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Qatar Wednesday received the first batch of the new generation F-15 combat aircraft, produced by the United States and Boeing, Al Jazeera reports. The delivery ceremony took place at Boeing’s headquarters in the US state of Missouri. Qatari Minister of Read more
Iraq is ready for the pullout of the US troops, top diplomat Fuad Hussein stressing that his country had “all the forces and means to fight terrorism”, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. Speaking from the Russian capital Moscow, Fuad told Read more
The Saudi Jeddah-based soccer club Al Ittihad have sacked their coach Fábio Carille after the squad lost against Morocco’s Raja Casablanca Saturday in the final of the Mohamed VI Cup played in Rabat. The club in a statement posted on Read more
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Russia signed a deal Monday to develop military cooperation between the two countries, Arab News reports, citing the deputy Defense ministry of the Gulf country, Prince Khalid bin Salman. Prince Khalid signed the deal Read more
Qataris will go to polls for the first time to elect members of the advisory Shura Council endowed with legislative authority on October 02, following a decision by the country’s ruler Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani. Voters will elect 30 Read more
The UAE Wednesday said it will grant golden residency visas to humanitarian workers as part of efforts to encourage more people to get involved in humanitarian work, Gulf Business reports. Announced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President Read more
Saudi Ceramic Company is mulling plans to set up a new porcelain factory, a total investment of 49.3 million riyals ($66.5 million), the company has announced according to reports. The future new facility will produce 8.25 million square meters of Read more
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in the UAE, state news agency Wam reported on Wednesday. “The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation can confirm that the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the Read more
The Saudi Health ministry is planning to get up to $7.3 billion from the private sector as the Gulf country hopes to increase the participation of private investors to 35 percent by 2030 from 25 percent today. Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Read more
French top flight team Paris Saint German (PSG), signed Tuesday a two-year contract with Barcelona and Argentinian super star Lionel Messi whose bond with the Catalonian team cut off last week. Messi signed in the afternoon the deal alongside PSG Read more