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Saudi Arabia and Egypt have agreed to enhance cooperation against corruption, exchange experiences and information related to corruption crimes, and strengthen both countries’ institutional capacity in this field, Arab News reports. Both countries signed a memorandum of understanding for the Read more
Roman Catholic Church in Bahrain held Sunday the first mass in the Gulf country, few days after inauguration of largest cathedral in the region. Father Saji Thomas led the Mass in “Our Lady of Arabia” church, which is located 20 Read more
The largest private company in Sudan, DAL Group, has made an offer of $1.3 billion to Kuwait’s largest telecom operator Kuwait Zain to acquire 100 per cent of Zain Sudan and Kuwaiti Sudanese Holding Co. The offer nonbinding came from Read more
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and the US Air Force launched a bilateral exercise, Arab News reports, citing the Saudi Defense Ministry. The exercise dubbed ACE, was launched at King Faisal Air Base in the Northern Sector and King Read more
Munich-headquartered Kempinski Hotels will open in Dubai in 2023, the world’s first floating hotel complex with 12 luxury villas grouped with the possibility to sail to other anchorages at times, Trade Arabia reports. Dubbed Kempinski Floating Palace will be established Read more
UAE Tuesday conferred the Order of Zayed, the country’s highest civilian award on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) in recognition of strong historical ties and bilateral relations between the two countries, reports say. The facto Saudi ruler arrived Read more
Saudi and Omani companies have signed 13 memoranda of understanding in Muscat worth $30 billion, the official Saudi press agency SPA reported on Tuesday. These trade agreements which aim to diversify the economies of the two countries cover several cooperation Read more
UAE sliced down to four and half day the working days in the Arab country which also has moved weekend to Saturday and Sunday as part of reforms to make the country more attractive to foreign investment and human capital. Read more
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) is selling a 5.01 percent stake–amounting to 100.2 million shares–in Saudi Telecom Co. in a secondary share offering, Zawya reports. The final offer price will be announced on December 10, Read more
Dubai’s flagship carrier, Emirates, will resume its passenger flights to Nigeria from Dec. 05. The daily flights will connect the airline to the Africa’s largest populated country’s two major cities namely capital Abuja and business city Lagos. Emirates will operate Read more