The official account of the Citizen’s Account program on Twitter was hacked Tuesday morning, but technicians were able to recover it. Official spokesman for…

Nayef al-Rashid (Riyadh)
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London to Host Saudi-British SMEs Forum in April

London will host the Saudi-UK SME Partnership Forum in its third edition to support Saudi-British companies involved in technical and technological fields. …

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)