VIENNA — The eight OPEC+ countries have agreed a further rise in oil output in October. This is in view of a steady global economic outlook and current healthy market fundamentals as reflected in the low oil inventories.
The virtual meeting of the (...)
MUSCAT — Saudi Attorney General and Chairman of the Arab Association for Public Prosecutors Sheikh Saud Al-Moajab chaired the fifth annual meeting of the association in Muscat. Public prosecutors and attorneys general from the Gulf and Arab (...)
MANAMA — The Royal Saudi Navy assumed command of Combined Task Force 150, a multinational maritime task force, from the Royal New Zealand Navy during a change of command ceremony held onboard Naval Support Activity, in Bahrain on Tuesday. The (...)
RIYADH — Renowned Saudi poet Saud bin Maadi Al-Qahtani died on Monday after falling from a high cliff in Jabal Samhan in Mirbat in the Dhofar governorate of Oman. According to reports, he slipped from the slopes of the mountain while practicing his (...)
RIYADH — Foreign ministers from 31 Arab and Islamic countries, along with the heads of three regional organizations, issued a joint statement strongly condemning recent remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the concept of a (...)
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, Universal Inspection Co. Ltd. (UIC) has grown from a local leader into an internationally recognized provider of calibration, testing, inspection, and training services. (...)
Kuwait has begun granting tourist visas on arrival to foreign residents of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, under a new policy announced by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef.
The decision, published in (...)
The deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Tehran on Monday for talks on a potential cooperation framework, Iran's foreign minister said Sunday.
"A deputy director general of [Rafael] Grossi will come to (...)
NEOM — Saudi Arabia has renewed its call for the international community to support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, stressing that the wave of recognition of Palestine by several countries marks growing momentum toward a (...)
RIYADH — Eight OPEC+ countries — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman — will raise collective oil production by 547,000 barrels per day in September 2025, the group announced after a virtual (...)
Scorching heat swept across parts of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America this week, breaking temperature records and triggering warnings from meteorologists that extreme conditions will persist in the days ahead. Temperatures began (...)
The European Commission and the High Representative have welcomed the European Council's decision to authorize the opening of bilateral negotiations with each of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, (...)
KUALA LUMPUR — The Asian Football Confederation on Thursday held the draw for the final play-off round of 2026 World Cup qualification, placing Saudi Arabia in Group B alongside Iraq and Indonesia.
Six teams are competing for two remaining direct (...)
RIYADH — Foreign ministers from 11 Arab and regional countries reaffirmed their support for Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity while strongly condemning continued Israeli attacks on Syrian territory.
The ministers — representing Saudi (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's non-oil trade surplus with other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states recorded an annual growth of 203.2 percent during April 2025. This figure posted an increase of more than SR2 billion, reaching approximately SR3,511 (...)
RIYADH — Eight oil-producing nations of the OPEC+ alliance agreed on Saturday to increase their collective oil production by 548,000 barrels per day in August. The decision to further accelerate oil output hike was taken during a virtual meeting of (...)
DOHA — The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held an emergency ministerial meeting in Doha on Tuesday to address the Iranian missile strike targeting a military base in Qatar, condemning the attack as a serious violation of international law and the (...)
DOHA — Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait have resumed normal air traffic in their airspace after a brief suspension on Monday. This suspension was part of a series of precautionary measures taken following the escalation of situation in the region.
Shortly (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states strongly condemned the aggression launched by Iran against the State of Qatar.
"Saudi Arabia views this act as a flagrant violation of international law and the principles of good (...)
Oman will introduce a 5% income tax on high-income individuals starting in 2028, becoming the first Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) state to implement personal income taxation, a major shift in the region's long-standing tax-free environment.
The tax (...)
Iran's parliament has approved a preliminary measure to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, though a final decision rests with the country's top national security authority, Iranian media reported Sunday, amid rising tensions following U.S. (...)
ST. PETERSBURG — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Thursday that OPEC+ has become a key guarantor of oil prices and the oil sector as a whole.
Speaking at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum on Thursday, he said that OPEC+ (...)
CAIRO — Twenty Arab and Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, affirmed their condemnation and rejection of the Israeli attacks on Iran. In a joint statement released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, foreign ministers of these countries (...)
Iran launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early on Monday, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported projectiles striking and shrapnel falling in Israel's north and center, wounding at least 67 (...)
US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials have told CBS News.
Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that assassinating Khamenei was "not a (...)
