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ADNEC to acquire ‘Royal Catering’

Royal Catering has more than 2.500 employees.

PIF sets up sarcc company

The new entity will address growing staff accommodation demand.

Boeing to cut 10% of workforce

The company has projected a large third-quarter loss.

AviLease acquires 9 aircraft from Avolon

AviLease had purchased 13 aircraft from Avolon in 2023.

ADNOC L&S to pay $136.5m dividend

This is equivalent to 6.78 fils per share, the company said.
  • Verstappen ecstatic at ‘unbelievable’ last-lap Formula One win

    An emotional Max Verstappen described his journey to 2021 Formula One world champion as "insane" after he beat rival Lewis...

    The race marked the end of an epic contest with seven-time champion Hamilton which has seen the two tangle on the track and off it.

    Verstappen and Hamilton went into the last race level on points and it appeared that the Mercedes driver was going to hang on to win an eighth world title.

  • Proposed bill in Iran looks to ban pets including cats, dogs

    The animals that may be banned under the proposed law include 'crocodiles, turtles, snakes, lizards, cats, mice, rabbits, dogs and...

    A total of 75 MPs of the Irani parliament have signed a proposed legislation that prohibits pet animals

    Offenders of this new law would be fined by $98, which is equal to 10 to 30 times of minimum monthly working wage

  • First ever Riyadh Philosophy conference launched

    CEO of the Ministry of Culture’s Commission for Literature, Publishing and Translation Dr Mohammed Hasan Alwan opened the conference.

    CEO of the Ministry of Culture’s Commission for Literature, Publishing and Translation Dr Mohammed Hasan Alwan opened the conference

    He said that the event is intended to become annual, and marks the “start of Riyadh’s emergence as a major global center of philosophy”.

  • Morocco state schools fail students, deepen inequality

    The High Council for Education has said that government schools "are not giving the majority of pupils basic skills or...

    The situation has pushed many, including middle-class families, to tighten their belts so they can scrape together fees for private schools.

    Just nine percent of students in state secondary schools pass exams in French, Arabic and mathematics

  • Mesopotamian Epic comes home to Iraq

    A 3,500-year-old tablet featuring the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh has been returned to Iraq three decades after it was stolen...

    The tablet was exhibited to the media in Iraq on Tuesday by the authorities who welcomed its return as a "victory" over those who stole the country's "history"

    The Epic of Gilgamesh is considered one of the oldest pieces of literature in the world, telling the story of a Mesopotamian king on a quest for immortality

  • UAE launches AED50 banknote to mark Golden Jubilee

    The new issue is the first banknote made of polymer material to be circulated in the UAE. Polymer banknotes are...

    The initiative comes in honor of the founding father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

    It also honors the first generation of rulers of the emirates, as well as their role in uniting the country

  • Baghdad revives its art and theater culture

    Baghdad is back to that time when it was known as one of the artistic capitals of the Arab world.

    Organizer of “I am an Iraqi, I Read” event gave away 30,000 books for free

    Audience overflowed from the hall on the opening nights of international theater festival in Baghdad

  • Incomplete Saddam-era marquee mosque lays bare Iraq divisions

    It was meant to compete with the Taj Mahal in grandeur, but former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's monumental Al-Rahman Mosque...

    Launched in the 1990s amid a crippling Western embargo over Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, the construction of the mosque was designed to be a snub to Washington.

    The structure is symbol of division between Shiites, now the dominant political force in Baghdad after decades of marginalization in the Shiite-majority Arab state.

  • This is the safest Arab country for women

    When sexual harassment and other forms of violence are an everyday occurrence for women and girls around the world, there...

    Norway, according to the latest Gallup’s Institute “Law and Public Order” Index, is the safest country for women

    There is one Arab country on the index that is considered the safest place for women on earth after Norway

  • Al Dhafra Festival camel beauty pageant from December 14

    The festival aims to, among other things, make Abu Dhabi the preferred place for camel fairs regionally as well as...

    The Al Dhafra festival began in 2018 to preserve some camel breeds

    It also aims to to generate domestic and Gulf tourism to boost the economy