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Saudi wealth fund cuts $8bn from value of domestic gigaprojects as costs rise and oil prices fall
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has reduced the book value of its domestic gigaproject holdings by...
Gulf oil giants rein in dealmaking as falling prices force rethink
ABU DHABI (Realist English). Two of the Middle East’s most powerful oil companies — Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National...
Trump seals $600B in deals with Saudi Arabia, including record defense contract and Syria policy shift
RIYADH (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump has launched his second-term Middle East tour with a high-profile visit to Saudi...
Saudi Aramco cuts dividend by $10bn as oil revenues drop and fiscal pressure mounts
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Aramco has cut its dividend payout by $10bn after reporting a decline in first-quarter profits, reducing...
Trump administration to offer $100 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia in exchange for Israel ties
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The administration of President Donald Trump is preparing a landmark arms and defense technology package for Saudi...
Trump’s trillion-dollar deals are not a price tag on Palestine
RIYADH (Realist English). The massive economic deals being discussed between the United States and Gulf countries — potentially worth up...
Saudi Aramco’s profit in the first quarter fell by 19%
RIYADH (Realist English). Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported a 19% drop in first-quarter profit, recorded a net profit of $31.9...
Russia has bypassed Saudi Arabia on oil supplies to China
MOSCOW (Realist English). In the first two months of 2023, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the main supplier of oil...
Xi Jinping arrives in Riyadh for the Sino-Arab summit
RIYADH (Realist English). On December 7, Chinese President Xi Jinping is arriving in Riyadh for a three-day visit, where he...
Russia moves to tighten migration health controls and enforcement
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s State Duma is preparing a package of legislative initiatives aimed at tightening and recalibrating the country’s...
Turkey elevates Africa as strategic priority amid intensifying global competition
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is placing Africa at the center of its strategic outlook as geopolitical competition on the continent...
Iran faces mounting internal unrest as U.S. pressure intensifies after Venezuela operation
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran is confronting a widening convergence of internal unrest and external pressure as protests linked to a...
U.S. to receive up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that interim authorities in Venezuela will transfer between 30 million and 50...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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