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The Moroccan national mountain bike team won three gold medals on Sunday in the first day of the cross-country competitions of the second Arab combined championship, held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, from December 18 to 27, with the participation Read more
The Saudi Exchange introduced this Sunday July 17 the TASI Islamic Index, its first Shariah Compliant Index, to track the performance of the Shariah compliant companies listed on the Saudi Exchange under the supervision of an independent Shariah Advisory Committee Read more
Saudi Arabia announced on Friday it will open its airspace “for all air carriers that meet requirements of the authority for overflying.” The decision was taken “to complement the efforts aimed at consolidating the Kingdom’s position as a global hub Read more
The Dubai government has approved $11.98 million worth of new social benefits for Emiratis with disabilities in the emirate, state-run agency WAM reports. The benefits will be available for those under 60, who have physical or mental impairments and require Read more
The Saudi monarch King Salman issued a royal order approving an allocation of $5.32 billion (SR20 billion) to help citizens mitigate the impacts of rising global prices, Half of the allocated money will go to social insurance beneficiaries and the Read more
The Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia has launched AviLease, an aircraft leasing company that will provide leasing, trading and asset management services. The fund in a statement said AviLease will initially Read more
The Kuwait Interior ministry Tuesday announced the suspension of tourist and family visas until further notice in view of preparing a new mechanism with regulations to organize for visa procedures, reports say. “The move aims to prepare a new mechanism Read more
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) signed two agreements with Sierra Leone in the field of recruitment of public and domestic workers, reports say. The agreements aim to set a regulatory framework for all necessary procedures for Read more
Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is set to visit Cairo on Friday, his first visit in the most populated Arab country since 2017 the year Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut off ties with the tiny Gulf Read more
Kuwait’s Crown Prince has dissolved the parliament and called for new elections over the coming months. The decision was announced in a televised speech he delivered this Wednesday. Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said: “We have decided to dissolve Read more