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Two Saudi military forces were slain in Najran, south of the kingdom, near the border with Yemen where the Gulf country has been clashing with Houthi rebels, reports say. The kingdom’s news agency, SPA, noted, that the soldiers were killed Read more
A Kuwaiti court Monday handed multiple prison sentences to several state officials charged for embezzling public funds, reports say. A criminal court in the Gulf country, The New Arab reports citing local Al Rai, sentenced two former ministry of health Read more
The UN human rights office Monday called on Saudi Arabia to free a prominent women rights activist sentenced nearly to six years in prison. Loujain al-Hathloul, who campaigned in 2018 to lift the ban on the women’s right to drive, Read more
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest exporter of crude, discovered four new oil and gas fields, the kingdom’s minister of energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz said on Sunday. State oil firm Saudi Aramco discovered 4,452 barrels of unconventional oil Read more
United Arab Emirates, UAE, is topping the Arab region on the UNDP Global Knowledge Index (GKI) 2020 as the Gulf country ranks 15th, globally. The index launched in 2017, aims to measure the multifaceted concept of knowledge, the UN body Read more
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have submitted investment offers for two projects at Cairo and Sphinx international airports. The offers have been proposed for cargo villages and logistics areas at both airports. The Egyptian ministry of Civil aviation is expanding Sphinx Read more
The joint Saudi Arabia-Egypt investment fund agreed in 2016 will soon be operational, Zawya reports citing Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. Madbouly, UAE-based notes, said “executive agents” will soon be getting to work on making Egyptian-Saudi Investment Fund a success. Read more
Morocco, which has always played a key role in promoting peace and stability in the Middle East, has decided “to resume diplomatic relations” and “officials contacts” with Israel “as soon as possible”. The decision was announced Thursday by King Mohammed Read more
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has announced that it does not oppose President Donald Trump’s $23 billion arms deal with the United Arab Emirates, which the US leader called a crucial partner in the fight against terrorists. The Read more
A United Nations analysis of photos of four anti-tank guided missiles in Libya found that one “had characteristics consistent with the Iranian-produced Dehlavieh missile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council. However, the UN secretariat was “unable to ascertain Read more