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Raghavan Seetharaman, the veteran CEO of Doha Bank has resigned after 15 years of service at one of the biggest commercial banks in Qatar, Zawya reports. It is unclear why the Indian man has resigned as the bank did not Read more
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and USAID-Jordan on Saturday launched a USAID-funded project to support the Kingdom’s energy sector with a value of $40 million over five years, Zawya reports. The fund, according to the Jordan News Agency, Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has vehemently condemned the repeated attacks on Saudi oil storage facilities as subversive and terrorist acts against vital and civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia. This came in a message of solidarity king Mohammed VI addressed Read more
Special Envoy of the Chinese Government on the Middle East, Zhai Jun, paid a visit to Morocco where he conferred with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita on Friday. In a statement to the press following the meeting, Jun said that Read more
Oman will use its high revenues from oil to pay the country’s public debt, the country’s ruler Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Moazam has said, according to Zawya. “Oil and energy prices started to rise and reached record numbers, and Read more
A future land bridge under study to connect the western and eastern parts of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia will cost $26 billion, reports say, citing the Gulf country’s minister of Transport and Logistics. “The land bridge project is considered Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Justice Minister and chairman of the Saudi Bar Association (SBA) Dr. Walid Al-Samaani has issued an order appointing five members, including a woman, to the third session of the board of directors of the association, for the first Read more
Italian aerospace, defense and security company, Leonardo, will develop in Qatar a naval operation center as part of a deal with the tiny-gas rich country, the Rome-based company has announced. “Leonardo will provide the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) with Read more
Egypt and Vicat Group, a French cement producer, have reached a final settlement with the Egyptian government over an investment in an effort by the Arab country to attract more foreign direct investments. The agreement was signed by Minister of Read more
Egypt’s President Abdelfattah al-Sisi Tuesday hosted in the resort city of Sharm El Sheikh both Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a Read more