In a move that was anticipated for some time, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah issued a royal decree to change the weekend in the Kingdom from Thursday/Friday to Friday/Saturday.
U.S. oil production has increased sharply in the last five years – but that doesn’t mean Saudi Arabia has lost influence on markets, an energy panelist at a forum at Rice University in Texas said.
Snohetta, a Norweigian firm, was recently selected as the designer for the downtown Qasr Al Hokm station in Saudi Arabia, which will be one of the main hubs of the new system, Torontoist reports.
Saudi Arabia’s MCI has actively pursued and prosecuted counterfeiters in the Kingdom, but the illicit commercial activity, ranging from fake educational degrees to computers and smartphones (and many things in between) is proving difficult to stamp out.
Our partner site SUSRIS.com today draws attention to a recently updated collection of reports by Dr. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concerning the military balance in the Gulf States.
Mariam Karouny reports that Saudi Arabia "has prevailed over its small but ambitious Gulf neighbor Qatar to impose itself as the main outside force supporting the Syrian rebels, a move that may curb the influence of Qatari-backed Islamist militants."
