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Yemen car bomb kills dozens near Sanaa police academy
At least 35 people have been killed and 68 others injured by a car bomb blast outside a police academy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, officials say.
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Special Report | King Abdullah Medical Update
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia remains hospitalized in Riyadh under treatment for pneumonia requiring “insertion of a tube to aid with breathing” according to the Saudi Press Agency. The 90-year old monarch entered the King Abdulaziz Medical City on Wednesday touching off concerns and speculation about his prognosis. Today the Saudi Press Agency released a raft of press releases reassuring Saudi officials and citizens as well as foreign leaders about the health of the monarch. Among the reports and photos from the SPA was this report addressed to princes, Ulema, sheikhs and citizens:
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Oil prices and Saudi diplomacy: Kemp
Conspiracy theories are neither necessary nor helpful in trying to understand recent events in the oil market. Not necessary, because they add nothing to explanations for why prices have fallen. And not helpful, because they imply Saudi Arabia could rationally have pursued a different policy.
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Natural Gas: Abundance of Supply and Debate
Natural gas is the Rorschach test of energy policy. Depending on one’s point of view, it can be either an essential tool for meeting the challenge of climate change or another dirty fossil fuel that will speed the planet down the path to calamitous warming.
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Officials: Shortage of qualified Saudi doctors ails health sector
With the implementation of various expansion projects in the health sector, the Ministry of Health’s 2012-2013 report shows that there is a shortage of qualified Saudi doctors, nurses and other medical and health staff, Makkah daily reported on Saturday. The ministry blamed the shortage on the insufficient number of health and medical graduates, employment of foreigners over Saudis due to their qualifications and an insufficient number of training workshops.
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France, Kahwagi sign off on Saudi grant for Lebanese Army
Army commander Jean Kahwaji and a French defense official signed Monday the final part of the French-Saudi deal to support the Lebanese military, according to France’s Foreign Ministry Tuesday.
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Saudi Shares Advance in First Trading Day After King’s Death
“The succession plan is clear, things do look politically stable at the moment in Saudi and there’s no panic in the market,” Nabil Rantisi, managing director of brokerage at Mena Corp. Financial Services, said by phone from Amman, Jordan. “Yesterday’s holiday, and the fact that he passed away on Friday, gave investors time to digest the news. The market is attractive, especially as Saudi Arabia is expected to open to foreigners in the second quarter.”
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Severe fuel shortage enrages Pakistanis, spurs criticism of Sharif’s government
As much of the world enjoys the lowest fuel prices in years, Pakistan has been hit with a gasoline shortage that has residents enraged at what they see as government incompetence.
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US senators in Saudi, Qatar for talks on Syrian rebels
A message on the official Twitter feed for McCain, R-Arizona, said the U.S. delegation met with the commander of Saudi Arabia's training and equipment program and with Ahmed al-Jarba, whom it identified as the president of the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition. Al-Jarba stepped down as SNC president in July 2014. The current SNC president is Khaled Khoja. The reason for the discrepancy in McCain's tweet was not immediately clear.
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Saudi Housing Minister Says Aiming To Tax Undeveloped Land
Saudi Arabia’s housing ministry is moving to tax undeveloped land, official media quoted the housing minister as saying, in a policy that could help to end a shortage of homes and spur economic growth. Much urban land in the kingdom is owned by wealthy individuals or companies who prefer holding it as a store of value, or trading it for speculative profits, to the process of developing it. The government has been considering for years whether to use taxes to push owners into developing or selling such land; last September the issue was referred to the Supreme Economic Council, a top policy body chaired by King Abdullah.
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