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AD Ports to invest in Kazakh port

Under the deal, AD Ports Group owns 51% stake.

PIF acquires stake in Saudi Re

The acquisition was made by way of a capital increase.

ADNOC Gas awards contracts

The $2.1bn contracts are aimed at enhancing LNG supply infrastructure.

ADNOC L&S buys stake in Navig8

The company will acquire the remaining stake in mid-2027.

DAE to acquire Nordic Aviation Capital

The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Money weighs on would-be Chinese parents as population falls

Long alarmed by falling fertility, the government has relaxed its decades-long one-child policy in recent years to allow three children...

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Son set to light up Asian Cup as Qatar takes center stage again

The 24 teams spanning Australia to Palestine will battle for regional glory over the next four weeks, culminating in the...

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Al Dhafra festival to begin in October in Abu Dhabi, prize money to be AED110m

  This year the festival will include camel beauty contest The 15th edition of the festival will coincide with the...

Boeing 707 takes off as a restaurant in West Bank

Palestinian workers in the Israel-occupied West Bank are putting the final touches on a decommissioned Boeing 707 aircraft to ready...
  • Its enterprising owners, 60-year-old twin brothers Ata and Khamis al-Sairafi, expect to welcome their first customers within weeks 
  • The brothers bought it from its Israeli owner for $100,000, the engines removed

More Saudi men go for ‘Misyar’ marriages

Saudi clerics say the practice has proliferated since 1996, when the then grand mufti legitimized it with an Islamic edict...

Saudi Arabia begins survey of ancient stone structures in northern region

Saudi Arabia has started a broad archaeological survey of ancient stone structures in the Northern Borders and Al-Jawf regions Its...

Saudi Arabia aims to be world’s primary source for dates

Saudi Arabia looks to dominate the dates industry It wants to establish itself as the primary source of dates for...

Mena box office revenues to hit $1bn by 2024: PwC

Revenues from cinema in the Mena region is expected to defy global trends and hit $1 billion by 2024  Box...

Spanish film studio to invest $250 million in Saudi Arabia

Minimo VFX  CEO Felix Balbas said that his company would open a regional headquarters in Riyadh The studio will enter...

Sharjah Public Library director elected to IFLA’s MENA committee

Bushulaibi will represent regional interests at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions She will work with the other...

Abu Dhabi to build museums in a $6 billion spending spree on culture

Abu Dhabi to construct museums and patronize sectors like media, gaming in $6 billion spending plan The plan is part...

MAKTABA celebrates winners of ‘Little Writer in the Big Book’ contest

Launched in 2011, the competition has attracted more than 2,000 entries during the past eight years 

Money weighs on would-be Chinese parents as population falls

Long alarmed by falling fertility, the government has relaxed its decades-long one-child policy in recent years to allow three children...
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Bolder action, more effective partnerships to protect endangered animals and plants across the world

“And we need much bolder actions now to cut emissions, accelerate renewables, and build climate resilience,” he adds. “Throughout, we...
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Iraqi cemetery echoes 1400 years of life and death

For Shiites, who make up the religious majority in Iraq, "being buried near Imam Ali is very important," said the...
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Regulate digital platforms to curb disinformation

“If the regulatory initiatives are developed in isolation, with each country working in their own corner, they are doomed to...
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Embrace indigenous languages, urges UN expert

“Language rights are also important human rights matters for both minorities and indigenous peoples. Special Rapporteurs have already been critical...
  • States must be more inclusive in the treatment and use of minority and indigenous languages, says the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes
  • Languages are essential tools to communicate and share knowledge, memory, and history, but they are also key to full and equal participation, he adds
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In Old Cairo, residents reconnect with their heritage

Cairo, Egypt--For most of their lives, children from historic Cairo's Al-Khalifa district only saw the mausoleums, mosques and madrasa schools...
  • The Athar Lina initiative, whose name means "the monument is ours" in Arabic, has carried out workshops, tours and summer camps in the Egyptian capital since 2012.
  • Since the 1980s, the authorities increasingly protected monuments by keeping "them under lock and key", said conservation and cultural heritage expert Omniya Abdel Barr.
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Blind Saudi rider’s resolve earns him equestrian body’s recognition

Badr Al-Sharari had to train at least three times a week for nearly two years before finally being admitted into...
  • The data sector worker told AFP that just as important as his journey into the official ranks was the parallel one to self-empowerment.
  • Equestrianism is popular in Saudi Arabia, the world's leading producer of purebred Arabian horses and home to several clubs.