A briefcase filled with Iranian rial banknotes sits on display at a currency exchange market on Ferdowsi street in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.Ali Mohammadi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIran is confronting its worst set of crises in years, facing a spiraling economy along with a series...
Digital render of NEOM's The Line project in Saudi ArabiaThe Line, NEOMIn Saudi Arabia's northwestern desert, a sprawling construction site replete with cranes and pile drivers sits encircled by a recently-built road. A pair of tracks cuts through the site like deep gashes through the sand, comprising the spine...
RIYADH — National debt is a major threat to markets in the near future, Saudi Arabia's finance minister said, expressing particular concern over lower income countries as well as what he described as rapidly growing global fragmentation."I think globally, the serious, serious issue that we need to watch is...
A delegate arrives at the King Abdulaziz Conference Centre in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh to attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum.Fayez Nureldine | Afp | Getty ImagesThousands of financiers, founders and investors are set to descend on the Saudi capital of Riyadh for the eighth edition of the...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Xavierarnau | E+ | Getty ImagesSaudi Arabia cut its growth forecasts and raised its budget deficit estimates for the fiscal years 2024 to 2026, looking ahead to a period of higher spending and lower projected oil revenues.Real gross domestic product is now expected to grow 0.8% this...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's property scene is showing no sign of cooling off, as 2024 is on track to be another record year in terms of sales figures and property values, according to local real estate firms.Increasing demand for property, especially in the luxury space, is boosting...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends the BRICS+ session on a two-day BRICS foreign ministers summit held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on June 11, 2024.Sefa Karacan | Anadolu | Getty ImagesTurkey's request to join the BRICS alliance is a move seen as both strategic and symbolic as the Eurasian...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Xavierarnau | E+ | Getty ImagesSaudi Arabia is moving full steam ahead with its focus on domestic investment — and with that, higher requirements for foreigners coming to the kingdom to take capital elsewhere.The kingdom's $925 billion sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, saw its assets...
Members of media chat before the start of a press conference by Aramco at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. Hamad I Mohammed | ReutersSaudi state oil giant Aramco reported $29.1 billion in net profit for the second quarter, a dip of just over 3%...
Golden Horn and Bosphorus at sunset, Istanbul, TurkeyMatteo Colombo | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesTurkey came out miles ahead of the rest of the world in an annual global wealth ranking — in a result that may come as surprising, given the country's high levels of inflation."Türkiye stands out with...