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  • Border Security
    Saudi Arabia’s ‘Great Wall’ to keep out Isil

    The proposal had been discussed since 2006, at the height of the Iraqi civil war, but work began in September last year after Isil’s charge through much of the west and north of the country gave it a substantial land border with the Kingdom to the south.

  • Saudi Economy
    Saudi growth forecast to slow after fall in oil price

    Real gross domestic product growth is forecast to fall from 3.7 per cent in 2014 to 2.5 per cent this year and 1.8 per cent in 2016, Jadwa Investment, the Riyadh-based investment bank, said in a report. While non-oil private sector growth is also forecast to moderate from its average of 7.2 per cent over the past five years, according to the report, it will remain a “robust” 5.3 per cent this year as the government commits to strong spending by tapping into foreign reserves worth $736bn.

  • U.S. - Pakistan
    Kashmir shelling, spat over Pakistan aid mar run-up to Kerry trip

    Reports of a $500-million Washington aid package to Pakistan and a period of intense border shelling in Kashmir have overshadowed the run-up to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's expected visit to South Asia in the next few days.Kerry is due to attend an investment summit promoted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the weekend, and media reports say he will then travel to Islamabad.

  • Saudia
    Saudia denies plan to ban gender-mixing

    Saudi Arabia’s national airline Saudia has denied reports that it is planning to ban gender mixing in line with rules enforced by the conservative Gulf kingdom.

  • Manufacturing
    Manufacturing in Saudi Arabia: Making it in the desert kingdom

    The country is not starting from scratch. It is already strong in plastics and petrochemicals. SABIC, its largest public company, is one of the world’s biggest producers of these; and Saudi Aramco, the national oil company, is building a $20 billion petrochemicals plant in a joint venture with an American giant, Dow Chemical. Several large aluminium producers have already set up shop, including Alcoa of America, since Saudi Arabia has the two ingredients needed to produce the metal: bauxite ore and cheap electricity. Some fairly big Saudi food manufacturers already export around the region, such as Almarai, which produces milk and baby formula among other things, and Savola, whose mainstay is edible oils.

  • Qatar
    Migrant World Cup workers in Qatar are reportedly dying at alarming rates

    Migrant workers from Nepal in Qatar building facilities for the 2022 FIFA World Cup are dying at a rate of one every two days in 2014, according to a new report from The Guardian.

  • Guantanamo
    4 Afghans returned home from Guantánamo

    U.S. troops repatriated to Afghanistan on Saturday four Guantánamo captives — whose release was specifically sought by President Ashraf Ghani — in the Obama administration’s surging bid to empty the detention center.

  • Extremism
    Saudi Officer Killed in Hostage Rescue

    A Saudi security officer was killed in an operation to free three foreign laborers taken hostage by a gunman in the capital, Riyadh, according to a police statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency on Monday.

  • Saud Al-Faisal
    Saudi foreign minister has successful back surgery in U.S. -agency

    Saudi Arabian Prince Saud al-Faisal, the world's longest-serving foreign minister, has undergone a successful back surgery in the United States, the royal court said on Saturday.

  • No-Go-Zone Controversy
    The Origins of Fox’s Favorite Muslim No-Go-Zone Myth

    Bottom line: You don't need to worry about Muslim no-go zones if you live in the United States. And if you're planning a tourist expedition to Europe, it's a good idea to avoid high-crime areas, regardless of their demographics. But why, if there's no evidence for no-go zones and some of the highest-profile propagators of the idea have repudiated it, do such myths survive and thrive?