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Israel has appointed an envoy to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, to run the country mission in the Gulf State, The New Arab reports. Eitan Na’eh, Israel’s former envoy to Turkey according to the Israeli Foreign ministry, will take office Read more
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has inaugurated in Sydney the first ever Business Council between his country and the United Arab Emirates, UAE, with aim of boosting bilateral trade and investment between the two countries, reports say. UAE Ambassador to Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, next month, a landmark visit by an Israeli Prime Minister to the Gulf country. The visit according to Israeli media comes following an invitation by Read more
The UAE will open a consulate in Laayoune, becoming the first arabe country to make such a decision. The move signals strong ties of brotherliness and firm support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, the Royal Office said in a statement, announcing Read more
Russia’s largest commercial bank will start operating in Abu Dhabi, UAE, under Sber Investment Middle East (SIME), by end of this year and will chiefly provide Islamic finance services, Zawya reports. The move follows late September agreement with Abu Dhabi Read more
Bahrain has temporarily suspended flights to a number of destinations judged risky as part of the Gulf country’s efforts to stem the spread of covid-19 pandemic. The Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Affairs at the Ministry of Telecommunications Mohammed Thamer Al-Kaabi, Read more
The normalization with Israel, desired by the United States before next November, the date of the presidential election, is not materializing in Sudan. Neither the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Khartoum last August, nor last week’s Read more
US news channel, CNN, has announced the launching of its journalism academy in Abu Dhabi with training set to start in January 2021. The five-week program will combine online learning sessions and in-person workshops, the channel said in a statement, Read more
The Emirati capital Abu Dhabi has removed the requirement for license for alcohol buyers and set minimum age at 21. A circular from Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism made public on September 15, said residents and tourists will Read more
Abu Dhabi-based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has been awarded the expansion project of Lake Manzala in Egypt valued at AED600 million ($164 million), Zawya reports. NMDC in a letter to Abu Dhabi Security Exchange, ADX, has indicated that the Read more