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IMF says Sudan made tangible progress toward establishing strong reforms
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director approved the first review of Sudan’s Staff-Monitored Program (SMP), which supports the ... Middle East -
Russian lawmakers back Putin’s sweeping reforms in first vote: Ifax
Russia’s lower house of parliament backed sweeping constitutional reform legislation put forward by President Vladimir Putin in a preliminary ... World News -
Iraq officials must ‘step up’ to enact reforms: UN envoy
Iraqi officials must ramp up their response to mass demonstrations demanding an overhaul of the political system, the United Nations’ ... Middle East -
Iraq’s Sistani backs UN plan to ease Iraq crisis: UN official
Iraq’s top Shia cleric is concerned the political elite is not serious about enacting promised reforms to defuse mass unrest and believes ... Middle East -
Egypt’s inflation lowest in nearly a decade
Egypt’s inflation rate dropped to the lowest level in nearly a decade last month, official figures showed on Saturday, as cheaper food offered ... Economy -
People are not fooled: The Lebanese government’s reforms are not the solution
The government’s decision on October 17 to increase taxes and impose a fee on WhatsApp sparked unprecedented protests across Lebanon. These are ... Middle East -
PM’s office says foreign governments back Lebanon reform goals
Foreign governments backed the Lebanese government’s reform targets on Tuesday, Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s office cited the ... Middle East -
France gives tentative nod to Lebanese government over reforms
France said on Tuesday that it was encouraging the Lebanese government to push ahead with the necessary reforms to restore the economy and that it ... Middle East -
Lebanon to announce state of economic emergency, plan to accelerate reforms
Lebanon will declare an economic emergency and the government has begun work on a plan to accelerate public finance reforms, its prime minister said ... Economy -
Oxygen greenlights Kim Kardashian prison reform documentary
Oxygen Media has greenlighted a two-hour documentary that will capture Kim Kardashian West’s efforts to free prisoners she believes were wrongly ... Entertainment -
EBRD urges Lebanon to pursue ‘painful’ economic reforms to avoid crisis
Lebanon needs to implement “painful” reforms, especially to tackle its large debt burden and in its energy sector, or face an economic ... Economy -
Modernists in the new Saudi Arabia: A new era of cultural enlightenment
With a Western media establishment that devotes coverage to negative stories coming from Saudi Arabia, in many cases to score domestic political ... Middle East -
What has changed in Saudi Arabia
Upon royal orders, the process of structural reforms continue in the Kingdom, which ends another year of a long path towards promoting economic and ... news -
Sudan has two economic options: Quick fixes or lasting reform
I am afraid that what is currently happening in Sudan might be the second wave of what is called the ‘Arab Spring’. This supposed spring ... Middle East -
Jordan reshuffles cabinet with focus on economic growth
Jordanian Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday that officials said consolidates the grip of technocrats charged ... Middle East -
ANALYSIS: US sanctions and the end of ‘reform’ in Iran
With a new wave of US sanctions just around the corner, the regime ruling Iran is in deep waters as domestic and international pressures escalate. To ... Features -
Saudi crown prince: 2019 budget above 1 trln riyals, amazing deal soon
In an interview with Bloomberg, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammad bin Salman discussed the kingdom’s economy and reforms, three years ... Economy -
Engines of the Saudi future
It is not strange for senior journalists from the world’s media to converge on Saudi Arabia to witness women go behind the wheel for the first ... Middle East -
WATCH: How a Saudi prison reshapes the lives of former extremists
It is hard to believe that a former extremist can ever recover from a life of violence and terror. The Al Ha’ir prison located west of Riyadh ... Features -
Saudi prominent author: Brotherhood hijacked Qatar, Kingdom reborn
Prominent Saudi author Dr. Turki Al-Hamad has shared his views on a wide range of issues, including Saudi Arabia’s current slew of reforms, the ... Features -
Saudi Shiites and their role in the ‘new Saudi Arabia’
In April 2015, the Saudi public was shocked by the news that a Saudi soldier had posted a message on Twitter, wherein he had threatened Saudi Shiite ... Middle East -
In Indian jail, criminals take education route to clean up their act
Convicted killers and kidnappers who suffered no qualms of conscience in bending the law are now pounding the books in their prison cells in the land ... Features -
Change in Saudi Arabia is a fact and not just wishes
Saudi Arabia is experiencing a real social, cultural and economic change, which has become a part of the daily lives of its citizens and residents. As ... Middle East -
Religious discourse and the diagnosis of Sahwa
On 7 October 1993, a royal decree was issued for the establishment of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia, with its full nomenclature ... Middle East -
IMF approves $2 bn loan instalment for Egypt
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved the third instalment of a $12 billion, three-year loan for Egypt, bringing the total released to ... Economy -
Explaining King Salman’s war on corruption
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Change in Saudi Arabia: It's happening and at an amazing pace
More than two and a half years ago, I was among the listeners in the ministerial meetings’ room. It was the first time I heard the ideas of ... Middle East -
The wrong question of when will a ‘Muslim Luther’ come
We always wonder how Europe and America reached this level of rationality and religious tolerance. Dozens of religions, sects and beliefs peacefully ... Middle East -
China: Ten more years of Xi and no successors
As broadly expected, the 19th Congress was a show of force for President Xi, with the CPC affirming his supreme authority, and likely to symbolically ... World -
Saudi Arabia’s Fresh Rhetoric
In a horribly fragmented Middle East, no two persons can meet without despair being the third in company. Distress haunts most platforms. Public ... Middle East