Middle East Coverage, Breaking News & Insight

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund in Riyadh reports record $1.21 trillion in assets and doubled net profit for 2025

Saudi Arabia’s PIF Crosses $1.21 Trillion in Assets After Net Profit Doubled in 2025

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund posted SR65.1 billion in net profit in 2025, more than doubling its 2024 figure, as total assets reached $1.21 trillion. The results signal that the kingdom's sovereign

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Anti-US and anti-Israel mural in Tehran, Iran, May 2026

American in His 20s Arrested in Jerusalem on Suspicion of Spying for Iran

A 20-year-old American was arrested in Jerusalem for allegedly photographing sensitive Israeli sites for Iran, paid in small social media payments. The arrest reveals how Tehran's wartime spy network has extended to

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

UAE construction site and skyline amid rising building material costs following Iran conflict supply chain disruption

UAE Building Costs Up 25% After Iran Conflict as Supply Chains Reroute, Moody’s Finds

UAE building material costs climbed 20-25% after the Iran conflict disrupted supply chains, Moody's reports. Dubai off-plan sales fell over 50% in June as Abu Dhabi stayed resilient, revealing a market split

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News·Real Estate

President Donald Trump at the Palace of Versailles June 2026 during G7 when he signed the Iran MoU

Trump Reviewed Plans to Resume Iran War and Said No — With One Condition

Trump was briefed by Hegseth, Gen. Caine, and Witkoff on all-out war options against Iran and chose talks — but told aides he would return to full-scale strikes under one condition: if

July 2, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Abbas Araghchi invokes Islamabad MoU warning US to muzzle Israel July 2026

Araghchi Warns Washington to Muzzle Israel as Katz Threatens Khamenei

Iran's FM Araghchi publicly invoked the Islamabad MoU on July 1, demanding the US restrain Israel or face consequences — hours after Defense Minister Katz told a closed briefing that Khamenei had

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Doha skyline Qatar foreign direct investment 2025 record projects

Qatar FDI Hit $3.4 Billion in 2025 as Project Count Surged 52%, Invest Qatar Data Shows

Qatar attracted $3.4 billion in FDI in 2025 across 373 projects, a 52% annual jump, with over half in greenfield operations, Invest Qatar data shows. The project count surge positions Qatar above

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about Iran obtaining atomic bombs in Channel 14 interview June 30 2026

Netanyahu Says Iran Had the Bomb. His Former Army Chief Calls It a Lie.

Benjamin Netanyahu told Channel 14 that Iran had already obtained atomic bombs when he ordered two strikes on the country. By Wednesday morning, his former army chief called it 'fabricating reality to

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Strait of Hormuz shipping lane with tankers, UNCTAD economic fallout report July 2026

UNCTAD: Hormuz Closure Left World’s Poorest Nations on a Longer, Costlier Recovery Path

The Strait of Hormuz reopened in mid-June under the US-Iran ceasefire framework. A UNCTAD report released Wednesday finds the 100-day disruption left cascading food price shocks in the world's most import-dependent nations

July 2, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·News

Saudi Arabia foreign direct investment Q1 2026 GASTAT data Riyadh

Saudi Arabia Pulled $7.1 Billion in Foreign Investment in Q1 as Outflows Surged 50%

Saudi Arabia's gross foreign direct investment inflows rose 2.4% to $7.1 billion in Q1 2026, GASTAT reported, but outflows surged 50% as the Public Investment Fund accelerated its international dealmaking, compressing net

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Israeli military equipment amid destroyed buildings in Mais al-Jabal village southern Lebanon April 2026

Israel Has Erased Entire Lebanese Villages. The Identity of Communities May Never Recover.

An elderly Naqoura resident sits in a rooftop room in Beirut, separated from 20 years of his life by Israel's March offensive. UNDP data shows 11,095 buildings destroyed across southern Lebanon. Mental

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Middle East- Page 31

Saudi Arabia’s PIF Crosses $1.21 Trillion in Assets After Net Profit Doubled in 2025

American in His 20s Arrested in Jerusalem on Suspicion of Spying for Iran

UAE Building Costs Up 25% After Iran Conflict as Supply Chains Reroute, Moody’s Finds

Trump Reviewed Plans to Resume Iran War and Said No — With One Condition

Araghchi Warns Washington to Muzzle Israel as Katz Threatens Khamenei

Qatar FDI Hit $3.4 Billion in 2025 as Project Count Surged 52%, Invest Qatar Data Shows

Netanyahu Says Iran Had the Bomb. His Former Army Chief Calls It a Lie.

UNCTAD: Hormuz Closure Left World’s Poorest Nations on a Longer, Costlier Recovery Path

Saudi Arabia Pulled $7.1 Billion in Foreign Investment in Q1 as Outflows Surged 50%

Israel Has Erased Entire Lebanese Villages. The Identity of Communities May Never Recover.

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

Latest Posts

Horoscope Today, 26 July 2026: Saturn Turns Retrograde as the Nodes Shift, Rewriting Fate for All 12 Zodiac Signs

Israel Arrests Dozens in West Bank as Settlers Burn Homes, UN Warns of Pogroms

Two Buses Collide on Syria’s Deir az-Zor Road, Killing at Least 35 People

NVIDIA and SK Group Seal $500 Billion AI Partnership for South Korea’s AI Gigafactory

Middle East- Page 31

Follow

Latest Posts