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  • Inflation in Saudi Arabia
    SAMA predicts stable inflation in Q1 in Saudi Arabia

    The general level of prices is expected to be relatively stable in Saudi Arabia during the first quarter of 2015, according to Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency  (SAMA).

  • Tadawul
    Oil, dividends weigh on Saudi Arabia; Egypt also slips

    Weak oil prices and disappointing dividends dragged down Saudi Arabia's stock market in early trade on Wednesday while Egypt edged down in a broad pull-back.

  • Petrochemicals
    Saudi Kayan boosts ethylene production

    Saudi Kayan has reached an agreement with the Saudi Arabian ministry of petroleum and mineral resources and SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) on Feb 5, to enhance the company’s business and financial performance

  • Oil Production
    OPEC Producers Cut Oil Prices to Asia in Battle for Market Share

    Iraq, Kuwait and Iran joined Saudi Arabia in cutting their March crude prices for Asia, signaling the battle for a share of OPEC’s largest market is intensifying.

  • MERS
    Filipino nurse from Saudi Arabia tests positive for MERS virus

    A Filipino nurse, who arrived last week from Saudi Arabia, has tested positive for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the first case of the deadly virus in the Philippines, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

  • King Salman
    How will the new King Salman change Saudi Arabia?

    He is also the family disciplinarian. When Saudi princes and princesses got into trouble, Khaled Almaeena says, it was Prince Salman who would quietly sort things out.

     

  • Anti-ISIS Coalition
    Arab Coalition Intensifies Attacks on ISIS as UAE Rejoins Fight

    Middle Eastern countries involved in the campaign are increasingly willing to conduct airstrikes, train Iraqi government ground forces, and have even considered sending in ground troops to attack the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) -- all in reaction to killing of the Jordanian pilot.

  • Af-Pak Cooperation
    Afghan cadets training in Pakistan, a sign of warming ties

    During former President Hamid Karzai’s administration, Afghanistan repeatedly denied Pakistan’s requests for closer cross-border military cooperation. Distrust between the neighbors ran deep, with Afghanistan accusing Pakistan of supporting the Taliban and other militant groups while Pakistan complained that Afghanistan did not stop cross-border attacks.

  • Israeli Politics
    Israelis cry foul on US cash influencing their election

    Critics are concerned that cash from overseas donors will affect next month's vote. "I would like to see foreign money out of Israeli politics," Hebrew University of Jerusalem political science Professor Menachem Hofnung said. "Legally, it would be very difficult to do" because "you can't stop people from funding certain ideas."

  • Egypt
    Opinion: Mutual escalation in Egypt

    Since the overthrow of former president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, Egyptian political rhetoric has been overheated. But something different seems to be afoot in both camps. Among the Muslim Brotherhood’s supporters, subtle excuses for political violence are giving way to more open calls. On the side of the regime of now-President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, there is an attempt to move the religious apparatus of the state from acceptance of the suppression of Islamists to enthusiastic support while using the media to direct anger at jihadists to all Islamists.