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Spain has acted in connivance with Algeria to admit secretly at a Spanish hospital a separatist leader sued for war crimes and rape to help him evade justice. Prior to the start of the preliminary hearing, Algiers sent a presidential Read more
U.S-based ride-hailing company, Uber, has named Saad Pall, new General Manager (GM) of the company in the Middle East and North Africa as well as Pakistan. Pall, per the company’s decision, will oversee the company’s operations in 36 cities across Read more
Firms in the UAE have until next month to reveal the identity of their real owners as part of the Gulf country clampdown on money laundering, the director of the Anti-Money Laundering Department at the ministry of Economy has told Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco reiterated his Very High Instructions to the Ministers in charge of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs to definitively settle the issue of unaccompanied Moroccan minors in an illegal situation in certain European countries. A Read more
The leader of the Polisario militias, Brahim Ghali, prosecuted for serious genocide crimes, torture and terrorism, appeared on Tuesday by videoconference before Santiago Pedraz, judge of the National Court (the highest Spanish criminal court), according to judicial sources. Two major Read more
Abu Dhabi-based commercial bank, ADCB, has received an offer to sell its majority stakes in Alexandria Medical Services Company, a public shareholding company engaged in the provision of medical diagnostic and treatment services in various medical fields, headquartered in Egypt. Read more
Akbar Al Baker, CEO of the Qatari national carrier Qatar Airways, has threatened to turn his back to France-based plane maker Airbus over an outstanding issue that he has refused to reveal. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Al Baker Read more
Morocco has never instrumentalized separatism in its international relations and particularly in its relations with its neighbors. The remarks came in a long statement released this Monday May 31 by the Moroccan Foreign Ministry on the crisis between Morocco and Read more
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, one of the investment fund of the UAE, announced Sunday it has invested $497 million into UK-headquartered IVC Evidensia, Europe’s largest veterinary care provider. The sovereign fund in a statement indicated that the investment aligns Read more
Kuwait Sunday agreed to end the decision not to issue family and business visas to Pakistanis, in place since 2011, Pakistan’s Interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said. The Gulf country in 2011 suspended issuance of family and business visas to Read more