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Kuwait aviation authorities have revoked the operation license of Wataniya Airways which was suspended for three months this year after the carrier left 1,500 passengers stranded in foreign airports following waves of flight cancellations, reports say. The Directorate General for Read more
Bahrain Sunday criticized Qatar after the tiny gas-rich country’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani chose not to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) hosted by Saudi Arabia who is leading the boycott against it. The regional bloc summit Read more
Hakan Fidan, Head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has briefed members of the US senate about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed on Oct.02 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a hit-man squad dispatched from Saudi Read more
Dubai-based engineering and construction services company, Drake & Scull International, has won a $163-mllion contract to provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) services for the Reem Mall, located on Abu Dhabi Reem Island. The regional leader in engineering and construction Read more
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali has offered to play a mediation role in fixing rivalries between Yemeni warring sides in a conflict where more than 10 million people, mostly civilians, were killed. “War has no winner. It destroys the Read more
Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock warned, while launching Tuesday a major annual analysis of global humanitarian needs, that yemen will have the biggest problem in 2019 as three-quarters of the country’s population will likely need help. The conflict in Yemen Read more
Qatar Monday surprisingly announced it will give up its seat in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January, explaining that the decision was not political. Yet, it blasted the oil cartel for being dominated by Saudi Arabia that Read more
Qatar will pull out from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January 2019, the tiny Gulf’s minister of energy has announced. “Qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC effective January 2019,” Saad al-Kaabi said Monday at Read more
The UAE passport has become this month the world’s most powerful passport after it ranked 27th in December 2016. The Emirati passport leapfrogged to the top of the global Passport Index ranking, the Emirati passport holders being able to travel Read more
Qatar has said it is still expecting a formal invitation for next month summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Media Bureau spokesman Al-Sayed Hassan told Russian Sputnik agency that Doha hasn’t yet Read more