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Kuwait’s Ministry of Justice has described the year 2020 as a year of “happiness and family bonding” as the Gulf country recorded more 1,000 marriages than the previous year. Statistics from the ministry of justice, Gulf News reports citing local Read more
Qatar early this month sent a shipment of oil to its neighbor UAE for the first time since 2017, the year both countries fell out. Tanker tracking data, according to Bloomberg news website, show early this month, Qatar shipped some Read more
Saudi National Building and Marketing Co., NBM, has signed an acquisition deal with Ajeej Steel Manufacturing for an operation estimated at 180 million riyals ($ 48 million) and in accordance with its expansion plan. In a statement to the Kingdom’s Read more
Saudi Arabia flagship carrier, Saudia, is preparing an order for 70 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing, reports say. The airline according Reuters citing unidentified sources is in talks with local banks to raise 11.5 billion riyals ($3.07 billion) to partly Read more
The list of recipients of the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Prize for Best Charity Performance (2019-2020) has been unveiled by the Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO). The list includes associations and institutions from 11 Arab countries, including the Moroccan Read more
Qatar Wednesday after the intervention of Tunisian President Kais Saied cancelled the execution of a Tunisian national charged with the murder of a Somalian soldier in the Gulf country, Webdo Tunis reports. Saied’s office in a statement said Qatar’s Emir Read more
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, MbS, successfully underwent a laparoscopic surgery at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Gulf Business reports. The surgery, according to state-run SPA, took place to treat appendicitis. A video tweeted by the agency, Read more
Officials from UAE and Qatar met Monday for the first time in Kuwait to discuss mechanism for the implementation of the January AlUla Declaration that put an end to years of diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors. “The Read more
Oman has banned travelers from 10 countries from entering its territory for a period of 15 days as part measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19. Gulf state’s coronavirus committee, Zawya reports, announced the directive noting that the move Read more
Amsterdam-based E-commerce and financial firm Adyen has chosen Dubai to set up its Middle East regional headquarters. The company in November announced its plans to expand to the region as part of its global expansion plan. The firm Read more