1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1607+ words) Oman's consumer price index (CPI) rose 3. 2 percent in April compared with the same month in 2025, based on 2018 as the reference year. The National Center for Statistics and Information said in data carried by the Oman News Agency on Sunday that…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago  (1629+ words) Asharq Al-Awsat has learned of a joint initiative by the Federation of GCC Chambers and the International Labor Organization to conduct a rapid assessment of the impact of the war on the private sector and labor markets across Gulf Cooperation…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1636+ words) China stocks wavered on Friday as a summit between US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping entered its last day, having produced few deals between the world's top two economies to excite investors so far. China's blue-chip CSI300 Index was…...

3+ day, 41+ min ago  (1074+ words) Iraqi officials have approached the International Monetary Fund about securing financial assistance as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, a source close to the IMF said on Thursday. Initial conversations took place last month during the spring…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1225+ words) T'rkiye's central bank raised its end-2026 interim inflation target to 24% from 16% Governor Fatih Karahan said on Thursday, forecasting that the inflationary effects related to the Iran war would remain pronounced in the short term. Presenting the central bank's quarterly inflation…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1724+ words) The US dollar strengthened broadly on Tuesday as talks to end the war in the Middle East showed no signs of progress, pushing oil prices higher and worrying investors that interest rates may need to stay higher to tackle inflationary…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1717+ words) Gold fell from a three-week high on Tuesday, as slim hopes of a US-Iran peace deal drove the dollar and oil prices higher, clouding the US interest rate outlook ahead of key inflation data. Spot gold fell 0. 8% to $4, 696. 07 per ounce…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1052+ words) Egypt will receive an extra $300 million as part of a World Bank development financing package to help it confront fallout from the Iran war, Stephane Guimbert, the World Bank's division director for Egypt, Yemen, and Djibouti, told reporters on Saturday....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1381+ words) German exports rose unexpectedly in March, official data showed on Friday, lifted by higher demand from Europe, as industrial output fell despite a forecast rise, dampened by a drop in energy production. German exports rose 0. 5% in March over the previous…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1697+ words) Norway's central bank became one of the first to raise interest rates as a result of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, warning that the conflict in the Middle East had lifted inflationary pressures as well as heightened economic uncertainty. Meanwhile,…...