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Dubai, UAE -- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, attended part of...

AQABA, JORDAN - The southern city of Aqaba is welcoming an increasing number of local visitors and foreign tourists of...
The ports of Aqaba are expected to receive eight giant cruise ships carrying about 2,700 tourists each.
King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba has received 18 flights from abroad in since the beginning of December.
Abu Dhabi, UAE---The UAE has issued a decree on the Taxation of Corporations and Businesses, the Corporate Tax Law, under...
Profits up to and including the $102,099 threshold will not be taxed "to support small businesses and start-ups".
Free zone entities will be eligible to benefit from the zero percent Corporate Tax rate on qualifying income.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Friday announced a joint initiative to...
The initiative aims to mobilize private sector projects over the next five years to demonstrate the viability of investments in forced displacement contexts.
Forced displacement is a growing crisis that is too large and complex for governments and humanitarian agencies to solve alone.
Global stocks rose on China's slowing inflation and economic reopening, alongside hopes of less aggressive interest rate hikes next week....
Traders were setting their sights also on the release of two key US inflation reports ahead of the Federal Reserve's final policy meeting of the year.
Investors were meanwhile hopeful that central banks in the United States, eurozone and UK will next week ease the pace of interest rate hikes.
Venture would start with two aircraft and expand to 15.
The latest move to reorganize the Malaysia-based firm's network comes after setbacks in recent years.
The firm's future airlines would also be based in Southeast Asia as it was a familiar region.
Firm fined due to gaps in anti-money laundering controls.
The Financial Conduct Authority said that it had concluded Santander UK failed to properly manage its anti-money laundering systems between December 2012 and October 2017.
Santander UK had taken action to address the issues once they were identified.
The November 1 election put former premier Netanyahu in a position to form a stable, right-wing government, ending an unprecedented...
President Isaac Herzog on November 13 tapped Netanyahu to form a government with the backing of factions representing 64 out of 120 lawmakers in parliament
Likud announced early Thursday a deal with a fourth party, Shas, that gave the ultra-Orthodox Jewish party five ministerial positions
The loan is part of Japanese government's pledges to the Jordanian government at the 2019 London Conference.
The loan is part of Japanese government's pledges to the Jordanian government at the 2019 London Conference
Japanese ambassador Okuyama said that the loan would support the Jordanian government's comprehensive reform efforts
The country was ranked among the top ten in nearly 30 percent of the report’s indexes.
The country was ranked among the top ten in nearly 30 percent of the report’s indexes
World Talent Report is published annually by the Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland since 2013
ABU DHABI, UAE - As part of its participation in the first edition of the Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition...
The MoUs are a part of the chamber’s efforts to drive economic growth in Abu Dhabi and support investment in vital sectors.
As part of its efforts to support start-ups and SMEs, the Abu Dhabi Chamber signed a partnership agreement with the Emirates Development Bank.