(Arab News (Saudi Arabia) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sept. 06--DAMMAM -- The Dutch investment firm Sahara International Ventures NV (SIV) has acquired a majority stake in Saudi Arabia's leading...

A giant petrochemical project set up in Saudi Arabia last year will target the fast-growing markets of India and China when it completes expansions to turn it into one of the largest industrial...

Saudi Arabia raised its official selling prices (OSPs) for its benchmark Arab Light and other grades to customers in Asia, the United States and Europe in October, state oil company Saudi Aramco said...

former rate 2.50 pct 0.50 pct ================================================================= SAUDI GDP 2009 2008 2007 (constant 1999 prices, pct) (Y/Y) 0.6 4.3 2.0 Oil -6.7 4.2 -3.6 Non-oil 3.8...

Mr Cunningham is a Managing Director with the Financial Services Volunteer Corps in New York, where he organizes technical assistance to banks and financial regulators in the Middle East. He was...

Saudi Arabia relies on imports for about 70% of food supplies, and is thus susceptible to price swings and supply shortages on global markets, according to a report published by Banque Saudi Fransi...

Despite a campaign against the employment of women as cashiers in supermarkets, the Saudi Ministry of Labour has said that the experiment will...

Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC) has awarded Al-Arrab Contracting Co (ACC) and its Chinese partner Sepco III Electric Power Construction Corp the $2.42bn contract to build the...

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah opened the SR700 million ($186.6 million) purification station which will supply five million liters of Zamzam water every day to worshippers in...

The US is planning to sell $60 billion of arms to Saudi Arabia over the next ten years in what promises to be the largest arms sale by the US to a foreign country, said a report in Army News. The...

RIYADH: The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah held an iftar party recently for Filipino Muslim community leaders at its function hall on Aug. 25. â??It was delightful for the staff and...

Saudi Gazette reported that imported steel distributors in Saudi Arabia are not complying with the Ministry of Commerce and Industrys decision to reduce the price of Turkish and Chinese steel by SAR...

A militant migrants group asked President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to seek pardon for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) jailed in Saudi Arabia. Migrante Middle East (Migrante-ME) said the Royal...

Saudi Arabia's telecom regulator has shut down three websites that were violating a government decree limiting the issuance of religious edicts....

For the first time ever, Air India may not operate any flights for the Haj this year - it will only be the nodal agency for flights. While an MoU is yet to be signed between the ministries of Civil...

Residents, visitors petition new mayor of the city to look into the problems JEDDAH: One of the first and most important actions for new Jeddah Mayor Hani Abu Ras is to finally follow through on...

RIYADH: A senior Sri Lankan physician and university lecturer said in a telephone interview on Sunday that the maid found with nails and needles embedded in her body could have inflicted the damage...

Saudi Arabia is ordering its mobile operators to halt BlackBerry services throughout the kingdom this week, heightening tensions between device maker Research in Motion and governments demanding...

SPA -- Social insurance beneficiaries withdrew more than SR577,887,150 within 24 hours, benefiting from the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for...

How much support is enough for AZRB to be strong enough to move into private venture on its own and let other deserving bumiputra companies to get assistance per DEB? NEP is New Economic Policies and...

Saudi Aramco, the worlds largest state-owned oil company, raised official selling prices for all crude grades for customers in Asia, the U.S., Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean Sea for October....

SPA -- Social insurance beneficiaries withdrew more than SR577,887,150 within 24 hours, benefiting from the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for...

SPA -- Social insurance beneficiaries withdrew more than SR577,887,150 within 24 hours, benefiting from the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for...

SPA -- Social insurance beneficiaries withdrew more than SR577,887,150 within 24 hours, benefiting from the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for...

SPA -- Social insurance beneficiaries withdrew more than SR577,887,150 within 24 hours, benefiting from the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for...

SPA -- Pakistan's Minister of Interior Rahman Malik today expressed thanks to and appreciation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz...

SPA -- Social insurance beneficiaries withdrew more than SR577,887,150 within 24 hours, benefiting from the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for...

PARIS - Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders. A bill to outlaw face...

HM the King pays courtesy visit to Saudi Crown Prince in Agadir Morocco, a premier destination for Spanish businessmen, Spanish paper says CAN-2012 Qualifier (Group D): Morocco draws 0-0 with Central...

RIYADH, Sept 5 (Bloomberg): Saudi Arabian shares rose the most in seven weeks after US and European markets rallied on reports reassuring investors that the recovery in the world's biggest economy is...

While an MoU is yet to be signed between the ministries of civil aviation and external affairs, three Saudi airlines, including Saudi Arabian Airlines and NAS Air, have been selected by a process of...

JEDDAH: The International Islamic Relief Organization Saudi Arabia carried out a major program worth SR7.55 million to distribute iftar meals among 35,000 poor families in different parts of the...

RIYADH: A senior Pakistani diplomat has sought royal clemency for about 300 Pakistani prisoners languishing in Saudi jails whose families have been rendered homeless by floods in...

RIYADH (AP) - Saudi Arabia's telecom regulator has shut down three websites that were violating a government decree limiting the issuance of religious edicts to the country's most senior group of...

“All preparations have been made to ease congestion in the city in view of the expected heavy traffic. The special traffic plan will be implemented from the first day of Eid and continue until the...

JEDDAH: Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Prince Naif received a number of newly appointed Saudi ambassadors at his office in Makkah on Sunday and urged them to represent the Kingdom in...

5 (Petra)--Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited the Saudi Center for Rehabilitation and training of the Blind in Amman, to check on its facilities and services. The center offers specialized...

JEDDAH, Sept 5 (KUNA) -- The Saudi city of Jeddah will host on Monday meetings of the 116th session of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ministerial council along with a joint meeting of the GCC's...

Saudi Arabia, the Arab worldâ??s largest economy, promoted and appointed 331 judges to the courts as part of the governmentâ??s efforts to change its judicial system.The kingdom promoted 130 judges...

RIYADH, Sep 4 ( Arab News): Riyadh police have bumped up security for shoppers and vowed to ease traffic congestion in the capital over the Eid holidays. 'We have set up a comprehensive security plan...

Diplomatic tension between Thailand and Saudi Arabia has risen further on Sunday with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban and the middle eastern country's embassy arguing over whether a senior...