UAE, China to set up $10 bln joint strategic investment fund
The United Arab Emirates and China have established a joint strategic investment fund worth $10 billion, the UAE’s state news agency reported, as China...
Turkish authorities find bodies of 27 migrants, search for survivors
Turkish authorities said they found the bodies of 27 migrants, at least three of them children, at two separate locations on the Aegean coast...
Gunmen kill two Saudi policemen in Qatif
Gunmen killed two Saudi policemen on Sunday in an attack in the eastern Qatif region, home to the kingdom's Shiite minority, police said.
The two...
‘Makkah a paradise on earth’
At this time of strife and conflicts in some Arab and Islamic countries, pilgrims travel to perform Haj in the Kingdom where a sense...
Saudi Arabia to convert state real estate fund into bank
Saudi Arabia plans to convert a state-owned housing fund into a bank, the latest in a string of reforms to the economic policy apparatus...
Saudi media throws weight behind Iran's Arab separatists
Saudi Arabia continued its recent media campaign against Iran on Sunday after its state-run news agency ran a report on a rally in Austria...
Saudi relationship with Britain is ‘under threat,’ warns ambassador
The Saudi ambassador to the UK has warned of an “alarming change” in Britain's attitude towards Saudi Arabia following what he described as “breaches...
Oil rises, but oversupply hobbles gains
Global oil prices rebounded Wednesday but buying sentiment remains sluggish owing to supply glut woes and a strong dollar.
At about 1245 GMT, U.S. benchmark...
Syrian army gains ground in intensified Ghouta assault
The Syrian army intensified its onslaught in eastern Ghouta on Saturday with advances that a war monitor and state media said had splintered...
US blacklists 14 firms tied to Israeli mining magnate
The United States on Friday blacklisted an additional 14 companies tied to Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, whom Washington accuses of profiting from massive resource...
