PUBLIC HEALTH

Outside Riyadh, Video Shows Making of Largest Tire ‘Doughnut’ Ever – and it’s Pink

breast cancer awareness
Just outside of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, someone created the biggest 'doughnut' ever according to the Guinness Book of World Records, and did so in the shape of a breast cancer ribbon.

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Saudi Economy

Does the Saudi Budget Do Enough to Stimulate Growth?

John Sfakianakis, Gulf Research Center's director of economic research, discusses the outlook for Saudi Arabia's economy...

 

Sin Taxes

Saudi Arabia to introduce tax on harmful products from Q2 2017

Saudi Arabia has announced a timeline for implementation of a tax on harmful products including soft drinks and cigarettes, and completely ruled out income tax...

 

General Entertainment Authority

Saudis draw on Cirque du Soleil talent for entertainment

The Saudi entertainment authority has helped bring live performances to the country and expects to organise Saudi Arabia’s first Comic Con in February....

 

Saudi Defense Spending

Saudi Arabia to raise military spending

Saudi Arabia, at war in Yemen and competing for regional influence with arch-rival Iran, projects a 6.7 percent rise in defence spending in 2017 to...

 

Imam Regulations

Saudi Arabia to impose new rules on preachers

Saudi Arabia is poised to overhaul the five-decade regulations of the duties and rights of mosque imams and preachers to bring them more in line...

 

Consumer Spending

Saudi citizens to spend the lowest since 2002 next year – research

Saudi Arabia’s austerity measures will weigh heavily on consumer spending in 2017 with households cutting back on “non-essential” expenses, according to BMI Research....

 

Bank Liquidity

Saudi bank deposits rise in November as c.bank liquidates foreign assets

Saudi Arabian commercial bank deposits rose to their highest level this year in November, a sign that a liquidity crunch due to low oil prices...

 

Saudi-Egypt

Egyptian delegation visiting Saudi Arabia to ‘clear the air’

Senior Egyptian officials are part of a delegation which travelled by private jet to Riyadh a few days ago for what have been reported as...

 

Islamic Military Alliance Against Terrorism

Oman to join Saudi-led military alliance

Oman’s defense minister sent a letter to Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman announcing the decision to join the Islamic Military Alliance Against Terrorism...

 

Defense Joint Venture

Turkish, Saudi Firms Sign Joint Venture

As part of the deal, Aselsan and Taqnia will build a factory in Saudi Arabia on the idea of “creating the most advanced available technology.”...

 

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Syria

Syrian government and rebels have signed ceasefire deal, says Putin

The Assad government and armed Syrian opposition have signed a ceasefire agreement and agreed to begin a new round of negotiations to find a political...

 

U.S.-Israel

Commentary: What did John Kerry’s parting shot on Middle East mean?

But the central portion of the speech was a harsh attack on the settlement enterprise and why they undermine the prospects for a two-state solution....

 

Syria

On the front lines of the fight for the Islamic State’s capital of Raqqa, Syria

“Raqqa we are coming” say the words spray-painted in Kurdish at the entrance to this empty little town, which lies on the front line of...

 

Mosul

Iraqi forces launch second phase of Mosul offensive against Islamic State

Iraqi security forces on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State militants in Mosul, pushing from three directions into eastern districts...

 

Global Migration

Global Migration Continues Despite Anti-Immigration Trend

As of 2015, 243 million people—or 3.3 percent of world’s population—were living outside their home countries, up from 2.7 percent in 1995....

 

George H. W. Bush?

No US Carrier Now In The Mideast

US carrier groups regularly relieve each other in theater, often handing off duties within sight of the other in the Persian Gulf or Arabian Sea....

 

Country Slogans

“The 45-minute country” and other terrible tourism slogans from countries around the world

The UK travel site Family Break Finder gathered and mapped the English-language slogans from tourism boards around the world. And some could definitely use the...

 

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