A recent Arab News — Arab Strategy Forum research study conducted by YouGov found that 55 percent of Arab youth believe corruption is the main problem in their country, but unemployment was close behind at 46 percent, according to Arab News.
Recent agreements and reports of indirect talks between warring sides in Yemen's ongoing civil war indicate a trend toward bringing an end to the four year old conflict fought to restore the U.N.-recognized Hadi government to power after it was overthrown by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Saudi Aramco on Saturday released details of its IPO that will be the first opportunity for investors to own a piece of the world's most profitable company and achieve one of the key goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 economic reform plan.
Universities around the world can now open branch campuses in the Kingdom, the Saudi Cabinet said on Tuesday, in a move that will “achieve a qualitative leap in … empowerment, excellence and quality,” Education Minister Dr. Hamad Al-Sheikh said.
Saudi Arabia has introduced measures to facilitate the entry of foreign issuers to the Saudi stock market, Reuters reports, in the latest reforms to attract overseas share buyers and issuers as part of its Vision 2030 economic and social reform plans.
Archaeologists are planning to carry out the first in-depth survey of Al-Ula and the surrounding areas "the size of Belgium" in order to better understand the Nabatean people, the BBC reports.
