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The United Arab Emirates Vice-President and Prime minister Thursday announced a cabinet reshuffle with few changes, but including the creation of a ministry of artificial intelligence to be headed by a 27-year old man. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Read more
Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt for using bribe and blackmail to pressure African countries to join their side in the diplomatic showdown opposing it to the four boycotting countries. In an interview with Read more
Authorities have ended foreign companies’ appetite to be awarded the third telecom license by backing a local company with the Sultanate’s wealth funds. The bidding process has been cancelled aside from the delay in the release of result, which was Read more
The Dubai-based Emirates airline will on November 3 receive its 100th A380 underlining by far the airline’s reputation for the super jumbo. Emirates already operate 98 A380s out of the 140 A380s that have been ordered since 2008 when the Read more
US defense and security company Lockheed Martin will deliver Bahraini defense forces 16 F-16 fighter jets worth $3.8 billion. Bahrain on Tuesday said the deal was signed during a defense exhibition in the Gulf kingdom. Under the deal, the Maryland-based Read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) military command has announced the death of two UAE pilots killed in their aircraft crash in Yemen. The pilots identified as Major pilot Ali Saeed Saif Al Mesmari and first lieutenant Pilot Badr Yahiya Mohammed Read more
Oman’s national carrier has announced the departure of its boss who handed over his resignation. Paul Gregorowitsch, the Dutch national who has been steering the company since 2014, has resigned from his post and the company’s board of directors has Read more
China has proposed to buy five per cent shares of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, which is the world’s biggest oil company. China made the proposal weeks ago, and the country’s state-owned PetroChina and Sinopec, assisted by banks, are eager to buy Read more
Qatari authorities have conducted actions against two members of the royal family, freezing assets of Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Thani and raiding the palace of Sheikh Sultan bin Suhaim Al-Thani, two critics of the country’s Emir. Abdullah bin Ali Read more
Saudi authorities have arrested since the beginning of the current month some 66 individuals, mostly Saudi citizens, accused of links with terrorist groups. The arrestees include 61 Saudis, one Qatari national, one Yemeni, one Sudanese and one Syrian and one Read more