Saudi Arabia
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The crown prince will be aware of the need to polish his image in the United States since concerns regarding the recent corruption crackdown and ...
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CNN Money
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Zahraa Alkhalisi |
3.15.2018
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Equity funds investing in Saudi Arabia saw net inflows of $110 million between the start of the year and March 7, according to EPFR Global, ...
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Bloomberg
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Dinesh Nair |
3.15.2018
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is doubling down on its plans for Saudi Arabia in a bet that sweeping economic reforms will draw investors to the ...
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"Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as ...
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Forbes
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Dominic Dudley |
3.15.2018
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As Saudi Arabia gets closer to licensing movie theatres for the first time in over 35 years, more cinema operators are being drawn in to ...
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New York Times
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Nicole Perlroth and Clifford Krauss |
3.15.2018
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In August, a petrochemical company with a plant in Saudi Arabia was hit by a new kind of cyberassault. The attack was not designed to ...
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The Kingdom may sometimes overreact to the Iranian threat and extremist challenges, but both sets of threats are present, and affects all the other Gulf ...
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“We spend between $50bn and $70bn annually on the military. We are the world’s third-largest spender on arms, and 99 per cent of that goes ...
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Washington Post
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Karoun Demirjian |
3.15.2018
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made a personal appeal to Congress on Wednesday not to restrict the United States’ support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign in ...
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Saudi Arabia has selected Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Morgan Stanley as the main banks that will arrange its next U.S. dollar bond issue, sources ...
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GulfNews.com
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Habib Toumi |
3.15.2018
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In January, they were allowed to join the General Directorate for Passports and in February, they gained the right to become soldiers. Now in March, ...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is making unprecedented changes in Saudi Arabia with a large focus on the role of women. The kingdom is ...
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Mikhail Prokhorov's Renaissance Capital looks to broaden its shareholder base as it plans to expand into new markets ...
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In a presentation earlier this year, Ukrainian space company KB Yuzhnoye made a splash by unexpectedly revealing an exotic shuttle-like space vehicle. The presentation shows ...
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Saudi +
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Regional and related topics
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Defense One
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Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston |
3.15.2018
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The U.S. military is officially fighting wars in seven countries, according to the White House’s latest war report ...
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Washington Post
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Liz Sly and Louisa Loveluck |
3.15.2018
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Thousands of people streamed out of the besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta on Thursday as Syrian forces overran another part of the last major ...
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NPR.org
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Binah Shah |
3.15.2018
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We were hundreds of women, marching on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan. ...
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Turkey on Thursday said it would oust Kurdish militia from the centre of Afrin in northern Syria "in a very short time", as pro-Ankara forces ...
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Reuters
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Nadine Awadalla, John Davison |
3.15.2018
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When Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman chose Egypt for his first official trip abroad since becoming crown prince, Cairo draped its streets with banners declaring ...
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Defense News
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Daniel Cebul |
3.15.2018
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The head of U.S. Central Command expressed his support for the Iran nuclear deal Tuesday while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, arguing that ...
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CNBC
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Elizabeth MacBride |
3.15.2018
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Iran, a country of 80 million, is home to several major universities, including Sharif University in Tehran, sometimes called the MIT of Iran, and the ...
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Reuters
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Denis Pinchuk, Guy Faulconbridge |
3.15.2018
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Russia said on Thursday it would retaliate very soon for Britain’s expulsion of 23 diplomats as Moscow and London traded public insults about a nerve ...
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Israel says it struck four militant positions in the Gaza Strip after fighters there detonated two explosive devices near the border. ...
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Reuters
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Davide Barbuscia |
3.15.2018
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In smart new offices with Gulf views, a dozen firms work on digital currencies, blockchain-based payments and other financial technology. ...
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The Afghan government has an ambitious goal of reasserting control over 80% of the country’s population centers by the end of 2018. Afghan security forces ...
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Al-Monitor
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Zulfikar Dogan |
3.15.2018
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According to the report, 2,198,774 individuals lost their vehicle registrations, gun licenses, driver's licenses and professional IDs last year, while 106,740 guns were recorded as either ...
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