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Global e-commerce company Amazon is planning to create 1,500 new jobs and build 11 new buildings in Saudi Arabia as part of its expansion plan. The company said the plan will boost storage capacity in the Kingdom by 89 percent Read more
The head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Faiez Serraj handed over power Tuesday to new leaders of the oil-rich country tasked with holding elections at the end of this year. Serraj met in Tripoli with the new Read more
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has pledged to invest $12 million in Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced. In an interview with army radio early this week, Netanyahu indicated that the Emirati royal told Read more
Kuwait’s Ministry of Justice has described the year 2020 as a year of “happiness and family bonding” as the Gulf country recorded more 1,000 marriages than the previous year. Statistics from the ministry of justice, Gulf News reports citing local Read more
The French tourist arrested in Iran last year for flying a remote-controlled mini helicopter has been charged with espionage and propaganda against the Islamic republic, his lawyer has told the media. Benjamin Briere, 35, was arrested in Iran 10 months Read more
Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah and his national unity government, which will manage the transition until elections are held on December 24, were sworn in on Monday, March 15. Abdel Hamid Dbeibah was appointed amid accusations of corruption more Read more
The United Arab Emirates has required all listed companies on Abu Dhabi and Dubai stock markets to have at least one woman as board member as the Gulf country strives to raise the number of women on the boards of Read more
Saudi Arabia and Greece are set to hold joint military exercises this month as the kingdom’s forces arrived in the European country. Six Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s, Anadolu news agency reports citing a Hellenic National Defense General Staff statement Read more
Kenya and Somalia will be before the International Court of Justice in The Hague this Monday for ten days. At stake is the delimitation of their maritime border, while important natural resources are found in the sea. For Somalia, its Read more
Qatar early this month sent a shipment of oil to its neighbor UAE for the first time since 2017, the year both countries fell out. Tanker tracking data, according to Bloomberg news website, show early this month, Qatar shipped some Read more