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Sudan’s Acting Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Tuesday underlined that the removal of the country from the US blacklist has nothing to do with normalization with Israel as Khartoum is rumored to be among countries to follow UAE and Read more
French rail transport and sustainable mobility giant Alstom in partnership with Hyundai Engineering will build the Iraqi capital Bagdad metro project known as Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project, Trade Arabia reports. The duo landed the contact during the official visit Read more
TurtleTree Labs, a biotech start-up based in Singapore has won the top prize of the Entrepreneurship World Cup 2020, organized in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Zawya reports. TurtleTree Labs bagged $500,000 for the win. The milk-startup is the world’s Read more
The European Union, EU, has imposed fresh sanctions on seven ministers of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s government, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The new round of sanctions brings the total number of individuals and entities around the Syrian leader Read more
Turkish intelligence services have arrested a Palestinian man for allegedly spying on Arab nationals living in Turkey on behalf of the UAE, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The man, according to a senior Turkish security official who spoke on condition Read more
Iran has posted in Sanaa held by Houthi rebels its new ambassador five years after the last envoy departed. Foreign ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh Saturday told Fars news agency that the new diplomat, Hassan Eyrlou had arrived in the Yemeni Read more
German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz is edging toward resumption of its car assembling operations in Egypt after exiting the North African country in 2015 citing unfavorable tariff policy. Two governmental source told local daily subscription media Enterprise that the German Read more
Egypt has instructed its media to water down criticism of Turkey at time both are engaged in secret talks to iron out conflicting files including Libya, reports say. A source in Egyptian state TV who asked not to be named, Read more
Yemeni Houthi rebels have released US citizens held in their custodies following mediation by Oman, reports say. “Under the directions of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, the relevant authorities in the Sultanate contacted authorities in Sanaa which agreed to release the Read more
Saudi Arabia-registered company, Red Sea International will provide management, operation and maintenance services to facilities at the kingdom’s futuristic digital city, NEOM, after it signed a $14-million contract with project developer NEOM Company. The deal, Zawya reports, will cover three Read more