Berlin, Germany - Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy to the...
- BRICS leaders on Sunday described Trump's stop-start tariff wars as "indiscriminate", damaging, and illegal, drawing a quick rebuke from the...
As Egypt said more than 250,000 people crossed in from Sudan -- fleeing ceaseless air strikes, street battles, rampant looting...Purchasing power in the import-dependent economy has been slashed as families struggle to make ends meet
New arrivals from Sudan face hardships, with realtors reporting a sharp increase in demand in Egypt's Cairo
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia--Looking to consolidate trade and investment ties, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Japan announced their resumption of...GCC Secretary-General Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi met with Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida for talks and later their representatives signed a joint statement
GCC secretary general said Japan's exports from the GCC countries touched $76.7 billion and its imports to the GCC was valued at $22 billion
- Amman, Jordan--Jordan and the World Bank have signed a $250 million financing agreement for a water sector efficiency project in...
Nearly $200 million of the amount will be a soft loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and $50 million will be in the form of a grant
The Jordanian minister praised the World Bank for its partnership with the kingdom's government and support for reform and development needs in the country
- The deal between the two countries will include partnership on irregular migration, economic development and renewable energy. Tunisia has been...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday's accord aims to "invest in shared prosperity"
The International Organization for Migration has said 2,406 migrants died or disappeared in the Mediterranean in 2022
- DUBAI, UAE - Commercial transport sector contributed AED16.1 billion ($4.38bn) to Dubai's economy in 2022, said Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General,...
The commercial transport activities sector has experienced consistent economic growth over the last two years fueled by e-commerce, said an official
The number of registered commercial vehicles operated by these companies exceeds 300,000, reflecting a 16 percent growth rate compared to 2021, he noted
GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Israel returned a boat to a Gaza fisherman it had seized for allegedly breaching the limits...Israeli authorities had called for the vessel, belonging to fisherman Mohammad al-Hissi, to be permanently confiscated.
However, a Haifa court last month ordered that the boat be returned to Hissi even as legal proceedings continued.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – Prices for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels in the Kingdom rose by 9.1 percent...Restaurant and hotel prices went up by 4.3 percent and education up by 3 percent.
Clothing, shoe prices fell 2.9 percent, communication costs were down by 0.7 percent.
NEW YORK, US – In the last three years, poverty rates in low-and lower-middle-income countries have surged, with the number...UNDP has called for adaptive social protection and a debt-poverty pause to redirect debt repayments toward critical social expenditures.
Almost all of these financially hit people live in low - and lower-middle-income economies, with the poorest 20 percent in low-income countries
DUBAI, UAE - Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) joined the UAE delegation to the United Nations High-Level...Established in 2012, the High-Level Political Forum is the UN’s central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for SDGs at the global level.
The UAE delegation discussed ways to bolster mutual collaboration, strategic partnerships and knowledge-sharing, in line with MBRGI’s mission.
- Morocco has sought to diversify its energy sources particularly since neighbouring Algeria stopped supplying natural gas via the GME in...
The agreement includes the annual delivery of 500 million cubic meters of LNG to Morocco, the value of the 12-year deal has not been disclosed
In the initial years, the gas will be delivered through Spanish ports and the Maghreb GME, It will eventually be delivered through planned Moroccan LNG terminals
