New tax earnings for Saudi Arabia's government were offset by expenditures toward programs comprising the Kingdom's safety net for lower income citizens, according to a Bloomberg report which cited Ministry of Finance figures.
Ibrahim Al-Omar, governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), said foreign direct investment (FDI) was growing in Saudi Arabia....
The presence of American firms would likely be welcomed by the Saudis and should also be welcomed by the U.S. government, according to Stuart Jones,...
Saudi Arabia continues to fine-tune its censorship guidelines and the country is being flooded with requests from media companies and exhibitors looking to establish a...
The Agence France-Presse reported that Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Wednesday that the country would do "everything we can" to build a nuclear bomb in that...
The Saudi Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA), has formally approved the Financial Sector Development Program, one of the main programs under the umbrella...
By focusing on space sciences, long a field rejected by ultra-conservative Islamic scholars, some of whom insist that the earth is flat, Prince Mohammed was...
Yemen's Shiite rebels fired ballistic missiles at the Saudi capital on Wednesday, according to the rebels and the Saudi military, which said its air defense...
He has been finance minister since November 2016. Before this, Al-Jadaan served as chairman of the Capital Markets Authority, chairman of the board of directors...
The ministry has taken many initiatives to curb smoking. In addition to running different awareness campaigns, the authorities have introduced treatment services like anti-smoking clinics....
In an interview with Al Arabiya on the sidelines of the Gulf Gateway investors conference, Bahrain’s Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed...
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The army said in a statement that its fighter jets had targeted Iranian intelligence and logistics sites around Damascus, as well as munition warehouses, observation and...
The Gulf Arab countries and Israel – often referred to collectively as Washington’s key Middle East allies – were arguably the international actors most uncomfortable...
President Trump’s decision to stop participating in the Iran nuclear deal gives the U.S. a “more compelling” case as it tries to curb various Iranian...
President Trump's new strategy speech was followed by a flood of exaggerated criticism that ignored the actual strategy document, the text of the Department of...
As the regime becomes more militarised it will inevitably tighten its grip on society in order to shatter any opposition voices advocating reform. Without the...
The stark contrast between the old and new buildings provides a hint of the changes afoot in energy-rich Abu Dhabi. The tiny, but stratospherically wealthy,...
Young people in the capital Baghdad have mixed opinions on whether the country's upcoming parliamentary elections on May 12 will bring about change....
The Antiquities Ministry said Thursday that the temple, which dates back to the reign of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, was found near the Siwa Oasis...
