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‘Wadeem’ sold out for $1.49bn

This is the highest Abu Dhabi real-estate release to date.

Tesla Q2 sales down 13.5%

Shares rally after the disclosure, better than some forecasts.

TomTom cuts 300 jobs

The firm said it was realigning its organization as it embraces AI.

Aldar nets $953m in sales at Fahid

Aldar said 42 percent of the buyers are under the age of 45.

Qualcomm to Alphawave for $2.4 bn

The deal makes Alphawave the latest tech company to depart London.

Exclusive: ‘Cheerleaders’ hired to clap during FIFA Cup

Young Arab boys and girls from countries such as Lebanon are being flown to Qatar and paid $800 to cheer...

Two-thirds of UAE workers loyal to their employers: Survey

Basic salary, additional benefits offered by the company and senior leadership are the top three factors perceived to impact employee...

Qatar FM in Iran just days after US visit; calls for stronger regional ties

Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who is also Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister, and Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi discussed bilateral cooperation...

Tunisian president suspends parliament, dismisses PM

The country's ruling party, the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha, slams the President Kais Saied’s decision to suspend the parliament as unconstitutional and...

Iraq, Lebanon sign deal to swap fuel oil for medical services

Under the deal, Lebanon will receive one million tonnes of fuel oil in exchange for "goods and services", a statement...

NSO Group of Israel ‘complicit’ in rights abuse, says Amnesty

Israel has started a probe into the Tel Aviv-headquartered NSO Group, even as the company itself says it will investigate...

Tunisia hit by a record number of Covid deaths as 317 perish

The North African country struggles to cope with the surge as hospitals fill up and vaccination can't keep up pace

Iran’s new oil terminal to bypass Gulf chokepoint

Tehran inaugurated Thursday the terminal in Jask, on the Gulf of Oman, allowing tankers to avoid the Strait of Hormuz...

Saudi officials seize a big load of drugs at border with Jordan

A consignment of two million illegal pills was seized by the Saudi authorities along the kingdom’s border with Jordan. The...

140 Palestinians injured in clashes at flashpoint West Bank village

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Beita, located in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to protest against the nearby...

Cyberattack ruled out in third Internet outage in two months

Another massive outage hits internet services on Thursday, July 22, affecting the websites of major companies across the globe.

Beirut blast victims’ relatives rally for probe judge

Families of victims killed in the 2020 Beirut blast rallied to support the judge probing the disaster, after he was...

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Saudi gang gets 20 years in prison for laundering $4.5bn

A Saudi court sentenced twenty four Saudis and foreigners to up to 20 years in prison for laundering nearly $4.50...

Five cities poised to become GCC tech hubs

As part of economic transformation, some Gulf countries seek to achieve targets in digital transformation via long-term plans such as...

Police rescues Egyptian boy from kidnappers

The Egyptian boy snatched from his mother by two masked men while buying grocery has been reunited with parents, after...

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Drugs seized at Dammam airport

Alert officials of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam have seized more than...
  • The authority said that smugglers are “seeking to exploit everything” to smuggle drugs into Saudi Arabia
  • The authority said that smugglers are “seeking to exploit everything” to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom

GCC seeks to tap green hydrogen demand

The GCC countries see hydrogen as a key factor in fuel transition and have drawn up plans to export green...
  • UAE first in GCC to reduce emissions by 24 percent by 2030 and to 50 percent by 2050
  • GCC countries have plenty of space, sunshine wind energy in some areas

Saudi customs seize drugs at port

Alert officials of Saudi customs prevented an attempt to bring in contraband drugs into the kingdom at Jeddah Islamic Port,...
  • The floor of the truck had been hollowed out to hide the pills in
  • Two people who were due to receive the drugs were arrested