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  • Nuclear Energy
    Saudi Arabia and Argentina form R&D joint venture

    Saudi Arabia is looking to nuclear power to help it meet growing demand for both electricity and desalination, with plans for the construction of as many as 16 reactors over the next 20 years. Smaller reactors, such as CAREM, are envisaged for use in desalination. The country has signed nuclear cooperation agreements with France, South Korea and China as well as Argentina.

  • Women's Education
    Why educating girls should be a priority for Arab states

    As illustrated in the findings of the Arab World Learning Barometer, gender disparities are aggravated by wealth and location differences. In Yemen, less than 1 percent of wealthy, urban males suffer from extreme education poverty, compared with 86 percent of poor, rural females. Families living in poverty in rural areas in countries like Egypt and Yemen often choose to send their sons to school rather than their daughters, because they cannot afford the direct costs (e.g., tuition fees) or opportunity costs (e.g., lost family revenue) of sending their girls to school. Girls’ education is also still widely seen as providing lower rates of return on investment, because they are less likely to use their education to earn an income.

  • Tadawul
    Saudi Arabia edges up; Egypt rallies on property

    Saudi Arabia's stock market edged up in early trade on Tuesday, although weak petrochemicals offset gains in other sectors. Egypt continued rising, supported by property stocks.

  • Prince Alwaleed
    Will Saudi Prince Alwaleed invest in Snapchat?

    But the social media upstart apparently has no problem making its recent rendezvous with Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal something for the permanent record.

  • Yemen
    Saudi Arabia to host Riyadh talks on Yemen crisis

    Saudi Arabia said on Monday the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) had agreed to host talks in Riyadh to end the Yemen crisis, the state news agency SPA said, quoting a statement by the Saudi King's office, according to Reuters news agency.

  • Women
    Saudi Girls Can Now Take PE Classes, But Not Everyone’s Happy

    girls will now be allowed to take part in their own sports and exercise programs, a move that is opposed by some hardliners.

  • Arab League
    Swedish frustration with Saudis over speech may jeopardise arms agreement

    Foreign minister Margot Wallström says Saudi Arabia prevented her talking to the Arab League, as Swedish parties debate whether to renew military memorandum

  • Non-oil Economy
    Saudi nonoil business rises to 4-month high

    Growth in Saudi Arabia's nonoil private sector accelerated to a four-month high in February, a monthly report from Saudi British Bank (SABB) and HSBC said. The SABB HSBC Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) climbed to a four-month high of 58.5 in February, up from 57.8 in January.

  • Makkah Railways
    Saudi Electric wins $390m Makkah metro contract

    The Makkah Metro project will be built in three phases and has been budgeted at $16.5bn (SAR62bn). The first phase is expected to be commissioned in 2019 at a cost of $6.8bn (SAR25.5bn). It will include two metro lines totalling 45.1 km, with 22 stations. The second five-year stage has a cost of $5.06bn (SAR19bn) while the third phase will cost $4.6bn (SAR 17.5bn) and will be finished within two years. The metro will eventually have four lines, 88 stations and cover 188 km.

  • CIA: Digital Intelligence
    CIA Restructuring Adds New Cyber Focus

    The move is a big change for the agency, one that reflects a fundamental evolution in intelligence gathering. CIA traditionally has been tasked with collecting information from human sources (also called HUMINT). The NSA, conversely, is tasked with collecting information from electric sources in the form of signals (also called SIGINT). Today’s announcement is a formal recognition that the electronic world is overtaking the human one, and that collecting information from humans now has a digital component to it.