SAUDI-QATAR

Gulf Spat Following President Trump’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Tests GCC Unity

Saudi Arabia delivered what many analysts believe to be 13 unachievable demands for Qatar to meet to resolve the dispute.
Tensions continue to run high for a sixth straight day in the GCC between Saudi Arabia and Qatar regarding relations with regional rival Iran, according to reports.

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Saudi-Russia

Russia’s Putin, Saudi prince praise dialogue on oil, Syria

Russia and Saudi Arabia hailed their growing partnership in oil markets and dialogue on Syria on Tuesday, in a departure from past hostilities between the...

 

Saudi Women

Saudi women driving: Prince Faisal bin Abdullah says ‘no doubt’ it will happen

Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah, a member of the ruling family and a former Saudi education minister, said in an interview with a privately-owned TV channel...

 

Trump Saudi Visit

Donald Trump’s Saudi trip yields mutual financial rewards

Much of the attention surrounding U.S. Presi­dent Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia focused on his speech addressing the need for Muslim countries to more...

 

SABB-Alawwal Merger

Saudi British Bank picks Goldman for Alawwal merger advice

Saudi British Bank (SABB), which is 40 percent owned by HSBC Holdings, has appointed Goldman Sachs to advise it on a proposed merger with fellow...

 

Freedom of Expression

Saudi Arabia to behead deaf, blind man, 23, over protest

Disabled Munir Adam, 23, was arrested in the wake of political demonstrations in the Shia dominated east of the Kingdom in 2012....

 

Security

Gunman opens fire at private school in Saudi Arabia, US embassy says

gunman has opened fire at a private school in Saudi Arabia that is popular with Western expatriates, the US embassy in Riyadh said Wednesday....

 

Nasser Al-Qassabi

Prominent Saudi actor wins defamation case against cleric

Saudi cleric Saeed bin Farwah was convicted in a defamation case and sentenced to 45 days in prison for verbally assaulting a Saudi actor last...

 

Saudi-Jordan

Jordanian King performs Umra, meets Saudi King

King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday performed the Umrah pilgrimage to Makkah, Maghreb, Ishaa and Tarawih Prayers, at the Al Masjid Al Haram, the...

 

World Bank

FactCheck: Did Saudi Arabia Give Ivanka Trump a $100 Million Donation?

Ivanka Trump will have no part in fundraising for or operating the project, which will be run by the World Bank, and there does not...

 

Saudi-Qatar

Gulf Spat Escalates as Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. Media Attack Qatar

Tensions in the Gulf were laid open for a sixth day, with the media in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates accusing Qatar of...

 

Stock Market

Dubai Diverges From Saudi Arabia in World of Stocks on Oil Slump

Dubai equities are tracking moves in Saudi Arabian shares the least closely in more than three years as the drop in oil prices prompts investors...

 

Shipping and Logistics

Saudi Arabia’s $5.2 Billion Maritime Project Boosts Lamprell

Shares in Lamprell Plc gained the most in more than two years after the builder of oil rigs partnered with Saudi Aramco to develop the...

 

Saudi-Iran

Mattis: Iranian plot to kill Saudi ambassador was approved at ‘highest level’

US Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a televised interview this week that an Iranian plot to kill the then Saudi ambassador to Washington Adel...

 

Venture Capital

Saudi STC establishes ME’s largest venture capital fund

STV has been approved with a size of $500 million, making it the largest institutional technology venture capital fund in the Middle East....

 

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Kabul Bombing

Dozens Killed, Hundreds Injured In Kabul Bombing

A massive truck bomb tore through Kabul’s diplomatic district on Wednesday morning, killing 80 and injuring 300 people near the German embassy in what is...

 

iran

Analysis: Is the time up for Iran’s forays in the Middle East?

Time is up for Iran’s foray in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia and allies are backing their talk with actions by first conducting a “house...

 

Paris Climate Deal

Trump Plans to Exit Paris Climate Deal, White House Official Tells AP

President Donald Trump is expected to pull the United States from a landmark global climate agreement, a White House official said Wednesday, though there could...

 

Syria Civil War

Russia fires cruise missiles at IS targets in Syria

A Russian warship and submarine in the Mediterranean have fired four cruise missiles at so-called Islamic State (IS) positions in central Syria....

 

Egypt

Why is Egypt’s new NGO law controversial?

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed a law that heavily restricts the operations of more than 47,000 NGOs....

 

Bahrain

Bahraini court dissolves main secular opposition group

A Bahraini court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the main secular Waad opposition group and the seizure of its assets, Waad said on its...

 

Donald Trump Presidency

Opinion: Trump’s pro-Saudi, pro-Russia, anti-Europe foreign policy

The friction is striking, especially when held up against Trump's more congenial time in Riyadh. “Europeans think they are now being treated worse by Trump...

 

Morocco Protests

Thousands demand release of Nasser Zefzafi

Thousands of people have demonstrated in the northern Moroccan city of Al-Hoceima, demanding the release of a well-known activist....

 

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