Row over sandy tracks hits Spain-Saudi rail project
It is the biggest contract Spanish firms have ever undertaken abroad, a high-speed railway linking Islam's holiest cities, Makkah and Medina, in Saudi Arabia...
New measures implmented to target ‘unethical’ online news portals
Electronic newspapers in Saudi Arabia are facing difficult times with the Ministry of Culture and Information announcing plans to implement a comprehensive corrective campaign...
Saudi inventors win seven medals at iENA-2015 expo
Saudi inventors made a mark in an international exhibition, winning seven medals including two gold, three silver and two bronze for their brilliant innovations.
Their...
Saudi Arabia could sell off billions in American assets if bill passes
The Saudi Arabian government has threatened to sell of hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of American assets should the U.S. Congress pass a...
Saudi offers $1.5 billion to fund Egypt's Sinai projects
Egypt said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has offered $1.5 billion to help finance economic projects in the Sinai Peninsula, as Riyadh continues to...
New Saudi oil minister believes in low prices and reform
It was January 2016 and oil prices had crashed to their lowest in more than a decade.
Saudi Arabia's health minister, Khalid al-Falih, a favourite...
Gulf OPEC members seek to revive global oil output deal
Gulf OPEC members including Saudi Arabia are looking to revive the idea of coordinated oil-output action by major producers when the group meets on...
Oman to raise taxes and gas prices amid global oil slump
Oman is going to cut government spending and also raise taxes and gasoline prices to cover an anticipated budget shortfall in the coming year.
That's...
Saudi to take $10 billion foreign loan
Saudi Arabia will take a $10 billion loan from foreign banks to help close the gap in its state finances from collapsed oil revenues,...
Asian shares rise as G20 meeting begins
Asian stocks rallied on Friday after China's central bank chief said Beijing still has enough monetary firepower to keep the world's second-largest economy on...
