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The Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap) has signed an agreement with Dubai South to allow the country’s pharmaceutical companies to establish in developing Dubai South free zone as the sector seeks to participate in the post-oil era economic development. Read more
Kuwait Airways has named its deputy executive officer Kamel Hasan Al Awadhi as new leader at a time the carrier is strengthening its fleet with new aircraft. Al Awadhi will take office in November, according to a statement by the Read more
Saudi Arabia has lifted the travel ban that was imposed on Jamal Khashoggi’s son Salah and his family. The son of the murdered journalist arrived in the United States which praised the Saudi move, according to Al Jazeera TV newtwork. Read more
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohamed bin Salman (MbS) Wednesday pledged to bring suspects connected to the killing of critical journalist Jamal Khashoggi to justice as Western powers continue to pressure the royal court to produce credible evidences on the Read more
Saudi Arabia Wednesday awarded three contracts worth $14 billion for the expansion and the modernization of its railway network after the inauguration last month of its first high speed train, Haramain. The first Land Bridge project, worth $10.6-billion, will link Read more
US President Donald Trump Tuesday said whoever planned the killing of Saudi and US resident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is in “big trouble”, adding that he was waiting for all facts from the CIA that he dispatched to Turkey for US-carried Read more
US trade value in Kuwait last year rose to $5.2 billion whereas Kuwait trade from the Gulf country hit $3 billion, a US official says. “Our US trade of goods to Kuwait was over $5.2 billion in 2017. US services Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday told the parliamentary group of his party Justice and Development (AK) that the death of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “planned” and the Saudi kingdom should reveal where his body is and send Read more
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has announced it has agreed with the Saudi national carrier Saudia to cooperate in the area of route codesharing and cargo as well as giving engineering service to the Saudi airline. Under the agreement, Etihad will Read more
Bahrain hosts next week a key summit of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) to discuss the sector’s development for the coming two years, reports say. Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) is host of the event, which will take place Read more