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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Atlanta, United States, on Friday to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting.


Saudi Arabia’s domestic non-oil exports increased by 8.5 percent year-on-year in August 2026, despite an overall decline in merchandise exports, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

For more than seven decades, oil has been at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation. But as global oil prices have repeatedly demonstrated, an economy overly exposed to a single commodity is vulnerable to forces beyond its control.

Oman plans to attract global investment to its technology sector, particularly artificial intelligence, in the second phase of its 2026-2030 digital economy plan.

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Gulf economies are heading for a strong rebound in 2027 after the war tested their resilience, with years of reform and long-term investment helping maintain stability across the region, according to Jihad Azour, director of the Middle East and Central Asia…

The US-Israeli war with Iran has hit Gulf states harder than the rest of the Middle East and North Africa region, and even a sharp recovery next year will not fully reverse the economic losses, the International Monetary Fund has said.

Dubai’s real gross domestic product totalled approximately 473 billion dirhams ($129 billion) in the first half of 2026, down 2.3 percent year on year, official data showed.

Oman’s economy grew between April and June this year as disruption to the Strait of Hormuz failed to dampen oil exports from the sultanate. GDP rose 5.1 percent year on year to OMR9.9 billion ($26 billion) in the quarter ended June 30, the state-run Oman News…