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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC has announced the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer has resigned adding that Chief Operation Officer (COO) will take over as caretaker, Bloomberg reports. The bank did not provide reasons for Mazin Manna’s resignation. Manna. Read more
Qatar has branded “incorrect and baseless” rumors that it is planning to leave the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as the diplomatic feud with Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain will be three-year old next month. “Reports claiming that Qatar is considering Read more
Police in Egypt have arrested four men who attempted to rob a business in capital Cairo, disguised as national soccer and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, reports say. The gang was arrested Tuesday on Hassanein Heikal Street in Nasr City neighborhood. Read more
The U.S Tuesday blacklisted a Shanghai-based logistic firm over alleged accusation that the company provides services to Iran’s airliner Mahan Air which has been the US sanction list since 2011, Anadolu News agency reports. Saint Logistics Limited, which provides services Read more
The director of monetary operations at the central bank, Mazen Hamdane has been charged with manipulating exchange after he was arrested last week, reports say. Financial prosecutor Ali Ibrahim, AFP reports citing a judicial source, found Hamdane of the manipulating Read more
President Donald Trump named on Friday Moroccan-born doctor Moncef Slaoui chief scientist of “Operation Warp Speed”, a White House initiative aiming to quickly develop and distribute coronavirus vaccines. Dr. Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, is “a world-renowned immunologist who helped Read more
Turkey Tuesday laid into the UAE for sowing chaos in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region mainly in Yemen and Libya amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports, in an Read more
A group of US Republican lawmakers have threatened Jordan with sanctions as the Middle East country appears to ignore a request for the extradition of Ahlam Tamimi, a Jordanian citizen wanted in the U.S in connection with 2001 bombing of Read more
Chairman of the Dubai-based Emirates Fly has projected it will take at least 18 months for the travel demands returns to a semblance of normality, Arabia Business reports. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum issued the warning amid the airline’s report Read more
Turkey’s leading defense and technology company has landed a contact in Bahrain to supply the navy of the tiny Gulf kingdom, Daily Sabah reports. “Aside from the latest sale of the remote-controlled weapon system to the Gulf, Aselsan – having Read more