Bloomberg China said it would continue to open up its financial markets and encourage foreign investment amid reports the Trump administration is considering restrictions on fund flows to China. “We will take further steps to promote high quality two-way financial opening, encourage foreign financial institutions and funds to invest in domestic financial market, to boost competitiveness and dynamism of the …

MUKALLA / WAM The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), provided 80 tonnes of food and relief assistance to needy Yemeni families in eastern Mukalla, Hadramaut Governorate, as part of the UAE’s efforts to ease their suffering and improve their living conditions. ERC teams distributed 1,000 food baskets that benefitted 5,000 members of local families. The beneficiaries …

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is considering selling a dollar-denominated Islamic bond as early as next month as the kingdom seeks to take advantage of lower borrowing costs, according to reports. The government is close to hiring banks for the possible sukuk sale. A sale would come just weeks after attacks on the kingdom’s oil facilities slashed Saudi Aramco’s crude output by …