Saudi Arabia
The global financial crisis that has severely hit parts of the GCC has exposed the vulnerability of the Gulf economies to risks posed by the large exposure of those economies to family businesses....
Unemployed Bahraini education professionals have been demonstrating for lack of employment opportunities. At the same time, there is growing unease about the recruitment of non-Bahraini teachers....
The erection of a 9000 km border fence around Saudi Arabia will dramatically reduce the threat of Al Qaeda terrorists crossing between Saudi Arabia and Yemen....
The signing of the agreement for the GCC-wide connection between the electricity grids of the GCC member states will help alleviate electricity shortages in various GCC countries....
Four GCC states signed a pact on 7 June creating a monetary union. It comes as a confidence-building measure after the shock decision by the UAE to not be part of it....
The Saudi government has improved it relations with the Shiite population in the southern Najran province by granting land....
The delay in the launching of the GCC common currency amid reports of differences between member states increases the likelihood of scrapping the project altogether....
The King of Saudi Arabia has announced the appointment of his half-brother Prince Nayef as second deputy premier, effectively making him third in line to the throne....