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Given their pegged exchange rate regimes, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries usually adjust their policy rates to match shifting U.S. monetary policy. This raises the important question of how changes in U.S. monetary policy affect banks in the G...

Hodeida, Yemen, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) continued last week implementing water and environmental sanitation project that preserves the lives of families in Al-Khawkhah District, Hodeida Governorate, Yemen, benefiting 3...

Jeddah, The Umrah weekly indicator, which was launched by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah at the beginning of Hijri year 1440, has announced that as many as 1,647,662 Umrah visas were issued until 4 December 2019, and accordingly a total of 1,386,183 Um...

Aden, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) provided here yesterday ambulances to Aden, Taiz and Al-Hodeida governorates.Yemeni Minister of Public Health and Population Dr. Nasser Ba'oom hailed the support being provided by the KSre...

WASHINGTON - U.S. investigators are trying to determine what caused a Saudi air force pilot in the United States for flight training to go on a deadly shooting rampage at a U.S. naval base in Florida.The shooting, which took place at the Pensacola Nava...

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A U.S. official says the Florida Naval station shooting suspect was an aviation student from Saudi Arabia and authorities are investigating if the shooting was terrorism-related.Military from around the globe attend the Naval Air S...

Tehran: Iran's supreme leader has agreed that people killed in nationwide unrest last month who had no role in fomenting it should be treated as "martyrs" with their families compensated.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was responding to a report on the protests...