India is poised to clear some new investment proposals from China in the coming weeks as frosty relations between the two neighbouring countries thawed amid an easing in border tensions, said three ... ( read original story ...)
AHRC urges end to Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) welcomes the Biden administration’s effort to help end war in Yemen and bring closure to years of a bloody war that claimed more than ... ( read original story ...)
‘Dramatic and risky’ — and a shot at Dubai? Saudi Arabia issues bold business ultimatum to pull regional HQ offices into the kingdom
Saudi Arabia announced late Monday that by 2024 its government would cease doing business with any international companies whose regional headquarters were not based within the kingdom. What began as ... ( read original story ...)
Factbox: Saudi Arabia’s main economic and social reforms, investor concerns
A requirement for foreign firms to have a regional HQ in Saudi Arabia to qualify for state contracts from 2024 is the latest in a series social and economic reforms intended to modernise the ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Saudi Arabia eyes Dubai’s crown with HQ ultimatum
By Marwa Rashad, Davide Barbuscia and Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has raised the stakes in a competition with freewheeling Dubai for foreign talent and cash. From 2024, the ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia’s ‘Project HQ’ stirs competition with Dubai
Saudi finance minister announces sweeping changes to government investment strategy, stirring Gulf competition. ( read original story ...)
Saudi woman handed death sentence for killing Bangladeshi maid
Saudi court sentences Ayesha al-Jizani to death for killing Abiron Begum in March 2019, says a Bangladeshi official. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Working to Determine Who Is Responsible for Iraq Attack-White House
The White house said on Tuesday that the Biden administration is still working to determine who is responsible for a rocket attack on U.S.-led forces in northern Iraq that killed a civilian contractor ... ( read original story ...)
Rocket attack on US airbase in Iraq kills civilian contractor
Eight others injured in blast that is expected to be first serious test of Joe Biden’s Iran policy ... ( read original story ...)
Joe Biden Gets Tested in Iraq
The world is watching how he responds to an attack on U.S. forces. ( read original story ...)