UAE ranks 1st regionally in UNDP Human Development Report
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World hunger surges to 15-year high as COVID-19 stifles food access
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Qatar takes key step to control own airspace
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UAE to launch digital currency within five years
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Oman ruler visits Saudi Arabia in his first official overseas trip
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Middle East asset management industry grows 11% to $1.2trn
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Saudi lawsuits threaten to expose US govt secrets
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Syria govt raises bread, diesel prices as crisis deepens
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G20 ministers endorse global deal to tax multinationals
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Fuelling troubles: Row puts Gulf powers on diverging paths
A public row between Saudi Arabia and the UAE has exposed the steadily diverging paths of once inseparable allies who...
Oil prices rise amid growing demand from India, China
Brent crude oil futures were up $1.43, 1.93%, at $75.55 Prices had dropped early in the week by the collapse...
UAE ranks 1st regionally in UNDP Human Development Report
The UAE has ranked 26th globally and first in the Arab world in the 2021/2022 Human Development Report, which is...
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UAE children aged 3-17 to receive Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
The UAE has decided to inoculate children between the ages of 3 and 17 with Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm. Children...
Jordanian flight, with 133 passengers on board, ‘forced’ to make landing
The airline, without disclosing the reason for early landing of the aircraft, said all the passengers and six crew members...
Israel’s govt approves state budget after three-year impasse
A protracted political crisis under former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu generated political instability that prevented the passing of a state...
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Saudi economy likely to grow nearly five percent this year
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UAE among world’s fastest countries in deploying 5G
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