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  • Saudi Football
    Loss to China compounds Saudi Arabia’s woes at Asian Cup

    It has not been a good start to the Asian Cup for Saudi Arabia. After just one match the Green Falcons are in trouble and luck seems against them.

    Once a powerhouse of Asian football, winning the title three times and making the final three more times between 1984 and 2007, the Saudis are suddenly struggling, much of it caused by their own doing.

  • U.S. Air Force
    The U.S. Air Force Has a Spy Ship — Yes, Ship — in the Persian Gulf

    The U.S. Air Force quietly keeps a small, inconspicuous spy ship in the Persian Gulf, presumably in order to keep an eye on Iran’s missile launches. Technically speaking, USNS Invincible—a 224-foot vessel displacing a mere 2,800 tons—belongs to Military Sealift Command, the quasi-civilian branch of the Navy that operates America’s military logistics ship and other specialist vessels.

  • Saudi Budget
    ‘We have reached the danger point,’ Prince Alwaleed says of Saudi budget

    Saudi billionaire businessman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has again publicly criticised the kingdom’s fiscal policy after the government’s 2015 budget showed its largest ever deficit due to the slump in oil prices.

  • Afghanistan
    Taliban: U.S. Leaving Afghanistan in ‘Defeat’

    In the lengthy statement, Mujahid said the war had exacted a heavy toll from the United States and its allies while leaving them precious little to show for their human and financial losses.

  • Oil
    Why A 1980s-Style Bust Is Not Happening For Texas As Oil Prices Drop

    Three decades ago, a similar plunge forced the industry to lay off thousands of workers, banks failed, housing prices plummeted. But Erica Grieder, a San Antonio native who’s now senior editor at Texas Monthly, offers some reasons why this time could be different in an article titled “Three Reasons Not to Panic About Oil Prices.”

  • Stock Markets
    Gulf markets continue rally on oil, Saudi budget hopes

    Stock markets around the Gulf rose sharply for a second straight day on Sunday after oil prices bounced and before the release of Saudi Arabia's 2015 budget plan, which is expected to show the kingdom continuing to spend heavily on economic development.

  • Boeing Sales
    Boeing Or Airbus: Whose Product Line Is Shaped Better For The Future?

    Both Airbus and Boeing, have well filled order books to produce in the coming years without any order inflow, but looking at the demand in the coming 20 years the future looks bright for both companies.

  • Weapons
    Berlin mulls Saudi, Australian weapons deals: reports

    Germany's national security council, a government body headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and made up of ministers from seven ministries, has decided to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia due to "instability in the region," the mass-market Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday, adding that the information has not been officially confirmed.

  • Saudi - Yemen
    Opinion: Saudi Arabia’s Yemen dilemma

    Riyadh’s balance of supporting opposing tribes and families through financial support and security assistance, which advanced its interests and ensured its security, collapsed with the deterioration of Yemeni President Saleh’s regime in 2011. The UN and the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) subsequent search for an effective leader to replace Saleh has been a mixed endeavor. While the U.S. has continued its counter-terrorism operations against AQAP, the Obama administration has left finding a political solution to its regional partners. With a few former political allies in the North aligning with the Muslim Brotherhood, Riyadh has engaged Abd Mansur Hadi, Saleh’s deputy, with the hope that the new Yemeni president could lead the state through this post-Saleh period of transition, dialogue, and potential  constitutional reform.

  • Stock Markets
    Savola drags down Saudi after poor Q4s

    Food maker Savola Group weighed on Saudi Arabia's bourse in early trade on Monday after posting poor fourth-quarter results, while Egypt pulled back broadly having failed to break through chart resistance.