Author: Steven Sahiounie

The value of the healthcare sector in the Gulf Cooperation region is projected to reach $135 billion by 2027 driven by rising investor confidence, an analysis showed. 

RIYADH: Citizens will have easier access to home loans as the Saudi Real Estate Refinance Co. extends its refinancing agreement with Arab National Bank (ANB), adding SR500 million ($133 million). 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will lead the initial public offerings in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2024, with 27 companies eyeing to list on the Kingdom’s main market, an analysis showed. 

Russia’s grain harvest is not expected to exceed 130 million metric tons in 2024 due to the freezing temperatures recorded in the country earlier this month, the head of the Russian Grain Union (RGU), Arkady Zlochevsky, has said.

Russia’s strong economic performance is making the country more appealing for multinationals, the outlet reports

The European Union is facing a shortage of cod, a key ingredient used in many traditional dishes across the continent

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, accusing him of failing in “his duty” and deeming his government “illegitimate.” “Why are you still the prime minister when you are responsible for the biggest failure in our history?” Lapid directly addressed Netanyahu as he was delivering a speech at the Knesset. “You are not qualified to remain prime minister, and your government ministers are stealing public funds, causing problems, and destroying the future of our children,” added the opposition leader. Lapid further mentioned that the number of captives “dropped from 133 to 125 in…

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Madrid on Wednesday on the occasion of Spain’s official recognition of Palestine as a state. Fidan will be visiting Madrid “together with the members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Arab League Contact Group on Gaza, upon the invitation of Spain on the occasion of its decision to recognize the State of Palestine,” a Foreign Ministry statement said. “The meetings will focus on the efforts to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and to encourage more countries to recognize the State of Palestine on the basis of a two-state solution,” it added.…

Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev is convinced that the United States, headed by President Joe Biden, is deliberately trying to distort the facts of history, he told TASS. “Biden, like a complete ignoramous, said that the American military defeated fascism and liberated Europe. And this is not senile dementia, but a conscious policy to correct history. This is a war against our country,” Medvedev said. “Millions of our citizens who fell at the hands of fascists are behind us. We have no right to betray their memory,” Medvedev emphasized. “Especially in the face of efforts to…

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has denounced the Israeli military’s recent airstrike on tents housing displaced people in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as a “heinous massacre,” calling on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities to force the regime into stopping its acts of aggression. The 57-member OIC said in a statement on Tuesday that those responsible for the war crime attack on the camp in Rafah must be held to account and face international criminal law. “The Secretary-General held the Israeli occupation accountable for the consequences of its crimes, terrorist practices, and brutal attacks…