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The Egyptian government on Sunday summoned several Western ambassadors to protest a statement criticizing the country’s detention of a human rights lawyer. Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy, an expert on forced disappearances, who is working on the murder of Italian student Giulio Read more
The Dubai-based airline Emirates announced Sunday it will reinstate its air links with the Nigerian capital Abuja after the suspension decided in October 2016 over currency crisis in the West African country. Four weekly flights will be operational as of Read more
The ministry of culture and information Thursday ordered the removal from all book shelves “Thursday’s Visitors”, an Arabic fiction novel suspected to contain erotic content judged deviant in the most conservative Arab country. The ministry has launched a probe after Read more
The Kuwaiti government will release $160 billion for the next 20 years for the development of resorts on its islands of Boubyan, Warba, Failaka, Maskan and Aouha, reports say. The ambitious project will, according to local reports, turn the five Read more
The Jordanian government Thursday insisted that the Israeli embassy will remain closed until the Israeli guard who killed two Jordanians in July is brought back to stand trial. “We are committed to international law, and we expect Israel to abide Read more
African Heads of State and CEOs on Wednesday flocked to Dubai to take part in the two-day Global Business Forum on Africa, meant to strengthen Dubai’s economic and business ties with the continent, where Dubai has positioned itself as a Read more
Two Bahraini Shia critics, known as members of the opposition, were charged Wednesday for espionage for Qatar in an attempt to destabilize the tiny Gulf monarchy, in what looks like a deepening of the diplomatic spat between Qatar on the Read more
The Egyptian army said Monday it destroyed three tunnels running through the Egyptian border into Gaza, a day after Israel destroyed a tunnel between the Palestinian enclave and the Jewish state killing several Palestinian fighters. Army Colonel Tamer al-Rifai noted Read more
Bahrain has decided to impose visas to Qataris wishing to visit or already residing in the tiny Kingdom for security reasons, as of November 10, another move showing that the deep crisis between Qatar and its neighbors is not about Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Monday predicted a 3.4 per cent economic growth for the United Arab Emirates in 2018 with Dubai’s and Abu Dhabi’s non-oil sectors to be major boosters. The new forecast shows a steady growth of Emirati Read more