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Qatar has intercepted and seized a Bahraini boat for entering illegally the territorial waters of the tiny gas-rich Gulf country, reports say. Qatari Coastline Security General Directorate sent, Doha News reports, a fax to Bahrain’s Naval Operations Centre of Coast Read more
Investcorp, a Bahrain-based Middle East private equity firm, has acquired 89 industrial properties in the United States for $380 million, Zawya notes, citing the company. The new acquisitions are located in Los Angeles, California, Dallas, Texas, Phoenix, Arizona, Seattle and Read more
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived this Thursday Sept.30 in Manama for the first official visit by an Israeli cabinet member to Bahrain since the establishment of diplomatic ties a year ago. “We’ve landed in Bahrain. I’m proud to represent Read more
UAE is the world’s second safest country in 2021 Global Finance Magazine has reported. The index which takes into account three fundamental factors – war and peace, personal security, and natural disaster risk, hails the Gulf country’s efforts to curb Read more
More and more Saudi companies are mulling plans to establish in the Qatar since January after both countries thawed ties, Pro Partner reports, noting that inquiries from the Saudi firm went up 40 per cent during the first quarter. Saudi Read more
Qatar’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani welcomed Monday Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador in a sign of full flesh diplomatic détente between the two countries, following early this year agreement to end years-long strained relations. Sheikh Mohammed assured Prince Read more
Bahrain’s national carrier, Gulf Air, has frozen deliveries of the aircraft it ordered from Boeing and Airbus owing to difficult market conditions, reports say. Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, Chairman of the airline, Reuters notes, told reporters during the “Arab Read more
Qatar will host in the December this year FIFA Arab Cup, a tournament grouping Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa, in preparation for the FIFA World Cup which the country is set to stage next year. The Read more
Qatar’s national carrier, Qatar Airways, has said it would resume flying to Sudan’s capital of Khartoum on May 11 two years after suspending the route due to sea/air/land blockade imposed by its neighbors. “Sudan is a strategically important market for Read more
Bahrain’s monarch Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Thursday named the country’s ambassador to Israel, several months after both countries normalized ties. Khalid Yusuf Al-Jalahma, the appointee, is the Director of Operations at Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry and former deputy chief of Read more