The world's largest IPO will radically transform the way in which Saudi Arabia's economy operates, according to the chief executive of the Saudi Stock Exchange.
BEIRUT (AP) Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said Thursday that the kingdom is in talks with Syria to resume consular services for the first time since 2012, Saudi state media reported. State-owned Al Ekhbariya TV reported the discussions, citing a source in the Saudi foreign ministry.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The Gulf nation of Bahrain plans to put three religious reformers on trial Tuesday for allegedly questioning the foundations of Islam, a case that has divided the Shiite majority of the country ruled by a Sunni monarchy.
CAIRO (AP) Amid Yemen’s longest-ever pause in fighting more than nine months Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, hoping to strengthen the informal cease-fire and lay out a path for a negotiated end to the long civil war, according to Yemeni, Saudi and U.N.