Oil prices are surging, will that derail reforms in oil-exporting Middle East? A recent piece in hellenicshippingnews.com wonders, “In March, Iraq’s oil exports were worth just over $11 billion (€10.5 billion), the most the country…
Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector continued to see “robust growth” in April, Reuters reports, citing the headline seasonally adjusted S&P Global Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) which stood at 55.7 for the month. A…
There’s a lot going on in Saudi Arabia’s tourism sector… This week, there were two events in the region: A major aviation summit in Riyadh, called the Future Aviation Forum, and a tourism and travel…
A discussion on carbon capture including a recent huge investment by Saudi Aramco into the space…
The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority has launched a new app, Tawakkalna Services, to help improve the quality of life in the Kingdom. It provides 140 services that cover health, education, transport, Islamic and…
A public service advert from Saudi Arabian authorities asking residents not to invite census takers into their homes for coffee is proving a hit with the public. The video, released by the Saudi General Authority…
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has taken the Kingdom off its Priority Watch List in its annual Special 301 Report, after Saudi Arabia tightened up its IP enforcement procedures.
The U.S. State Department’s Joshua Yaphe joins The 966 to discuss his book, “Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies: Borders, Tribes and a Shared History.” Yaphe is a foreign affairs officer with the…
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Scholarship Program has a new name and a new, refreshed mandate. The refreshed scholarship program will send 70,000 Saudi students abroad to top-ranked universities and training institutes by 2030. They’ll go...
Saudi Arabia seeks to become a global supplier of hydrogen and create a home-grown industry. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia should (and already are) working together to help Saudi Arabia realize this goal and to…