Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) is one of the largest purchasers of carbon credits from the first MENA Voluntary Carbon Market auction.

Switzerland's second-biggest bank launched a strategic review aimed at putting an end to a series of scandals that have shaken the institution, saying the results were intended to create "a simpler, more focused and more stable bank".

The Kazakhstan ambassador valued the UAE leadership's interest in strengthening relations between the two countries, pointing out that the 1st of October marks the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the UAE and Kazakhstan.

Paris, France - International climate pledges remain far off track to limit rising temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a report released by the United Nations Wednesday, less than two weeks ahead of high-stakes negotiations to tackle global warming. The combined climate pledges of more than 190 nations that signed...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - In drought-hit Iraq, six out of 10 households have had their access to drinking water disrupted and a quarter of farmers have seen crop yields drastically fall this year, said a survey published Monday. Iraq has been battered by three years of drought, low rainfall and reduced...

MUSCAT, OMAN - The inflation rate of Consumer Price Index in Oman reached 2.4 percent during September 2022. A monthly consumer price survey report by National Center for Statistics and Information said this. The report noted prices of education group increased by 5.1 percent, while prices of health group and...

The EU's 27 member states have been squabbling for months over measures to lower energy bills as winter nears.

Publishing a video of the action on Twitter, the environmental protest group Last Generation wrote: "If it takes a painting –- with #MashedPotatoes or #TomatoSoup thrown at it -– to make society remember that the fossil fuel course is killing us all: Then we'll give you #MashedPotatoes on a painting!"

Tehran, Iran— Iran announced Sunday a contract with Russia to supply it with 40 turbines to help its gas industry amid Western sanctions over Moscow's war in Ukraine, local media reported. Iran's "industrial successes are not limited to the fields of missiles and drones," Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company's CEO,...

The authority said that digital tax stamps are distinctive marks in the form of a physical label or digital code containing encrypted data.

Abu Dhabi, UAE - The Culture Summit Abu Dhabi began in the UAE capital with discussions on the impact of the pandemic on culture. Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, said, “If an issue happens in Brazil or Iraq or Syria, it affects us as well,...

DUBAI, UAE - UAE Minister of Climate Change and the Environment Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri participated in the World Food Forum where she spoke about the country's efforts to enhance youth engagement in strengthening food security through innovation and entrepreneurship. The Forum from October 17 to 21 at the headquarters...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli government decided on Sunday to allocate millions of dollars for a museum to house the world's largest collection of Albert Einstein documents, the Hebrew University said. It will be built on the university's Givat Ram campus in Jerusalem, with the government committing to approximately $6 million...

AMMAN, JORDAN - Jordan will Monday host the 2022 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mediterranean Conference, organized by North Macedonia, Chair of 2022 Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation Group and the OSCE Secretariat/External Co-operation Section. The two-day meeting in the Dead Sea region will bring together representatives from...

Five women are suing Qatar Airways and the state-run Qatar Civil Aviation Authority after they were removed from flights for non-consensual gynecological examinations in October 2020.

At least 11 Jordanian food processing companies took part in the SIAL Paris 2022 trade show, the Jordan Exporters Association (JEA) said.

Executive Director of the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA) Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan highlighted the rapid escalation of the climate crisis in recent years, and UAE’s efforts to mitigate the effects through its Net Zero strategy.

The UAE-UK Business Council hosted its 20th Plenary Meeting in Abu Dhabi, co-chaired by Ahmed Al Sayegh, Minister of State, and Lord Udny-Lister.

The United Arab Emirates is set to host three healthcare events next week in Dubai where over 4,000 healthcare professionals and participants are expected to attend.

The game merges Nintendo's Mario, the Italian plumber who has given his name to an entire universe of games, with Ubisoft's Rabbids, a series focused on the adventures of a species of screeching, hyperactive rabbit-like animals.

US federal agencies have often concentrated on headline-grabbing suspects like Heather Morgan, an amateur rapper nicknamed "Razzlekhan" who was charged with money laundering in February, and more recently reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who was fined this month for illegally promoting a cryptocurrency.

The decision to make the biggest-ever dip into the emergency oil reserves -- usually kept for responding to situations such as hurricane-related shutdowns at oil refineries -- was Biden's gambit to calm energy markets and shield the world's biggest economy from Ukraine war shocks.

The company said it ended the third quarter with slightly more than 223 million subscribers worldwide, up some 2.4 million, after seeing subscriber ranks ebb during the first half of the year.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - President Vladimir Putin does not plan to end a military mobilization in Russia "yet" but some of the country's regions completed the process, the Kremlin said Tuesday. "For the moment, there is no presidential decree (on ending mobilization)," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He spoke a day...

Rabat, Morocco---A Takaful insurance company will be established in Morocco by Qatar Islamic Bank, Atlanta Insurance and Moroccan Tourism and Real Estate Loan Bank (CIH) after the Moroccan Supervisory Authority of Insurance and Social Welfare (ACAPS) approved the decision. Takaful is Sharia-compliant Islamic insurance wherein members contribute money into a pool...

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) in collaboration with the Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun), has issued 1,000 silver commemorative coins to mark the 30th anniversary of Tawazun.

The Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn has moved to diversify beyond electronics assembly and embraced the competitive but rapidly expanding EV business, unveiling three concept cars last year.

Advocacy groups say there are currently about 60,000 political prisoners in the country, an issue that rights groups hope to raise at the United Nations COP27 climate summit, which will open on November 6 in Egypt.

The forum targets GCC entrepreneurs and business incubators and accelerators and financing institutions in GCC.

Dubai Customs provides the services and facilities to licensed companies in the free zones of the Emirate to boost investments and attract more investors.

The Foreign Experts Court of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has managed to maintain high adjudication rates in the cases brought before it over three years since it started operating in 2019.

Washington, US-- International Monetary Fund and Egyptian authorities have agreed to finalize their work to reach a Staff-Level Agreement very soon, the IMF has said. Director of Communications at the IMF Gerry Rice said in a statement that "IMF staff and the Egyptian authorities have held very productive in-person discussions...

Tehran, Iran - "Troubles" erupted between inmates and guards at Tehran's Evin prison and a fire broke out but the situation is "under control", Iranian state media reported Saturday. "Troubles and clashes took place on Saturday night" in the prison and "rioters" started a fire, local news agency said, citing a...

Tripoli, Libya—The United Nations' new Libya envoy, Abdoulaye Bathily, took up post in Tripoli Friday, vowing to work towards elections in the North African country, rocked by over a decade of conflict. "I arrived in Tripoli today to assume my functions as the special representative of the secretary general for Libya...

The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) organized two training workshops on the Green Industries environmental labeling program.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia---The Saudi Arabia's Camel Club and Riyadh Chamber of Commerce have signed an MoU to develop and create investment opportunities in the camel sector. The MoU, which was signed in presence of Executive Director of the Camel Club, Engineer Bandar Al-Qahtani and Vice Chairman of the Board of...

Musk is expected to complete a $44-billion takeover of Twitter by the end of the month. If he fails to do so, a trial for a breach-of-contract suit in the on-again-off-again deal will take place in November.

Known for his criticism of the authorities, Monjib was sentenced in January last year to 12 months in prison, after a trial opened in 2015 and was repeatedly postponed.

Beirut, Lebanon— Thirteen people, mostly fighters, have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes between rival factions competing for power in northwest Syria, a war monitor said Wednesday. Fighting between two pro-Turkish Syrian rebel groups began in the town of Al-Bab in northern Aleppo province before spreading to other areas...

Dubai, Abu Dhabi -- ENOC Group announced Wednesday that its Service Station of the Future is now open to the public at Expo City Dubai. Expo City Dubai is now ready to host 145,000 residents and workers, becoming the UAE’s first 15-minute city (a cycle-friendly, traffic free suburb of Dubai's...

MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer received Consul-General of Canada to Dubai and the Northern Emirates Jean-Philippe Linteau at GITEX Global 2022.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia--The 10th Scientific Forum of translation themed “Time Differences between Composition and Translation in the Arab World” will begin tomorrow at Cairo University. The forum is being held on the occasion of the awarding ceremony of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Translation. It aims to...

The announcement on Friday marked the latest volley in a long-running standoff between the two superpowers that has seen them face off over a range of issues including technology, trade, Hong Kong, Taiwan and human rights.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday. Heatwaves are predicted to "exceed human physiological and social limits" in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and...

A Saudi Arabian delegation led by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha is on a visit to Oman.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday that the plant -- Europe's largest nuclear power station -- had lost its last source of external power after renewed shelling and was relying on emergency generators.

The singer, who rose to fame for his song "Baraye", denied any links to any "movement or organization outside the country" and said his song was only meant to "express solidarity with the people".

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Remittances from expatriates in Saudi Arabia saw a 13 percent year-on-year (YoY) decline to SAR 11.92 billion ($3.15bn) in August, according to recent data released by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, remittances from expats in Saudi Arabia rose 3 percent %,...

Qatar plans to hike its imports of Jordanian food products during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as demand is expected to increase at unprecedented rates due to influx of over 1.5 million fans and visitors.

Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said that protecting migratory birds and biodiversity is one of the global and regional environmental challenges that her country is keen to address during the UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27).