The foreign ministers of four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia said they regretted Qatar's "negative" response to their list of demands and said the blockade of the country would continue.
The Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) has threatened to withhold arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations until a diplomatic solution is found with neighboring Qatar.
A recent report on the Saudi economy by Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment finds that overall GDP growth will be 0.1 percent in 2017 (compared to 1.4 percent in 2016) due to a sharp decline in oil sector GDP.
A U.S. exhibition featuring the works of roughly 40 Saudi Arabian artists aims to "share their expressions, foster conversations and challenge conceptions of life" in Saudi Arabia, the Associated Press reports.
According to recent statistics released by the GCC Statistical Centre, the total population of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries witnessed a significant increase of 7.3% in 2023 compared to 2021, reaching 57.6 million.
Saudi Arabia was the second-largest arms importer in the world from 2019 to 2023, accounting for 8.4% of all imports, according to recent data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's (SIPRI).
Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) raised $95 million across 31 deals in July 2023, a slight dip from the $105 million recorded in the same month last year, according to Wamda, the leading website tracking the development of the startup ecosystem in the region.
