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  • Al-Jadaan: Government’s approach was a ‘good shock’ to private sector

    “The good thing about it is that the Saudi private sector responded efficiently to this shock, and one of the positive repercussions of that is the diversification of the major businesses away from their traditional activities,” he said. Al-Jadaan revealed that more than 99 percent of the government’s payments to the private sector this year were paid within 15 days, instead of 45 days as was the case of the payment system of the ministry.

  • Yemen’s Government Calls for Support Against Houthis

    On Sunday, November 27, Yemeni Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak publicly announced the Yemeni government’s intent to categorize the Houthis as a terrorist organization. The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council further asserted the government’s will to instate strong punitive measures against Houthi militias. This diplomatic action against the Houthis comes in response to last week’s Houthi attack in southern provinces of Yemen. The international and regional communities have explored a variety of responses to the Houthis attacks, and many Middle Eastern Countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, have directly spoken out against the operations.

  • Arab Monetary Fund signs $1 bln agreement to support Yemeni government reforms

    The Arab Monetary Fund has signed a $1 billion agreement to support Yemen's economic reform programme to its Saudi-backed government, Saudi state media said on Sunday. The new package by the Abu Dhabi-based fund, which includes countries from the Middle East and North Africa, will provide support for the Yemeni government's efforts to stabilise the economy from 2022 to 2025, Saudi Ekhbaria TV reported. The war between the Iran-aligned Houthi group and a Saudi-led coalition has brought Yemen's economy to its knees and caused the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Inflation and foreign currency shortages have made food, water and fuel unaffordable for many in Yemen, which imports most of its needs.

  • With Iraq’s Quota System, the New Government is More of the Same

    The inefficiencies and corruption rife in Iraq’s ethno-sectarian quota system are substantial, but the country’s highly fragmented society has deeply entrenched the system in ways that make it difficult to reform.

  • Commentary: The G-20 Proved It’s Our World Government

    It was, in fact, a relief that Putin chose to absent himself. It spared China and India the embarrassment of having to distance themselves from him too publicly. In Bali, there was no one who was keen to ally themselves with Russia. Ahead of the meeting, Chinese officials briefed the Western media more openly than ever before about the degree to which Moscow had left them in the dark ahead of the invasion.

  • Finance Ministry launches e- service for government fee payment from outside Saudi Arabia

    The Ministry of Finance, represented by the National Center for Government Resources Systems (NCGR), launched the electronic payment service for government services fees from within and outside Saudi Arabia. The service will be implemented in cooperation with the Digital Government Authority (DGA). This will be through a collection system for government agencies, which allows the beneficiary to complete the process of paying his service fees through the platform of each government agency that works for the service through bank payment methods such as Mada, Visa, MasterCard, and Sadad.

  • Qatar hotel prices rocket to more than eight times government-mandated cap

    A single night in some of Qatar’s most popular hotels are reaching US$5,000 during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The government has asked GMs to price themselves responsibly, even putting a cap in place for its own supply for the tournament.

  • Documents Detail Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel

    The documents build on the public record of how Mr. Trump’s hotel brought in millions during his presidency from foreign governments. The Oversight Committee has previously estimated that the hotel received more than $3.75 million from foreign governments from 2017 to 2020, raising concerns about possible violations of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause.

  • New Government or Not, the Iraqi State is Still Struggling to Function

    Bargaining over the resources of the government is set to remain just one expression of the struggle for authority in Iraq. Actual sovereignty is likely to continue to be a coercive negotiation backed by various substate militias’ force of arms and financial interests.

  • Israeli far-rightist vows to impose order under new Netanyahu government

    A near-final tally of votes on Thursday showed former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on track to a reelection with a clear parliamentary majority boosted by ultranationalists who want tougher crackdowns on Palestinians. Tuesday's ballot saw out the centrist incumbent, Yair Lapid, and his rare alliance of conservatives, liberals and Arab politicians which, over 18 months in power, had made diplomatic inroads with Turkey and Lebanon and kept the economy humming.