Saudi shares slumped 6.8 percent as trading opened Sunday, a day after the finance minister announced “painful” measures to tackle the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Almost all the listed stocks on the Arab world’s largest bourse were in the red just minutes after the start of trading. Finance ...
Prominent Saudi rights activist Abdullah al-Hamid, 69, has died in custody in a hospital in Saudi Arabia, according to rights groups and a Swedish foundation that awarded him a renowned prize. The Right Livelihood Foundation, which awards the prize known as the Alternative Nobel, said on Friday al-Hamid, who was ...
