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Ankara, Turkey-- The Gulf Cooperation Council and Turkey have started off free trade negotiations to deepen their ties further. In...

The recent rally across equities over the past week appears to have run its course for now as investors nervously...
The recent rally across equities over the past week appears to have run its course for now as investors nervously track developments in the Ukraine war
All eyes are on meetings this week of NATO, where Joe Biden and other leaders are expected to discuss further punishing Moscow for the month-long invasion
The council has also set minimum values of iftar meals and atonement for not fasting during the previous Ramadan.
Within this fatwa, the council set the value of iftar meal at a minimum of AED15
This amount can be paid to the registered charities which provide iftar meals
The package, reached after weeks of pressure including a nationwide strike by truckers demanding price controls, covers 180,000 vehicles
The package, reached after weeks of pressure including a nationwide strike by truckers demanding price controls, covers 180,000 vehicles
The aid will be available to transporters from early April, via an online portal, the government said
The emirate's Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority governs cryptocurrency trade through a comprehensive set of legislations and globally applicable policy frameworks.
Dubai's VA Exchange License allows FTX to be the first to provide regulated trading and clearing services for crypto-specific derivatives.
The UAE is the third-largest crypto market in the region, trailing Turkey and Lebanon.
The Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) in Dubai and du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), have opened the...
This will reportedly help to provide value-added services and facilitate doing business
It would contribute to enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of Dubai's business sectors
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Wednesday issued a law on Local Military Pensions and Social Security...
The fund seeks to improve the quality of services offered to its beneficiaries and ensure that all the rights and insurance needs of contributors, pensioners are met.
All liabilities and assets of the Local Military Pensions and Social Security Division at the DoF will be transferred to the Fund, once the Law comes into effect.
Four Algerian and Chinese firms announced a nearly $7 billion deal on Tuesday to relaunch a phosphate mining project set...
The $7 billion deal to relaunch a phosphate mining project is set to produce millions of tons of fertilizer annually.
The deal comes three years after Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach and Chinese firm Citic announced a $6 billion deal to mine the same deposit in Tebessa province.
Gaza, a Palestinian territory of some 2.3 million people under Israeli-blockade since 2007, suffers from an unemployment rate above 50...
And Israeli work permits have become a rarity for Palestinians in the last decade or so -- making the few on offer seem like gold dust.
Under current terms, workers from Gaza entering Israel are only covered for accidents if their Israeli employer agrees to pay for insurance.
UN chief says that around 100,000 people in Mariupol have been forced to live in a complete blockade with no...
UN chief says that around 100,000 people in Mariupol have been forced to live in a complete blockade with no food, no water, no medicine
One group fleeing through humanitarian route from Mariupol were "captured by the occupiers", said Ukrainian President
Saudi Arabia accounted for 22 percent of GCC investments to Latin America during 2016-2021, followed by Qatar with 1 percent.
Saudi Arabia accounted for 22 percent of GCC investments to Latin America during 2016-2021, followed by Qatar with 1 percent
The report, titled Cultivating Ties: Deepening trade and investment between Latin America and the GCC, was issued ahead of the Global Business Forum Latin America 2022