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  • Diplomats
    Diplomats Aren’t Following the State Department’s Social Media Rules, Watchdog Says

    In reviewing the Twitter accounts of 37 U.S. ambassadors, the IG found at least 20 officials posted “original content that related to issues that were clearly of Departmental concern.”

  • Saudi Workforce
    Two measures ease Saudization rules for some employers

    Eligible employers will have a more up-to-date system for calculating their Saudization rating and will be able to replace foreign workers in designated shortage occupations more quickly.

  • Labor
    Employers hiring illegal workers facing prison, ban in Saudi Arabia

    Employers hiring workers living illegally in Saudi Arabia have been warned they could face prison, fines and a recruitment ban. The Saudi General Directorate of Passports has announced that anyone found to be employing, transporting, or sheltering people in breach of the Kingdom’s residence, labor and border regulations, could be jailed for up to six months and fined a maximum SR100,000 ($27,000).

  • Mining and Minerals
    Saudi Arabia to spend $3.8 billion to enhance mineral exploration

    Saudi Arabia will invest around $3.8 billion to enhance access to geoscience data and reduce regulatory red tape as it looks to boost mineral exploration, senior government officials said on Wednesday.

  • Egypt
    Egypt Court Sentences 8 to Death for El-Sisi Assassination Plot

    An Egyptian criminal court on Monday issued preliminary death sentences to eight individuals for allegedly planning to assassinate President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. The sentences were referred to the country’s Grand Mufti, the government’s top religious figure, for ratification, the court said in a statement. It set March 6 as the date for the final verdict in the case that includes a total of 292 accused.

  • UAE Cyber
    UAE senior diplomat denies hacking Americans

    When asked about Project Raven by reporters at a briefing in New York, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash acknowledged the country has a “cyber capability,” but denied targeting U.S. citizens or countries with which it has good relations.

  • Corruption Crackdown
    Saudi Arabia suspends 126 local government employees on corruption charges

    Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it had suspended 126 local government employees at municipalities across the kingdom on corruption charges.

  • U.S. Ambassadors
    Trump moves to fill diplomatic void in MENA

    The nominations would fill several longstanding vacancies, including the ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia, which has been open since Trump took office two years ago. Trump nominated John Abizaid, a former US Army general who oversaw the US occupation of Iraq and military operations across the Middle East, for the position.

  • Saudi-Canada
    SNC-Lavalin mulls retreat from Saudi Arabia amid deepening diplomatic row

    The head of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. says ongoing diplomatic tensions between Canada and Saudi Arabia are hurting the company’s bottom line and forcing it to consider a possible retreat from the oil-rich state as SNC share prices plunged to a three-year low.

  • Unemployment
    Saudi Arabia unemployment edges down

    Unemployment among Saudi Arabian citizens eased marginally to 12.8 percent in the third quarter of 2018, official figures released on Sunday showed.