MUST-READS

• Aviation
  Qatar Airways buys $1.7bn stake in British Airways parent company

  Qatar Airways has bought a 9.99 percent stake in International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) worth around 1.15 billion pounds ($1.7 billion), building closer ties with the owner of its partners British Airways and Iberia in the oneworld alliance.

• Pakistan
  40 Killed in Pakistan Mosque Bombing

  Pakistani authorities say at least 40 people were killed and nearly 50 others wounded in a powerful bomb attack at a minority Shi'ite mosque in Sindh province during Friday prayers.

• MERS
  CDC Issues MERS Advisory

  A new advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells doctors to look out for signs of infection in Americans who have traveled to or near the Arabian Peninsula.

• Labor
  Business leaders: New Nitaqat quotas ‘difficult to implement’

  Businesspeople say the new Saudization quotas the Labor Ministry is introducing on April 20 would be difficult to implement because of a lack of skilled Saudi workers in the job market, with some calling for a delay of between one to three years.

• Energy
  Inside Shell’s earnings report: Proof that the Saudis’ oil market strategy is working

  Saudi Arabia shocked the world last fall in breaking from its traditional mold of keeping oil production artificially low to prop up oil prices. Instead, the Saudis and other OPEC nations voted to keep oil output steady even in the face of a global supply surplus, a move seemingly designed to respond to the threat that the Saudis see from rising output from non-OPEC producers — from U.S. shale plays to Russia’s Arctic to Brazil’s deep offshore waters.

• Economy
  How will new Saudi king handle the economy?

  Economists clarified that the custodian of the two holy mosques, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, has many economic and industrial files to handle. They underlined the big role he played in supporting the Saudi economy during King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz’s rule. Moreover, they indicated that while he governed the Riyadh emirate and was crown prince, he also led the development process in industrial and commercial sectors. He managed to achieve major accomplishments and build industrial cities that raised the industrial sector’s contribution to the national income.

• Construction
  500 firms to take part in Big 5 Saudi

  Now marking its fifth anniversary, The Big 5 Saudi is expected to showcase the products and services of more than 500 exhibitors, when it opens at the Jeddah Centre for Forums and Events in Saudi Arabia this March.

• Photos
  The flower men of Saudi Arabia

  But as photographer Eric Lafforgue discovered, they are the source of much unrest in the region, conducting cross-border battles and reacting violently should any outsider stumble into their turf - including to Lafforgue himself.

• Raif Badawi
  Wife of flogged Saudi blogger says his health is worsening

  The wife of a Saudi rights activist, sentenced last year to 1,000 lashes for criticizing the Kingdom's clerics in his blog, said on Thursday her husband's health had worsened after the first round of flogging and that he could not survive the full punishment.

• Saudi Military
  Meet Saudi Arabia’s Special Security Forces

  Basic military training lasts three months, followed by another month of basic security training and an additional specialization that can last for anything from two months to seven.

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