Washington, US-- Jordan’s King Abdullah and US President Joe Biden will hold talks at the White House on Thursday, as part of the king's visit to Washington, DC. Talks will cover means to bolster the strategic partnership and ties of friendship between Jordan and the United States through expanding cooperation...

Tesco plans to cut about 1,750 management roles.

Production of the fuel reached 3.1 trillion cubic feet for the month of October, according to the most recently available US data, an all-time high and up almost 50 percent from the level a decade ago.

The relief of rainfall early this month was welcomed by the UN agency, which noted in a statement that in the Chibayish region "salinity levels decreased" to the point that people and animals could again drink the water.

Israeli government announced that the home of a 13-year-old boy who shot two Israelis would be sealed off even though his attack caused severe injury and not deaths.

Amman, Jordan-- The European Union (EU) has signed two agreements with Jordan to provide it with a $70 million in financing. The first agreement will finance a $43 million program: "EU support to the Rule of Law in Jordan", in support of the Ministry of Justice, Judicial Council, Judicial Institute,...

Dubai, UAE - UAE's Federal Tax Authority (FTA) started the ‘Tax Support’ initiative to raise tax awareness among UAE’s business sectors through direct and sustained contact. The step is likely to help the businesses in enhancing compliance with tax laws and regulations, WAM reported. As a result, the first workshop...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Standardization Organization (GSO) has announced its training plan for 2023 in the field of standards and metrology through the GCC Standardization Training Center affiliated with GSO. The GSO President, Saud bin Nasser Al-Khusaibi, said in a statement Sunday that the 2023...

The agreement was signed in the presence of Meloni and her host Abdulhamid Dbeibah, who heads the UN-brokered Government of National Unity which is contested by a rival administration in the east.

Amman, Jordan-- Jordan and the Arab League have discussed ways to deepen coordination on communications. Minister of Government Communication Faisal Shboul and Head of the Media and the Communication Sector of the Arab League, Ahmed Khattabi, Saturday held talks in Amman on enhancing coordination on communications. During the meeting, Shboul...

A total of 262 candidates are competing for 131 seats from Tunisia's 161-member legislature, which was largely stripped of its powers following a series of extraordinary measures launched by President Kais Saied on July 25, 2021.

In the OPCW report, investigators said there were "reasonable grounds to believe" that at least one Syrian air force helicopter had dropped two cylinders of the toxic gas on the rebel-held town of Douma.

DUBAI, UAE- Dubai is fast emerging as the city of choice for destination weddings, with a growing number of event planners across the world recommending the city to couples as the perfect venue for their marriage. This is in line with the efforts aimed at boosting the emirate's stature as...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ -  First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mohsen Al-Mandalawi said that the tourism sector in Iraq has all the ingredients for success. Al-Mandalawi made the statement while meeting with the Association of Travel and Tourism Companies in Iraq, a statement issues by the  media office of the First Deputy...

NEW DELHI, INDIA -   The UAE participated in G20'S first health working group session held in India from January 18 -20. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the priorities for the health track within G20 under the Indian presidency this year. The Indian G20 presidency said that it...

DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s ( ) virtual employee ‘Rammas’, which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), answered over 6.8 million enquiries since its launch in the first quarter of 2017 until the end of December 2022. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said that DEWA...

Beirut, Lebanon--Two Lebanese lawmakers on Friday entered the second week of a sit-in inside the crisis-hit country's parliamentary chamber, vowing to remain inside until fellow MPs elect a new president. Parliamentarians Najat Saliba and Melhem Khalaf, both independents, began their protest on January 19, after colleagues met and failed for an...

Abu Dhabi, UAE - As part of the pan-Arab efforts to implement the joint Arab digital economy vision, launched by UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an MoU was signed to establish an Arab Digital Foodstuff Market. Ahmed Abu Al Gheit, Secretary General of the League of Arab States...

Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq's Minister of Electricity, Ziyad Ali Fadel said the national grid has lost 7,500 megawatts in the past days due to curtailed Iranian gas imports which led to a decline in processing hours. He said the memorandum of understanding signed with the German company Siemens will lead...

The second round is a continuation of the first round negotiations, which were organized in Rabat, Morocco, in November 2022

Mumbai, India - An Indian conglomerate owned by Asia's richest man Gautam Adani said Thursday it was exploring legal action against a US investment firm that accused it of "brazen" corporate fraud. Hindenburg Research this week alleged that Adani Group had used undisclosed related-party transactions and earnings manipulation to "maintain the...

ABU DHABI, UAE - The UAE is determined to foster the attractiveness and competitiveness of the business environment in order to keep pace with future economic trends, a senior official said. The UAE further aims to offer a legislative framework that will enable companies to promote the new economic model,...

The area of land used for opium poppy cultivation expanded by a third to just over 40,000 hectares in 2021-22 -- the first full growing season since the coup -- according to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released Thursday.

DUBAI, UAE - Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), received Christian Klein, CEO and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. The meeting was attended by Marwan bin Haidar, Executive Vice President of Innovation and The Future at DEWA, and Mohammad...

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella last week said he was laying off about five percent of the company’s workforce, just days before pumping several billion dollars into OpenAI, the company behind the controversial chatbot ChatGPT.

DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced that it is participating in the 8th Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF) as the organizing partner. DIPMF is being organized by the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai (RTA) in cooperation with the Project Management Institute (PMI), DP World,...

DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched the 'OWNEK' awareness initiative to help its accredited contractors and consultants receive approval on the first instance when requesting electricity connections. This initiative will save the contractors and consultants time and effort and speed up the workflow. The initiative includes...

ABU DHABI, UAE - Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has just been announced as the winner of the Outstanding Community Initiative category at the 2022 Global Business Excellence Awards, thanks to its 'Auwn Community Program'. The program assisted in accomplishing ADAFSA's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals by...

Manama, Bahrain--This week’s $186 million issue of government treasury bills has been oversubscribed by 208%. The bills, carrying a maturity of 91 days, are issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain on behalf of the government of Bahrain. The issue date of the bills is 25th January 2023 and the...

Dubai, UAE-- Oil prices fell in early trade on Monday, but held on to most of last week's gains on the prospect of an economic recovery in top oil importer China this year. Brent crude futures retreated by 46 cents, or 0.5%, to $87.17 at 0031 GMT, while U.S. West...

The EU has already imposed sanctions on more than 60 Iranian officials and entities over the crackdown on protestors, including the "morality police", Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders and state media. But the 27-nation bloc has so far stopped short of blacklisting the Revolutionary Guards themselves as a terror group despite...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabia's Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST) has announced the formation of a Space Entrepreneurship Alliance to achieve growth and sustainability in the sector and develop a solid foundation to support entrepreneurs in the Kingdom's space industry. The alliance was announced during the Commission's participation...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and several ministers arrived in Algeria on Sunday, state media reported, ahead of meetings with top officials in the gas-exporting giant.

The Turkish leader said that they had agreed on an adjustment to the timetable with its junior right-wing coalition partner to avoid disrupting the school exam schedules.

Jerusalem, Undefined - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed a top minister from office Sunday following a Supreme Court ruling against Aryeh Deri's appointment which has shaken the nascent cabinet. "It is with a heavy heart, with great sorrow and with an extremely difficult feeling that I am forced to transfer...

ABU DHABI, UAE - The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) which is under the Central Bank of Egypt, discussed ways to promote cooperation in the field of training and building human capital capabilities relevant to the financial sector. This came during a meeting...

SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) has approved its recommendations regarding the Districts and Villages Affairs Department (DVA) policy. This came during its 8th session, held at SCC's headquarters, as part of its work for the fourth regular session of the tenth legislative term. The session was chaired...

The recent announcement of Twitter updating its services would be a radical change in business model from Twitter, which has so far relied on targeted advertising to generate revenue, before launching a paid subscription service in mid-December.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's objections to Sweden's NATO membership rest largely on Stockholm's refusal to extradite Turkish nationals Ankara wants to prosecute for "terrorism".

LOS ANGELES, US - Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to set foot on the Moon, said he had married his longtime girlfriend on Friday, his 93rd birthday. Aldrin and Anca Faur, executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures, were wed in a private ceremony. "On my 93rd...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The Civil Aviation Authority announced the work to conclude new air agreements with the Gulf states. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority, Jihad Al-Diwan, told local media agency: "We have agreements with all Gulf countries and all Gulf national carriers that land in Iraqi airports, except for...

DOHA, QATAR -  Qatar Chamber First Vice-Chairman Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Twar Al Kuwari met with President of the Republic of Cuba Eng. Antonio Rodriguez and his accompanying delegation. The meeting touched on economic and commercial relations between both countries and ways to enhance cooperation between the Qatari private sector...

DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has implemented the SAP Audit Management System (TAWKEED), becoming the first integrated utility in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region to implement this best-in class solution. TAWKEED is used for risk-based audit planning, planning individual audit engagement, communicating results to...

Istanbul, Turkey--Turkey said on Saturday that it had called off a visit by Sweden's defense minister over a planned anti-Turkey protest in Stockholm. "At this point, Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson's visit to Turkey on January 27 has lost its significance and meaning, so we cancelled the visit," Turkish Defense...

ABU DHABI, UAE - Building on its ongoing efforts to improve the healthcare ecosystem from all aspects, the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Geneva Sustainability Center (GSC). The GSC is an organization powered by the International Hospital Federation (IHF)...

ABU DHABI, UAE - The UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) and Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of enhancing the UAE’s appeal as an investment destination. Omar Suwaina Al Suwaidi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and...

The ministry announced the "martyrdom of Jawad Farid Bawaqna, 57, killed by a bullet in the chest, and Adham Mohammed Bassem Jabareen 28, after he was shot in the upper abdomen by the Israeli occupation army during its aggression on Jenin".

An online auction of "surplus corporate office assets of Twitter" that lasted slightly more than 24 hours also featured a 10-foot neon light in the shape of Twitter's bird logo, which brought in a winning bid of $40,000, Heritage Global Partners auction service confirmed.

Sharjah, UAE - The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST) of the University of Sharjah (UoS), has received the first communication signal from its first CubeSat, “Sharjah-Sat-1,” on Tuesday, once it reached its orbit around Earth. Sharjah-Sat-1 is the first miniaturized satellite, launched by SAASST on Jan...

Analysts believe that Erdogan's office is looking for a perfect moment at which his own voters are more likely to turn out than those backing his opponents. On Wednesday Erdogan delivered a speech to his ruling party in which he recalled the day contemporary Turkey held its first free election...