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Qatar, which looks to increase its aid to the besieged Gaza strip by 50 per cent, announced a $10 million grant that will benefit 100,000 poor families in the Palestinian enclave. The beneficiaries will have to go to the government Read more
Kuwait has tossed away requests by Buddhists and Hindus to cremate the bodies of their dead in the Gulf country. The Funeral Department rejected the request to use modern incineration tools such as electric ovens to cremate the bodies of Read more
Tunisia will earmark over $1.6 million to grant assistance to needy families to muddle through the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has announced. Speaking to governors on Saturday, Mechichi indicated that the financial aid will be distributed Read more
A top member of Sudan’s ruling council has rejected UAE’s offer to resolve the border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia and accused the Gulf country of trying to divide the claimed Al-Fashaga area between the two countries. “Abu Dhabi Read more
Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah conducted a tour of four Gulf countries, namely Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar April 7 -9. The Libyan leader sought the support of these countries for his government and Read more
Egypt is currently working on a secret prisoner exchange deal between Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel, Al Quds Al Arabi reported. An Egyptian high lever delegation led by Major General Ahmed Abdel Khaleq, who is in charge of the Read more
United Arab Emirates appointed Thursday Khaled Mohamed Balama Al Tameemi as the governor of the country’s Central Bank, replacing Abdulhamid Saeed Alahmadi after only one year into the top job. Al Tameemi has been appointed deputy Central Bank governor in Read more
Investment Holding Group (IHG), a Doha-based Investment Management company, is mulling plans to acquire Elegancia group, a business supplies and equipment conglomerate also located in the Qatari capital. IHG’s board of Directors, Zawya notes, indicated to the Qatar Stock Exchange Read more
Qatar sent Wednesday aid support valued at around USD 711,747 for 15,000 needy families in three Tunisian governorates, for the month of Ramadan, Webdo Tunis reports. The aid, the media notes, will be distributed respectively to 4,000 families in Tozeur, Read more
Kuwait’s sovereign wealth Fund also known as Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is planning to makes investment in five companies operating in Egypt, in next coming two years, reports say. Ahmed El-Khatib, Chief Investment Officer at Ekuity Holding, KIA investment arm Read more