Author: Steven Sahiounie

Saudi Arabia aims to revolutionize its container shipping sector, mirroring its efforts in non-oil industries

Pakistan newly formed government has elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s prime minister following a general election held last month, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the speaker for the National Assembly, the lower house of the Pakistani parliament, announced on Sunday. According to media reports, Shehbaz secured 201 votes in the 336-member National Assembly, prevailing over rival Omar Ayub Khan, who received 92. His new term as premier will be the second for Shehbaz, who heads Pakistan’s Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and is the younger brother of another former premier and PML-N founder, Nawaz Sharif. Shehbaz had served as prime minister until August…

The Prime Minister of the Caretaker Government, Mohammad Shtayyeh, met on Sunday, with a delegation of members of the US Congress, which included Senator Cory Booker and Senator Michael Bennett, in his office in Ramallah. The Prime Minister retrieated calls on the United States to support an immediate ceasefire, work to open the crossings in order to bring relief aid into Gaza, and provide basic services in a manner that responds to the humanitarian crisis. He said that the US’ use of its veto power several times to prevent a resolution supporting the Gaza ceasefire in the Security Council encourages…

Former Israeli Security Minister Avigdor Lieberman predicts that war cabinet member, Benny Gantz, will declare the end of Netanyahu’s government. Former Israeli Security Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Netanyahu’s government has reached its demise. Speaking with the Israeli Occupation’s Army Radio on Sunday, Lieberman predicted that war cabinet member, Benny Gantz, would declare its end. Lieberman stressed that Israeli settlers have given Netanyahu’s government confidence for 5 months during the Israeli war on Gaza but “this is over now” as the occupation has failed to achieve its goals, specifically that of “destroying Hamas.” These failures have ignited several internal conflicts between Israeli officials on different…

RIYADH: Saudi residents can once again boost their savings rates with the commencement of the second round of subscriptions for the savings product “Sah” on March 3. 

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia offers an “extraordinary opportunity” for Irish firms looking to invest in everything from technology to tourism, according to Ireland’s minister for enterprise, trade and employment.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s money supply surged 10 percent in January to reach SR2.72 trillion ($726 billion), the central bank data showed.

On February 29th, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that Egypt received $5 billion of the first tranche of the agreed-upon funds with ADQ

Egypt targets total investments worth EGP 81.4 billion in the electricity and energy sector during the current fiscal year (FY) 2023/2024, the Egyptian Ministry of Planning and Economic Development stated.

Delegations from Hamas, Qatar and the United States have arrived in Cairo for “a new round of negotiations” toward a truce in the Gaza war, state-linked Al-Qahera News reported Sunday.Cairo, Doha and Washington have mediated in weeks of talks aiming to pause the fighting in the almost five-months-old war between Israel and Hamas sparked by the October 7 attack.Their goal has been to secure a truce by the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on March 10 or 11, but hopes have been dampened by a series of failed talks since a one-week pause in November.A Hamas source…