Is Saudi Arabia Still Affordable? New Data Reveals a Changing Cost-of-Living Story As Saudi Arabia accelerates its economic transformation under Vision 2030, the everyday financial landscape for residents, both citizens and expatriates, is changing rapidly. From housing to groceries, consumer prices are evolving against a backdrop of modest inflation, residential property pressures and shifting wage […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Turkey on Friday announced that it issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several senior members of his government for genocide. A statement from the Istanbul prosecutor’s office said that 37 officials were named, including Israeli defence minister Israel Katz, national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir and […]
new video loaded: What’s Next for the Gaza Cease-Fire Plan Israel and Hamas have reached a cease-fire deal in Gaza, but the hard part starts now. David Sanger of The New York Times describes the major obstacles to further agreement about Gaza’s immediate future. By David E. Sanger, Melanie Bencosme and Nikolay Nikolov October 16, […]
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a peace deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is ‘very close’ and that he may travel to the Middle East toward the end of the week – possibly on Sunday.“I was just dealing with people from the Middle East … on the potential peace deal for […]
US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested a “major development” could be imminent in the Middle East, declaring there is “something special” in the works. “We have a real chance for GREATNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL ARE ON BOARD FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL, FIRST TIME EVER. WE WILL […]
Loud explosions were heard in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Sunday afternoon after Israeli airstrikes hit the area, with Houthi officials reporting two deaths in the strikes.Israel confirmed the attacks, saying it carried out a strike in Sanaa. The strikes targeted an area near the presidential complex and missile bases.A Houthi security source told AFP that […]
Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to understand how the Assad regime hid the bodies of the people it had made disappear. Source link
Christina Goldbaum, a New York Times reporter, and Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the international desk, discuss how the power dynamics in the Middle East could change as Iran has become more isolated. Source link
Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran on Friday (Pic credit: AP) As danger of regional instability looms over Middle East, Israel on Saturday claimed that it has achieved aerial freedom of action over Tehran and said that the Iranian capital is “no longer immune”.Israel defence forces spokesperson Brig Gen Effie Defrin added that aerial […]
Three countries on President Trump’s Middle East tour this week are also the sites of recent investments in Trump businesses that benefit the president. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, describes those investments, and what those countries — Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — are, at the same […]
