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Tunisia, UAE and Bahrain have featured among the 17 countries included in the EU’s tax heaven blacklist. The EU’s financial minister drew up the list explaining that 47 countries were put on a “grey list” to be monitored until they Read more
Bruised by the disentanglement of their alliance with former President Abdellah Saleh, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed that they fired a missile targeting Abu Dhabi’s nuclear power reactor. The UAE responded by denying such a show of force never happened. Read more
The political turmoil in the Gulf and the drop in international oil prices are not affecting the UAE’s economy nor Abu Dhabi’s economic diversification plans, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, CEO of Mubadala, a sovereign fund with around $125 billion of assets Read more
The UAE Wednesday announced the launch of Last Mile Fund, a new $100-million fund to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) mainly River blindness and Tlymphatic filariasis, which affect millions of lives around the world, but in Africa and in the Read more
The Emir of Qatar this Tuesday (November 4) has indicated that the Saudi-led bloc, which severed ties with his monarchy has rejected the tiny-gas rich country’s offer for talks to defuse the crisis, which has entered its sixth month. “We Read more
Qatar has accused the UAE of plotting to devalue its currency in the outset of the GCC-Qatar rift, a government source said. An investigation was opened to probe the allegations of UAE plots against Qatar’s currency since Doha alerted to Read more
King Mohammed VI is paying an official visit to Qatar against the backdrop of tense ties between Doha on one side and Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain on the other side. Morocco’s Monarch, who flew to Doha Sunday after a Read more
King Mohammed VI on Sunday arrived in Qatar for an official visit, coming from Abu Dhabi where he paid a few-day friendship and work visit. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani offered in honor of the Moroccan King an official Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron, at a meeting with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman in Riyadh Thursday, condemned Iran’s support for Yemen Houthis who launched over the weekend a ballistic missile into Saudi Arabia. Macron made an unplanned visit to Saudi Read more
France’s Naval Group will supply the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with two Gowind navy corvettes in a deal announced Thursday by French President Emmanuel Macron. President Macron made the announcement at the end of his two-day trip, his first to Read more