New Video Shows How Riyadh Metro Will Transform Saudi Capital

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Riyadh’s new metro project is already transforming the face of the city, and will change how its citizens get around in the Saudi capital. There is no large-scale public transportation system currently in place in the city, and the city’s traffic situation reflects this reality.

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Ramadan 2017

Saturday is the first day of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia

Saturday, May 27, is the start of holy month of Ramadan, the Supreme Court announced on Thursday. The crescent moon was not sighted on Thursday and...

 

Motiva

Saudi Aramco to spend $18 billion on growth in the Americas: Motiva

Saudi Aramco plans to spend $18 billion in the next five years to expand its operations in the Americas, focusing on its U.S. oil refining...

 

Saudi Aramco IPO

Saudi Aramco Struggles to Disengage From Royal Family’s Projects

The kingdom wants to list a minority of Aramco’s shares in what could be the world’s largest-ever initial public offering, planned for the second half...

 

Riyadh Metro

New Metro Infrastructure in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Video

Saudi Arabia’s capital is on the brink of an urban transformation, with a modern metro being built above and below the city’s streets. The Riyadh...

 

Women in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Eases ‘Guardianship’ Rules Against Women?

An order from the Saudi king allows women access to more services, barring a previous 'regulatory obligation' that requires them to have male guardianship....

 

U.S.-Saudi Arms Deal

Senators Target Trump’s Proposed $110B Weapons Deal With Saudi Arabia

Lawmakers concerned about Saudi Arabia's conduct in Yemen want to block the oil-rich autocracy from acquiring at least some of the $110 billion in weapons...

 

Global Oil Markets

Analysis: OPEC’s Weakest Link Is Not Who You Think It Is

The problem, of course, is that Saudi Arabia's oil industry is like an efficient rig crew tied to an exceptionally bloated head office. Fixing that means cutting...

 

Oil Price

Editorial: A changing oil market threatens Saudi reform

No one envies the Saudi Arabians now. Yes, the Brent price has rebounded from its of 2015-16 lows to stabilise over $50. At the Opec...

 

Softbank Vision Fund

Here comes the Son: Masayoshi Son and Saudi Arabia launch a monster technology fund

But Mr Son’s fund, which is bigger than all investments of American venture-capital firms in 2016 combined, could help solve their “unicorn” problem: how to...

 

Blackstone-Saudi

Big Payoff After Blackstone Courted a Saudi Prince

A little over a year ago, the private equity titan Stephen A. Schwarzman sat down with Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince of Saudi...

 

Counter Extremism

Trump’s War on Extremism Has Some Awkward Allies in Saudi Arabia

Trump, in a speech on Sunday in Riyadh, urged Muslim nations to eradicate terrorism and “send its wicked ideology into oblivion.” The assembled Sunni Muslim...

 

GE

GE-Saudi JV to start gas turbine production this year, exec says

General Electric's (GE +0.2%) joint venture to manufacture gas turbines in Saudi Arabia will start production by the end of this year, with the first...

 

Saudi Electricity Company

Saudi Electricity Company finalises projects worth US$ 1.46 bn

They included six plants for transmitting electric energy, five overhead lines for electric interconnection between a number of northern cities and regions, including operation of...

 

Riyadh Summit

Saudi monarch apologizes to Nawaz Sharif for Riyadh ‘humiliation’

Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson, Nafees Zakaria informed the press that 30 leaders of the Muslim world could not address the Riyadh summit due to the...

 

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Bahrain

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Egypt

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