RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) – Saudi Arabia and Qatar have signed a landmark agreement to construct a 785-kilometer high-speed railway connecting Riyadh’s King Salman International Airport with Doha’s Hamad International Airport, cutting travel time between the two capitals to around two hours. The deal was finalized during a meeting between S...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) – Oman has regained investment-grade status after Fitch Ratings lifted the Sultanate’s long-term foreign-currency rating from BB+ to BBB-, citing stronger public finances, a healthier external position, and sustained commitment to prudent fiscal policy. Fitch said Oman has sharply reduced its government debt burden to rough...
MUSCAT, Oman (MNTV) – Oman has launched a Smart Vegetable Farms project backed by Oman India Fertiliser Company, introducing advanced plant-factory systems designed to transform domestic agriculture through fully controlled indoor environments. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources said the project uses industrial-scale cl...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) – Egypt’s Suez Canal earned $1.97 billion in the first five months of the fiscal year, up 17.5 percent year-on-year, on the back of 5,874 ship transits since July, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie told an International Monetary Fund delegation. According to Arab News, Rabie’s update supports Prime Minister Mostafa ...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (MNTV) – Kuwaitis have emerged as the leading Gulf property buyers across the UAE, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, according to new figures from the GCC Statistical Center’s Gulf Common Market review. The data shows Kuwaitis owning 3,545 properties in the UAE, 2,600 in Bahrain, and 2,536 in Saudi Arabia, giving them the [&helli...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh has launched a major energy initiative to drill three deep gas exploration wells as the country struggles with intensifying fuel shortages and growing dependence on expensive imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), which has disrupted daily life and hit industrial production across multiple regions. The proj...
RABAT, Morocco (MNTV) – Spain and Morocco signed 14 cooperation agreements during the 13th High-Level Meeting (HLM) in Madrid, strengthening bilateral ties across multiple sectors. The event, hosted by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Moncloa Palace, brought together Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch and senior officials, incl...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, met with Switzerland’s Ambassador to Cairo, Andreas Baum, to discuss broadening cooperation in healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, according to a Health Ministry statement. The meeting emphasized the longstanding partnership between the two nations and t...
MANAMA, Bahrain (MNTV) — Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have signed a series of agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to expand cooperation across multiple sectors, including nuclear safety, investment, taxation, and sustainable development. The agreements were concluded during the fourth session of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Counci...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Indonesia’s middle class — long regarded as the country’s economic stabilizer — is entering a new era of more thoughtful spending, reports Indonesia Business Post. This shift was at the heart of the Trend Maker Summit 2025, where Katadata Indonesia and its partners unveiled research showing that consumers are prior...
