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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 China’s Digital Economy Shares One Third of GDP

China’s Digital Economy Shares One Third of GDP

China confirms that its digital economy accounts for nearly a third of gross domestic product, according to a report unveiled in the eastern city of Wuzhen…

Asharq Al Awsat (Shanghai)
Business King Salman

UAE President Orders Joint Cooperation Committee with KSA

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued on Monday a resolution forming a Joint Cooperation Committee between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Abu Dhabi )
Business Falih

Saudi Arabia, US Commit to Advancing Collaboration in Clean Fossil Fuels, Carbon Management

Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Engineer Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih received in Riyadh on Monday United States Secretary of Energy…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Aramco

McDermott Int’l Plans to Establish Highly-Developed Facilities in KSA

Houston-based McDermott International announced the construction of new highly-developed facilities in Saudi Arabia to support its operations in the Middle…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Greece Reaches Preliminary Agreement with Lenders

Greece Reaches Preliminary Agreement with Lenders

Greece said Saturday it had reached a preliminary agreement with international creditors that it was meeting its commitments to unblock the latest tranche of a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Athens)
Business Asia Turns to North America As OPEC Extends Output Cuts

Asia Turns to North America As OPEC Extends Output Cuts

Asian refiners are losing no time reacting to a decision by OPEC and Russia to extend their agreed production cuts to all of 2018, ordering more oil from the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Singapore)
Business Aramco

Bahrain to Host Middle East Catalyst Technology Conference

Middle East Catalyst Technology Conference (ME- CAT 2017) will take place in Bahraini capital, Manama on December 6-7 with the participation of several local,…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business EBRD

EBRD Announces New Plans to Invest in Turkey

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced new plans to invest in Turkey, describing it as one of the countries that has been most…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business SCTH

Saudi Tourism Commission Starts Implementing Heritage Projects Worth $115Mn

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) announced that nine projects will be awarded across the Kingdom at costs amounting to more than…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Collaborates with US on Managing Carbon Emissions

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy and Industry is expected to sign on Monday a carbon emissions control agreement with the US Department of Energy in the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business China

China Busts a $3 Billion Underground Bank as it Tightens its Grip on Money

The money came from all over China — its wealthy southern and eastern coasts as well as the arid northwest — as thousands of people scrambled to circumvent the…

Sui-Lee Wee (Beijing)
Business Saudi Stock Market Index Exceeds 7000 Points

Saudi Stock Market Index Exceeds 7000 Points

Saudi stock market index closed above 7,000 points, few weeks after it was below these levels amid variant trading levels of cash circulation from one week to…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business EU Adopts 2018 Budget

EU Adopts 2018 Budget

The European Union on Thursday adopted its 2018 budget, amounting to €160.1 billion ($189.7 billion) in commitments - an increase of 0.2 percent compared to…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business OPEC, Allies Agree Oil Cut Extension to End of 2018

OPEC, Allies Agree Oil Cut Extension to End of 2018

OPEC members agreed on Thursday with non-OPEC allies, led by Russia, to reduce oil production until the end of 2018, while no agreement was reached on a…

Wael Mehdi (Vienna)
Business Vienna Likely to Extend Oil Production Cuts

Vienna Likely to Extend Oil Production Cuts

OPEC and Russia seem to be moving toward extending the oil production cut agreement until the end of 2018, but have hinted reconsidering the agreement when…

Wael Mahdi (Vienna)
Business US Q3 Economic Growth Notches its Quickest Pace in Three Years

US Q3 Economic Growth Notches its Quickest Pace in Three Years

The US economy grew faster than initially thought in the third quarter, notching its quickest pace in three years, buoyed by robust business spending on…

Asharq Al Awsat (Washington)
Business OECD: Global Economy Grows at Fastest Pace since 2010

OECD: Global Economy Grows at Fastest Pace since 2010

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Tuesday that the global economy is now growing at its fastest pace since 2010, with the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Paris)
Business Falih: ‘We are Falling Behind, We Need to Keep Pace with the World in Chemical Sector’

Falih: ‘We are Falling Behind, We Need to Keep Pace with the World in Chemical Sector’

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said that the Gulf region can claim only two percent of the world’s $4 trillion a year in chemicals revenue,…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Dubai)
Business Riyadh

Riyadh Governor: Saudi Arabia Ranked among World’s Top Economies

The progressive policies of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz have paved the way for Saudi Arabia to become among the world’s top…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business OPEC

OPEC Meeting Caught between Internal Approval of Extension and Russian Stalling

Despite talks about extending the oil cut deal up to six months, many sources affirmed that Thursday’s OPEC meeting will not carry any surprises since members…

Wael Mahdi (Vienna)
Business House Hunting in … Belgium

House Hunting in … Belgium

This three-story house with a red-tile roof is in the Zoute neighborhood of Knokke-Heist, a West Flanders municipality near the border of Holland. Like most of…

Marcelle Sussman Fischler (Brussels)
Business Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power Inaugurates $1Bn Power Plant in Turkey

Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power Inaugurates $1Bn Power Plant in Turkey

Saudi-based Acwa Power has announced the launch of the $1-billion Kirikkale Combined Cycle Power Plant in Turkey which has a 1,000 MW capacity, enough to meet…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business UAE Optimistic on Extending OPEC Deal

UAE Optimistic on Extending OPEC Deal

Several states including UAE expressed optimism towards reaching an agreement regarding extending oil cut during Thursday’s oil markets' meeting, according to…

Wael Mahdi (Vienna)
Business New Era of Oil, Gas Exploration in Iraq

New Era of Oil, Gas Exploration in Iraq

Iraq called on Monday foreign firms to bid for contracts to explore reserves of gas and oil in nine new areas, as the OPEC member seeks to boost its outcome…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)