Economic Development Board (EDB) board member Khalid Humaidan has been promoted to become its new chief executive. Humaidan is a former head of global markets Middle East and Africa at BNP Paribas and also sits on the board of Bahrain Mumtalakat...
A meeting of foreign ministers from the League of Arab States was held in Cairo on 10 September, under the chairmanship of Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed Ali Hakeem. In his opening speech, Hakeem urged support for the new Sudanese government and...
Rising tensions between the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and southern secessionists are distracting from the war against Houthis across northern Yemen. Analysts suggest that, if the conflict between the Southern Transitional...
There are fresh questions about plans by Abu Dhabi to develop a military airport at Berbera, Somaliland, after the semi-autonomous territory’s President Muse Bihi Abdi said in a televised speech on 14 September that it would now be an exclusively...
Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Al-Maktoum, daughter of Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, has been named as the new chair of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. Previously vice-chair, Sheikha Latifa promised “a fresh strategy to...
Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has signed a Dh3.27bn ($890m) water purchase agreement with Saudi-based Acwa Power, to develop a 900,000 m3/d-plus reverse osmosis desalination plant in Taweelah, 45km north of Abu Dhabi. It would be...
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces deputy supreme commander Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MBZ) held a series of meetings with oil industry figures at Qasr Al Bahr on 9 September, taking advantage of their presence in Abu Dhabi for...
Six Emirati servicemen were killed in a vehicle collision while on active duty in Yemen, according to a statement by the UAE Armed Forces General Command on 13 September. No further details were given.
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) – headed by chairman Ahmed Bin Aqil Al-Khatib – and Ministry of Culture are to transfer the exhibition Trade Routes in the Arabian Peninsula: Masterpieces of the Monuments of Saudi...
Prince Abdullah Bin Musaid Bin Abdelaziz has succeeded in a court battle to buy businessman Kevin McCabe’s 50% stake in English Premier League club Sheffield United for £5m ($6.2m), in line with a previous legal agreement. Prince Abdullah already...
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