Saudi Aramco signed a deal with Houston-based National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV) to form a joint venture to make onshore rigs and equipment in Saudi Arabia, according to a press release by Aramco and reported in several news outlets.
The Trump administration’s effort to drive Iranian oil exports down to “zero” is boosting the fortunes of Tehran’s rival, Saudi Arabia, and putting the U.S....
The Enlightened Sheikhs trend started in 2009 when Ahmed al-Ghamdi, former head of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice...
Family travel made up 73.1% of total outbound trips from the country in 2017. This is substantially higher when compared to the global average which...
Saudi Arabia's finance ministry sold 3.10 billion riyals ($827 million) of local currency Islamic bonds in its monthly debt sale by re-opening an issue originally...
Small businesses in Saudi Arabia are to be given access to the research facilities of local universities, under plans being developed by the country’s Research...
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) (2010.SE) is considering increasing its holding in Clariant (CLN.S) and pursuing joint ventures as the Saudi firm looks to strengthen...
Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO said on Thursday it would start accpeting applications for qualification of potential investors interested in the sale of its...
European leaders have papered over the divisions on migration with a promise that some EU countries would take in migrants rescued from the Mediterranean sea,...
The United Nations-brokered negotiations are ongoing as of Thursday, a source close to the talks told The Independent, but all parties have so far been unable...
While Mattis would love to counter Iran’s “malign influence,” his worries about a war are grounded in the latest Defense Department assessments about the state...
After a long silence, Rouhani — in a rare, explicit speech June 27 — demonstrated his determination to resist and confront his opponents, calling for national...
During the Taliban’s response – which reiterated that all foreign forces must leave before negotiations can begin, a consistent Taliban position for more than a...
Turkey's state-run news agency says a former opposition party lawmaker has been arrested on charges of aiding a network led by U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen,...
This year just over 11,400 arrivals from Libya have been registered by Italy’s interior ministry, more than 80 percent fewer than during the same period...
A secret meeting that is alleged to have taken place between a senior military adviser to Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, and top Italian officials has...