- The WHO voiced confidence Tuesday that hosts Qatar would successfully manage the Covid-19 risks at the 2022 football World Cup.
Two million tickets will be sold in total, with another one million reserved for sponsors and the sport's global governing body FIFA
The Qatari capital Doha, with a population of about 2.4 million, is bracing itself for the huge influx of visitors
- Egypt's food security has been under mounting pressure since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February causing massive disruption to exports...
The new tranche of World Bank financing will go towards "funding wheat purchases" as well as "increasing wheat storage capacities".
Since the war began, the government has already ramped up wheat purchases from domestic farmers as well as trialing wheat substitutes.
- The United Arab Emirates has presented its Fourth National Report on spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste management at the International...
The national report describes the legislative and regulatory measures taken by the UAE to meet its obligations
The report also addresses options in regards to spent fuel and radioactive waste management
- Israel's parliament is expected to dissolve Wednesday, ending Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's year-long tenure and triggering a fifth election in...
Bennett's motley alliance formed in 2021 offered a reprieve from an unprecedented era of political gridlock, ending Netanyahu's record 12 consecutive years in power
Lapid is expected to take office at midnight after parliament gives final approval to a dissolution bill, in accordance with the power-sharing deal he agreed with Bennett last June
- Saudi oil giant Aramco has built new refineries in Jazan to boost its production capacity to 400,000 barrels a day...
Saudi oil giant Aramco has built new refineries in Jazan to boost its production capacity to 400,000 barrels a day
Kuwait Oil Corporation is enlarging the capacity of Al-Zour refinery to 615,000 barrels a day, making it the world's largest facility to do so
- Fears of a recession caused by sharp interest rate hikes aimed at fighting soaring inflation sent Asian and European markets...
Wednesday’s selling came after New York's three main indexes tanked in reaction to data showing confidence among US consumers had fallen to its lowest level in more than a year
Top Fed officials on Tuesday tried to play down the chances of a recession, with the heads of the Fed in San Francisco and New York saying a soft landing could be achieved
- In a joint statement, the two countries directed their respective competent authorities to discuss investment opportunities in various fields.
In a joint statement, the two countries directed their respective competent authorities to discuss investment opportunities in various fields
They also discussed investment opportunities in various fields, especially energy and renewable energy projects, industry, health and pharmaceutical industries
- The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic teaches several lessons to regional businesses, says UAE Minister Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi.
The ongoing pandemic teaches several lessons to regional businesses, says UAE Minister Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi
The entrepreneurship ecosystem in UAE has not yet reached full maturity but 'we are about 60-70% there', he adds
- In the Middle East, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been leading the decarbonization conversation with pivotal government initiatives that...
The number of companies establishing science-based targets for decarbonization had strongly increased since 2015, but it rose dramatically in the run-up to COP26
Executives are trying to pursue their decarbonization targets during a period of turbulence that has created historic levels of uncertainty and numerous difficulties
- An Algerian appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for corruption against Chakib Khelil, energy minister for a...
Khelil, now 82, quit his post in 2010 and moved to the US after being associated with a scandal involving high-ranking Sonatrach officials who were later jailed
He returned to Algeria in 2016 after the cases were dropped - then left again after Bouteflika's resignation in 2019 that sparked investigations into graft by his officials





















