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Defense ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, agreed to send 3,500 soldiers to Iraq to help thwart the return of the Islamist state group (ISIS), reports say. The decision, reports Anadolu news agency, came on the second Read more
Kuwait will launch in June this year its first satellite, from the United States. The satellite will be launched on the second Vigoride demo mission onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Arabian Aerospace reports. The launching program is successfully undergoing Read more
Saudi Arabia has imposed temporary travel restrictions to anyone coming or transiting from 20 countries including Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, US, Brazil, UK, India and South Africa to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The travel ban excludes citizens, diplomats, Read more
Saudi Arabia’s bourse Tadawul said that it could go public within two years and that it would unveil timeline for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) this year. A timeline for an initial public offering (IPO) will be provided this Read more
The United Arab Emirates has put on hold the visa free agreement with Israel until July 1 in a move to curb Covid-19 contaminations, Zawya reports. The Gulf country’s foreign and international cooperation ministries have updated the travel requirements for Read more
Egypt has signed up for $200-million loan from the World Bank earmarked for the implementation of an air pollution project. The financing, according to Environment Minister Yasmine Fawad, will support the ministry with accurate air quality monitoring devices to complement Read more
The United Arab Emirates Sunday indicated that it was willing to normalize ties with Turkey only on condition that it stops supporting outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. State minister for Foreign affairs Anwar Gargash made the announcement during an interview Read more
Qatari real estate company Diar will resume work at its New Cairo’s CityGate project after getting the approval from the New Urban Communities Authority, as the crisis between Doha and Cairo is over. Diar inaugurated last week its luxury Regis Read more
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Sunday instructed the government to quicken the pace in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and to launch a vaccination campaign next month. “I have instructed the Prime Minister to chair, without delay, a meeting with Read more
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have submitted investment offers for two projects at Cairo and Sphinx international airports. The offers have been proposed for cargo villages and logistics areas at both airports. The Egyptian ministry of Civil aviation is expanding Sphinx Read more