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  • Kingdom Tower Jeddah
    Revealed: Saudi’s 1km high tower to have 252 floors

    Astounding figures can be found all over this project, including that for the soft cost (design, research and development) of the Kingdom Tower - which was 1/3 of the $1.2+ billion construction bill. Unheard of, but that’s what it took to deal with the design challenges for this monumental project slated for completion by end 2018 with Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects (AS+GG) as principal architects.

  • Retail
    Saudi retail sector remains strong despite oil volatility

    NCB Capital’s quarterly report on the retail sector looks back at the impact of a similar issuance of two-month bonuses, in addition to a minimum wage for Saudi workers, in 2011.

  • Saudi Foreign Policy
    SUSRIS: Foreign Minister in Major Address at Majlis Al-Shura

    Prince Saud al-Faisal said, “We are not warmongers, but if war’s drums are beaten, we are ready for them. The security of Yemen is part and parcel of the security of the Kingdom and the Gulf and the Arab national security.”

  • Egypt - Qatar
    Qatar Ambassador Returns to Egypt After Rift Over Libya

    Qatar returned its ambassador to Cairo on Tuesday, almost a month after recalling him in response to an Egyptian official accusing the tiny Gulf nation of supporting terrorism.

  • Iran Negotiations
    A day after missing deal deadline, Iran nuclear talks resume

    Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program resumed here Wednesday but were almost immediately beset by competing claims, just hours after diplomats abandoned a March 31 deadline to reach the outline of a deal and agreed to press on. And as the latest round hit the week mark, three of the six foreign ministers involved left the talks with prospects for agreement remaining uncertain.

  • U.S. - Afghanistan
    Afghan Watchdog: Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Can’t Be Found

    The Pentagon can’t account for several hundred million dollars’ worth of reconstruction funds paid out to dozens of contractors in Afghanistan, according to a new report from Washington’s Afghan watchdog that details $21 billion in U.S. taxpayer-funded projects in the impoverished country.

  • Libya
    Head of rival govt in Libya capital sacked: MP

    Libya has had two governments and parliaments since Tripoli was seized in August by the Fajr Libya militia coalition and the internationally recognised government fled to the country's far east. The militia appointed Hassi in August, but lawmakers in the General National Congress (GNC), the alternative parliament, challenged his leadership and demanded his departure.

  • War in Yemen: Air Power
    Operation Decisive Storm — Air Power Over Yemen

    Operation Decisive Storm began on March 26 and has resulted in one of the most extraordinary gatherings of air power seen in recent years, with air arms from the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, except Oman, joined by aircraft from Morocco, Egypt and Sudan, as well as Jordan.

  • U.S. - Egypt
    White House Reversal Will Send Arms to Egypt

    In a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President Barack Obama said he would release 12 F-16 fighter jets, 20 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and up to 125 M1A1 tanks for export to Egypt, lifting the hold that has been in place in 2013.

  • Palestine: ICC
    Dilemma for Israel as Palestinians join war crimes court

    The Palestinian Authority becomes the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, a major step that could move its decades-long conflict with Israel into a courtroom.