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The Saudi-led coalition battling Iran-supported Houthi rebels said Tuesday it would cease military operations in Yemen today March 30 to help peace efforts by the UN and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This, Arab News reports citing the coalition, comes in Read more
Qatar Fund for Development and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have launched a $200-million initiative to help hundreds of African farmers battle climate change, Doha News reports. Dubbed Nanmo, or “growing together” in Arabic, it was announced during the Read more
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and USAID-Jordan on Saturday launched a USAID-funded project to support the Kingdom’s energy sector with a value of $40 million over five years, Zawya reports. The fund, according to the Jordan News Agency, Read more
Oman will use its high revenues from oil to pay the country’s public debt, the country’s ruler Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Moazam has said, according to Zawya. “Oil and energy prices started to rise and reached record numbers, and Read more
A future land bridge under study to connect the western and eastern parts of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia will cost $26 billion, reports say, citing the Gulf country’s minister of Transport and Logistics. “The land bridge project is considered Read more
Italian aerospace, defense and security company, Leonardo, will develop in Qatar a naval operation center as part of a deal with the tiny-gas rich country, the Rome-based company has announced. “Leonardo will provide the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) with Read more
Egypt’s President Abdelfattah al-Sisi Tuesday hosted in the resort city of Sharm El Sheikh both Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan revealed Monday the kingdom’s plan to mediate between Russia and Ukraine caught in a conflict after Russian President launched last month a military invasion to denazify the former soviet country. Read more
Egypt Sunday hosted political consultations with Saudi Arabia on bilateral relations and regional issues as ways to boost their ties, Daily News Egypt reports. The talks, the media notes, dealt with a number of regional and international files of mutual Read more
Kuwait has reported 25 suicides this year underlining an increase by 50 per cent over the past two years. The majority of those who committed suicide in the last 70 days, reports say, were Asians; those in the age group Read more