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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
Kuwait-based aircraft lease company ALAFCO will start leasing as of next year five new A320neo aircraft to Scandinavian Airline Systems (SAS). Under the agreement, Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) will lease the aircraft for a duration of 10 years. 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
Raysut Cement Company has come forward to acquire struggling ARM Cement Ltd of Kenya as the Omani clinker company embarks on its expansion strategy in eastern part and in the horn of Africa. Raysut is in competition with Dangote Cement 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
Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MbS) could not meet during his two-day visit to Algeria with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who, according to his office, is suffering from acute flu. The Saudi royal arrived in Algiers Sunday for a two-day Read more
A court in the Gaza Strip has pressed severe penalties against 14 people for collaboration with Israel, six of whom having been handed death penalty. The court, linked to the Strip ruler Hamas, which is opposed to Israel, has convicted Read more
Gina Haspel, the Director of CIA will brief this Tuesday leaders of the Senate about the death of Saudi journalist and The Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi in a closed session after the White House last week barred her agency Read more
A United Nations chartered aircraft has transported some fifty badly injured Yemenis from the capital Sana’a to hospitals in Muscat, the capital of Oman, for treatment, the UN envoy for the war-torn country has announced. In a tweet posted on Read more