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Saudi Arabia Sunday announced plans to create 40,000 jobs for nationals as part of a national plan to generate more than 203,000 jobs this year. The jobs will be in legal advice, law firms, customs clearance, real estate, the cinema Read more
Kuwait, a major OPEC member, has cancelled two gas projects due to a Coronavirus-induced policy to trim capital expenditure in the hydrocarbon industry, reports say. Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), state company and owner of the projects, decided to abolish the Read more
World’s leading shipping company, Maersk will set up an integrated logistical hub at King Abdullah Port to provide comprehensive logistics services for petrochemical exporters, the company said in a statement, Arab News reports. The hub, a non-bonded warehouse, aims to Read more
Member of the European Parliament representing the Czech Republic, Kateřina Konečná has taken a swipe at Europe and the U.S for interfering in internal affairs of Syria, Iraq and Libya, state-run Syrian news agency SANA reports. Konečná took aim at Read more
The UAE has asked Italy to withdraw its military jets and forces from a military base in the Gulf country by July 2, an Italian source told Reuters, in an apparent reaction to the European country’s opposition to a missile Read more
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and US secretary of state Antony Blinken held talks Mondy in Rome that focused on means to strengthen the strategic partnership existing between Morocco and the United States. The two officials, who were both participating Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, on Monday chaired, at the Royal Palace in Fez, a Council of Ministers, which was dedicated to the adoption of two projects of framework laws, a draft law and several draft decrees and international conventions, Read more
Saudi Arabia Sunday freed two women rights activists arrested back in 2018 after challenging the kingdom’s tight control of women including guardianship system and ban on women rights to drive. Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah, London-based right group “Prisoners of Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has gone into isolation after contracting, Covid-19 despite being vaccinated. In a video posted on Saturday, Mechichi said he is not showing any symptoms of the disease as a result of the jabs he had Read more
The kingdom of the Saudi Arabia is mulling plans to build a second airport in capital Riyadh as part of the drive to lure tourists, Bloomberg reports citing people knowledgeable of the matter. The future project in planning stage is Read more