RIYADH — Saudi Arabia recorded a budget deficit of SR125.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026, as oil revenues declined and government spending rose sharply, according to the Ministry of Finance’s ...
Saudi Arabia posts SR125.7 billion Q1 deficit as oil revenues decline
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia recorded a budget deficit of SR125.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026, as oil revenues declined and government spending rose sharply, according to the Ministry of Finance’s ...
U.S.-Saudi Business Council Hosts High-Level EXIM Roundtable to Advance Bilateral Investment and Financing Cooperation
The U.S.-Saudi Business Council (USSBC) successfully convened a high-level Executive U.S.-Saudi EXIM Bank Roundtable on April 29 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., on the sidelines of the ...
RiFD partners with Kingsbury to scale securitisation infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia-based platform RiFD has partnered with British-owned private and structured credit specialist Kingsbury & Partners ...
30% Of Global Crypto Trading is Coming from South Korea, Research Finds
Korean Won captures 30% of global crypto spot volume as AI-fueled rally lifts Korean equities and US energy costs.
Thailand approves emergency 400 billion baht loans to tackle energy crisis
Thai cabinet has approved an emergency decree authorising the Finance Ministry to borrow funds to address the impact of the global energy crisis ...
Bangladesh’s anti-hawker operation mischaracterised as Nepali authorities driving out Muslims
Video viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media shows police in Bangladesh's capital moving along illegal hawkers, contrary to posts framing it in religious terms and saying it shows ...
The digital graveyard: Is Bangladesh becoming China’s e-waste back door?
As the world turns its attention to China’s increasingly stringent waste import ban, a dangerous stream of electronic waste is entering Bangladesh. Despite the enactment of the Hazardous Waste ...
Pakistan Says It Helped Iranian Crew From Ship That U.S. Seized
Describing the transfer of the crew from the MV Touska cargo ship back to Iran as a ‘confidence-building measure’ between U.S. and Iranian officials, Pakistan again plays a mediating role.
No, these rainbow clouds over Indonesia are not AI
This colorful cloud over Jonggol, Indonesia, is not a portal to the land of Oz. Or the rainbow road into Asgard from Norse mythology. Or even an AI-generated image. They are iridescent clouds, a rare ...