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Qatar has inked a ten-year deal with European-based sport Formula 1 (F1) starting from 2023, but including hosting a race next month, reports say. Per the deal, the Gulf country will host in November a race at the Losail circuit Read more
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived this Thursday Sept.30 in Manama for the first official visit by an Israeli cabinet member to Bahrain since the establishment of diplomatic ties a year ago. “We’ve landed in Bahrain. I’m proud to represent Read more
UAE-based restaurant, patisserie, baker and artisan cheese seller, Jones the Grocer has revealed it will open 10 new outlets within a year and will double its footprint to 50 stores in total within five years, Zawya reports. Grocery store, café Read more
Qatar’s national carrier, Qatar Airways, has won the award of airline on earth in 2021, few months after Hamad International Airport in Doha was named the World’s Best Airport 2021. World Airline Awards organized by United Kingdom-based aviation consultancy firm Read more
Emirates Stallions Group (ESG), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company (IHC), is set to build a hospitality development in Sudan for $65.3 million, Zawya reports. ESG will develop the 16-floor hotel and residences project, which will feature 300 Read more
Ethiopia has closed down its diplomatic mission in Kuwait as part of Addis Ababa’s measures to cut global spending around the world. The Ethiopian embassy in the Gulf country announced it is preparing to ‘permanently’ close down its mission in Read more
The Iraqi judiciary has moved to arrest a group of people for attending a conference advocating the normalization of ties between Bagdad and Tel Aviv. Arrest warrants were issued against the head of the Sunni Awakening Movement, Wissam al-Hadran, former Read more
Qatar, host of next year FIFA World Cup, has requested that all players listed for the tournament must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, reports say. The decision follows a previous directive by the Gulf country indicating that anyone willing to Read more
Egypt will welcome in 2023 the annual meeting of the board of governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) following approval by the Abidjan-based bank of a request by the Arab country. The board unanimously rubber-stamped Egypt’s request Wednesday, during Read more
Red Sea Development Company (RSDC), the Saudi developer of the Red Sea project unveiled plans to build 17 hotels on four Islands the kingdom is creating on the Red Sa, local Arabic daily Aleqtisadia reports. Mohammed Al-Rihawi, facilities manager at Read more