The Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development continues to move aggressively to implement its goal to Saudize the telecom sector - specifically workers in mobile telephone shops - by September 2, 2016.
As casualties mount in the Saudi-led war in Yemen to reinstate the legitimate U.N.-recognized Hadi government, some U.S. lawmakers are considering whether to block the sale of additional arms to Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA) Board has approved changes to rules that regulate what type of foreign investor can enter into the Saudi stock market.
Saudi Arabia's non-oil private sector may be showing signs of stabilization after roughly two years of uncertainty and significant economic policy changes, according to new data.
Last month, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir hosted a private round table discussion at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington with a very small group of Washington-based political analysts and Middle East scholars.
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia posted a notice to its website yesterday warning of "potential, imminent threat against U.S. citizens in areas of Jeddah frequented by Westerners, such as markets, restaurants, and shopping malls, among others."
Pokemon GO, the viral video game phenomenon that has taken the U.S. and other markets around the world by storm, has been banned in Saudi Arabia and 3 men playing the game have been arrested at the Jeddah Airport, according to reports.
Construction has begun on a $2.1 billion industrial gas complex in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, which is slated to become the largest such facility in the world.
