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The board of director of Dubai Chambers adopted Thursday a new three-year (2022-2024) with focus on four priorities planning improving the business environment in Dubai, attracting foreign investments and international companies to the emirate, supporting member companies with global expansion Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Saudi Arabia in February as Turkey works to thaw ties with Arab countries in the region. Erdogan also announced he will also discuss trade with Saudi authorities. Turkey has been pushing to end Read more
DP World will begin construction of a $1.13 billion deep-water port at Ndayane, around 50 km (31 miles) south of the Senegalese capital Dakar after leader of the African country Macky Sall laid Monday the foundation stone. DP World Dakar, Read more
Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems will provide the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force with electronic warfare (EW) protection systems, the company announced this Monday. The systems, purchased for $53-million, are intended to protect the UAE’s Airbus A330 Multi Read more
UAE’s top public prosecution will sue and investigate any who uses the internet to publish, circulate or spread false news, rumors or misleading information, contrary to the news published by official sources, reports say. Any person found guilty of publishing Read more
The CEO of Dubai-based Emaar Development has resigned after three years in the role, citing personal reasons, Zawya reports. Bader Hareb’s resignation was announced in a stock market statement on Thursday, but no announcement was made regarding his replacement, the Read more
Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyane, aka MBZ, is reportedly on a private visit to Morocco. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyane arrived in Morocco on December 20 for a private visit, reported local news outlet Barlamane.com. The visit Read more
The UAE and Bahrain will launch on Tuesday a joint nanosatellite to the International Space Station (ISS), Arab News reports, citing UAE state-run news agency WAM. “Light-1 will take off onboard a SpaceX CRS-24 flight on board of a Falcon Read more
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders have reiterated their unwavering support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. In their joint statement issued Tuesday following the 42nd Session of the GCC Supreme Council held in Riyadh, the Read more
State-run Qatar Energy will acquire 17 per cent shares in two Shell-operated concessions (Block 3 and Block 4) in Egypt’s Red Sea region, Reuters has reported. Shell will remain the main operator of the concessions. The acquisition underlines the diplomatic Read more