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    The Dark side of the Shale boom in the US

    But there is a dark side to the multibillion-dollar boom in the oil fields, which stretch across western North Dakota into Montana and part of Canada. The arrival of highly paid oil workers living in sprawling “man camps” with limited spending opportunities has led to a crime wave -- including murders, aggravated assaults, rapes, human trafficking and robberies -- fueled by a huge market for illegal drugs, primarily heroin and methamphetamine.

  • Solar
    Saudi Arabia and Solar Economic Development

    As the world increasingly looks to renewable energy to satiate growing global energy demand, the Middle East is no exception. Across the region, decreasing costs and evolving markets have led to a priming of the Middle East as potentially the next big front for renewable energy.

  • Al-Qaeda in Syria
    As U.S. takes on the Islamic State, al-Qaeda remains degraded but not defeated

    The Khorasan group, which was struck but not destroyed by a barrage of U.S. cruise missiles this week, came into public view like the contents of an al-Qaeda time capsule. It is led by all-but-forgotten operatives who knew Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks and, according to U.S. officials, was assembled under the instruction of an al-Qaeda leader approaching retirement age.

  • Refining Capacity
    New refineries will boost Saudi share of petroleum products market: experts

    The opening of two new oil refineries in Saudi Arabia will help the Kingdom maintain and grow its share of the global crude and petroleum products markets, sector experts have told Asharq Al-Awsat. The SATORP Jubail Export Refinery, owned by Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP)—a joint venture between the Kingdom’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco and global oil and gas giant Total—began refining operations on August 1, according to Total’s head of refining and chemicals, Patrick Pouyanné, who was speaking to the Reuters news agency on the sidelines of the European Refining Conference in Brussels on Tuesday.

  • Travel
    Technology Drives Travel Spontaneity in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE

    Travellers in the UAE and Egypt are using smartphones more often to engage with travel-related content pre-trip in 2014, catching up with travellers in Saudi Arabia who already displayed a significant affinity to smartphones in 2013. Tablet usage is up slightly in the UAE and significantly in Egypt, with particularly high usage of tablet apps and reading more involved information sources such as online travel guides.

  • Press Freedom
    Obama raises fate of AJE staff with Sisi

    US President Barack Obama has raised the fate of jailed journalists in Egypt and his concerns over political repression in his first meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, according to US officials.

  • Traffic
    Saudi Arabia: Jail for red-light runners

    According to a traffic police spokesman, offenders caught on the city's CCTV systems will only be able to pay the mandatory fine after they have served a 24-hour detention period, the Arab News reports.

  • Anti-ISIS Campaign
    Opinion: Leave It to the Arab League

    On Monday the United States began a furious, focused bombing campaign on Islamist militants in Syria. But the United States was not alone: Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates both provided support and directly participated in the attacks on the Islamic State (IS), the shadowy Khorasan group, and others, U.S. military officials say. Those contributions validate the promises made on September 8, when at least 10 Arab countries agreed to join the United States in its campaign against the radical IS, which controls vast swaths of territory in eastern Syria and northern Iraq.

  • UN Climate Change Summit
    Opinion: All-star gala puts climate back on the agenda

    The UN climate summit in New York has breathed new life into the flagging climate process. Politicians have to follow up with fast action, writes DW's climate correspondent Irene Quaile.

  • Arab Stock Markets
    Saudi Stocks Lead Mideast Drop on Concern for Islamist Reprisals

    Saudi Arabian shares retreated the most in a year, leading declines in the Middle East amid investor concern that Arab nations may be at risk of retaliatory attacks by Islamic State militants. The Tadawul All Share Index (SASEIDX) lost the most since September 2013, sliding 2.1 percent at 2:24 p.m. local time to 10,645.19. It’s the worst performer among more than 90 gauges tracked globally by Bloomberg. Dubai’s DFM General Index slipped 1.2 percent at the close, while Qatar’s QE Index fell 0.5 percent.