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Egypt has abolished covid-19 testing at the country’s airports amid increase in the number of contaminations, reports say. The decision which went into force on the evening of Saturday June 6 seeks to boost resumption of air travel after its Read more
North Carolina-based Bank of America Corp. (BofA) has acquired about 1.51 per cent of Dubai largest bank Emirates NBD for an investment of AED900 million, Arabian Business reports citing an anonymous source. The operation takes as the UAE banking sector Read more
A plane chartered by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) landed at Sana’a airport on Saturday with lifesaving supplies to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in conflict-torn Yemen. The UN agency said that the supplies include a range of medical Read more
Humanitarian aid projects to war-torn Yemen are reaching breaking point, and some $870 million is needed to continue giving life-saving assistance to millions of vulnerable people for the next six months, the World Food Program (WFP) warned on Tuesday. The Read more
The wife of Qatari royal Sheikh Talal Al Thani held in prison for seven year, has called for the release of her husband amid covid-19 pandemic spread in the Gulf country. Asma Rayyam said her husband been unjustly and without Read more
The Civil Service Council of the Sultanate has cut by 23 per cent the salaries of the new civil servants as Gulf country implement austerity measures as result of slimming oil revenues and effects of novel covid-19 disease. The council Read more
Chairman of the Dubai-based Emirates Fly has projected it will take at least 18 months for the travel demands returns to a semblance of normality, Arabia Business reports. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum issued the warning amid the airline’s report Read more
The Union of Arab Football Associations, UAFA, is poised to complete the suspended Arab Champions Cup, dubbed the Mohammed VI Cup and is waiting for Morocco and Saudi Arabia to lift state of emergency measures, reports say. The competition was Read more
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will operate from May 9 from selected cities from around the world to limited flights to enable UAE residents to return home, the airline has said. The all one-day flights have been approved by the government. Read more
Two aircraft from the national carrier Egypt Air were dispatched Tuesday to Kuwait to fly out Egyptian citizens stranded in the Gulf country, which is facing an increase in the number of covid-19 infections, Egyptian Streets reports. An unidentified number Read more