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Director-general Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser of the Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has said that the company is planning to increase its fleet by almost 50% within the next five years. Saudia is the national carrier of the oil rich kingdom Read more
Talks between Qatar and the U.S over the fate of five senior Taliban members transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Doha have begun as the current one-year agreement will expire in May. The five Taliban members are living with their families Read more
President Mahmoud Abbas has thanked the Qatari officials for their gesture after they loaned $100 million to the Palestinian Authority to help it pay the salaries of its civil servants and alleviate an economic crisis triggered by a row with Read more
Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have agreed to President Hadi’s request to hold talks to end Yemen’s crisis in Saudi Arabia although the Houthi Movement has ruled out holding the UN-brokered talks outside the capital Sanaa. GCC Secretary Read more
It seems like oil prices are not going up anytime soon after Kuwait’s OPEC governor, Nawal Al-Fuzaia said at an energy conference in Qatar that she doesn’t think the organization will change its policy during its next meeting scheduled to Read more
President Park of South Korea tour of the Middle East ended in Qatar where he met with Emir Sheikh al-Thani and most of their discussions focused on trade and investment. Both countries are eyeing to increase and diversify their economic Read more
Kuwait and South Korea signed three agreements and several memorandums of understanding in the sectors of health, transportation, trade and petroleum as both countries move towards consolidating their bilateral relations and cooperation. Visiting South Korean president, Park Geun-hye and Amir Read more
Monitored reports on Israeli media have stated that Saudi Arabia is willing to collaborate with Israel in bombing Iran. The reports quoted a senior European source saying that “the Saudi authorities are completely coordinated with Israel on all matters related Read more
The newly opened Al-Arab channel that started broadcasting from Bahrain on Sunday has been shut down by authorities on Monday. Reasons that led to the decision still remain unclear. Many have linked it to the interview with Al Wefaq’s Khalil Read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry lamented that despite the reconciliation efforts between Cairo and Doha that were facilitated by the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Al-Jazeera TV channel is still broadcasting reports that are not in concordance with Arab Read more