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ADQ, Orion to establish JV

The partners commit to deploying $1.2bn in the next four years.

Alpha Dhabi acquires interest in NCTH

The deal increases NCTH's portfolio to 8 hotels with 1,500 keys.

Meraas awards construction contract

The $272m contract has been awarded for Bluewaters Bay.

SIB’s 2024 profit $272m

The profit surpassed AED 1 billion for the first time in bank's history.

AD Ports to invest in Kazakh port

Under the deal, AD Ports Group owns 51% stake.
  • Kuwait to adopt rules allowing players to dedicate more time to games

    Director-General of the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Sport Humoud Flaiteh has said that new sports rules will be adopted soon,...

    Distinguished individual athletes representing Kuwaiti national sports teams are also entitled to the same status in line with the imminent regulations.

    The rules are just a step towards the application of professional athleticism in the country, a minister said.

  • Omicron batters indices across MENA

    Stock markets across the MENA region suffered losses on Sunday as dip in oil prices and mounting concern over ‘Omicron’...

    The Saudi stock market's main index falls by more than 5% to 10,700 points

    The Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange index (ADX) drops by 2.6% to 8230 points

  • Saudi Arabian dunes to host Dakar Rally 2022

    The Dakar rally will be raced across the daunting deserts of Saudi Arabia again in 2022 with organizers on Sunday...

    The January 1-14 endurance test will be a third Dakar rally in Saudi Arabia

    The landscape and backdrop of the course is similar to the last edition, and it begins and ends after 12 stages in the port city of Jeddah

  • Why are global freight rates so high?

    As the world looks to pare inflation, it is facing headwinds from the high freight rates currently prevalent all across...

    The global shipping industry suffered like every other industry in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic

    It was expected to bounce back like all of them, and thereby spearhead the global economic recovery

  • Saudi Arabia hosts region’s biggest cybersecurity event

    It will be held at Riyadh Front, one of the entertainment zones for Riyadh Season 2021.

    The @Hack event is considered the biggest cybersecurity conference in both Asia and Africa, and registration is free of charge

    It is expected to be help the SAFCSP achieve the goal of having one programmer out of every 100 Saudis by 2030

  • Big WTO conference postponed due to new Omicron variant

    The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has led to travel restrictions, which has forced the WTO to postpone the ministerial conference...

    The meeting was the World Trade Organization ministerial conference, the global trade body’s biggest gathering in four years

    It has been cancelled a second time as it was originally scheduled for June 2020

  • Saudi PIF aims to invest $1.1 trillion by 2025

    The Public Investment Fund, which seeks to lessen the Kingdom's reliance on oil as part of Vision 2030, eyes both...

    PIF owns a 62.72 percent stake in Lucid Electric Vehicles Company, which has a current market value of $71 billion

    More than 331,000 people in Saudi Arabia have found work due to the Fund establishing 26 local businesses and assets

  • Qatar Airways stops Africa flights

    It has stopped flights to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.

    The cities affected are Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Harare, and Maputo

    The restriction on travelers and flights will reportedly remain same until further notice from the WHO

  • Siemens lands UAE deal

    This partnership is expected to support UAE Industry 4.0.

    The program, overseen by MoIAT and Siemens, will address a broad range of topics

    The aim is to accelerate the transformation of the manufacturing sector towards industry 4.0 in the UAE

  • Saudi Arabia cancels maximum age for foreign pilgrims

    Saudi Arabia has cancelled the maximum age limit of 50 years for all foreign pilgrims, as per local sources.

    The age limit for overseas pilgrims to perform Umrah was between 18-50

    On average, 18.5 to 20 million people visit Saudi Arabia every year to perform Umrah