Morocco and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) have signed the pact on the partial funding of the second phase of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) project's Front End Engineering Study (FEED). "Through an exchange of correspondence with OFID Director-General Abdulhamid Al Khalifa and with Amina Benkhadra, Director-General of...

Iraqi security forces said Saturday they had broken up a drug trafficking ring and seized more than six million pills of the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon, making several arrests. Iraq's northwestern neighbor Syria is the Middle East's main captagon producer, and its southern neighbor Saudi Arabia the main consumer. Iraqi forces...

Former tennis star Boris Becker was on Friday jailed for two and a half years after being found guilty by a British court of charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy.

One of Algeria's leading opposition figures, Karim Tabbou, has been arrested again, rights groups have said. Tabbou was one of the most-recognizable faces during unprecedented mass rallies, led by the Hirak pro-democracy movement, that began in February 2019. They demanded a sweeping overhaul of the ruling system in place since...

The first public Sukuk issuance from IsDB in 2022 strengthens its position as the largest supranational institution.

“At the very least,’ Tunisia needs to go ahead with parliamentary elections promised by the end of the year, a top US diplomat has said.

A total of 21,615 real estate transactions worth AED 6.3 billion ($1.71 billion) were executed in Sharjah during the first quarter of 2022, said the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department (SRERD). Abdul Aziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, the Director-General of SRERD, said the main branch of the SRERD in the city...

Libya's reduced output also comes as global oil prices remain under pressure since Russia, an OPEC+ producer, invaded Ukraine in February.

The UAE and Turkey are in final talks regarding the launch of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, according to the UAE’s minister of state for foreign trade, Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi. The new partnership is expected to double bilateral trade between both countries, strengthen cooperation efforts, create new jobs,...

NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring the second batch of one of its most advanced missile defense systems despite the war in Ukraine.

The total number of certificates of origin issued by the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) during 2021 increased to 33,175, compared to 25,682 during 2020, achieving a 29 percent growth, said Mohamed Ali Al Janahi, Acting Director-General of ACCI. He said the total value of the products, for...

Families have reported at least 23 still missing, all women and children while Lebanese govt asked armed forces to investigate the deadly boat capsize.

The move follows similar actions by European countries, which lifted the mask mandate partially or entirely.

They received 10-year terms for "destruction of public installations", five years for plotting against national security and "cooperation with hostile groups", and another for propaganda against the Islamic republic.

Jordan Free and Development Zones Group Director Arwa Hiyari said the beach project is aimed at diversifying tourism.

"The United States is deeply troubled and disappointed by the court's decision," US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

West Cairo has witnessed strong real estate development.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is facing a financial implosion for the last 10 years, which could cause an interruption or end of services to five million refugees.

Not even one in four people have completely recovered from Covid a full year after being hospitalized with the disease, a UK study indicated Sunday, warning that long Covid could become a common condition. The study involving more than 2,300 people also found that women were 33 percent less likely...

Bahrain has announced a ban, effective from September 19, on selling, manufacturing, circulating and importing single-use plastic bags, which are less than 35 microns in thickness. Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani said that the decision aims to support environmental protection initiatives and limit the...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign vessel smuggling fuel in the Gulf and arrested its crew members, state media said Sunday, in the third such incident reported this month. The Guards "seized a foreign vessel carrying 200,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf and directed it to Bushehr...

Egyptian state security released nine Coptic Christians who had been detained for nearly three months following a protest demanding the rebuilding of their church, rights groups said Sunday. They were released on Sunday morning, the day that Coptic Christians celebrate Easter, the village priest told AFP.

For the first time, direct investments supervised by Qatar Development Bank in SMEs has exceeded QR 100 million ($27 million). The total amount of direct and indirect investments in the bank’s portfolio has reached QR 220 million, supporting nearly 100 companies operating and providing highly skilled jobs and innovative services...

Hours before the flight, the airline said on its Facebook page that "it has not yet received operating permits," and expressed "deep regret to the travelers for not being allowed to operate."

Online payments giant Stripe on Friday said it will start letting Twitter stars get paid in a dollar-pegged form of cryptocurrency in the latest endorsement of digital money.

The European Union early Saturday finalized new legislation to require Big Tech to remove harmful content, the bloc's latest move to rein in the world's online giants.

The Equatorial Guinea-flagged Xelo was thought to have been carrying 750 tons of diesel when it went down en route between Egypt and Malta on Saturday.

The election commission, created in 2012, has currently nine members with its president appointed by parliament.

The 2022 Asian Games in China is facing the possibility of being postponed, an official told AFP on Thursday, after a rumor that it would be moved to next year. The Olympic-sized event is scheduled to be held in September in Hangzhou near Shanghai, which is grappling with a major...

More than a dozen Chinese coal power projects overseas were cancelled after a ban last year on funding such plants, but loopholes could allow 18 others to still go ahead, according to a study published Friday.

As Bahrainis celebrate Ramadan along with the rest of the Muslim world, the holy month is a period of appreciation for traditional sweets

Spanish authorities said Thursday they had arrested and then granted conditional release to a Portuguese man wanted by Interpol over the 2020 Beirut port blast that killed over 200 people. Jorge Moreira, 43, was arrested at Madrid airport on Wednesday after he arrived on a flight from Chile's capital Santiago,...

Touchdown Aviation (TDA) will provide Etihad Engineering supply chain solutions locally in Abu Dhabi, to ensure the availability of high demanded aircraft parts. Etihad Engineering signed a Component Agreement with TDA, a global specialist in the supply, loan, exchange, and repair of aircraft components, regarding the same. Frederic Dupont, Vice...

The National Oil Company (NOC) has this week declared a halt to operations at two major oil export terminals and several oilfields, halving output to about 600,000 barrels per day in a country that sits on Africa's biggest oil reserves.

Earlier this month, Elon Musk made an unsolicited bid of $43 million for Twitter, citing better freedom of speech as a motivation.

Ukraine on Sunday vowed to fight to the end in Mariupol after a Russian ultimatum expired for remaining forces to surrender in the Black Sea port city where Moscow is pushing for a major strategic victory. "The city still has not fallen," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said hours after Moscow's...

Iraq on Tuesday summoned Turkey's ambassador to Baghdad in protest against the new Turkish offensive targeting rebels in the north's autonomous Kurdistan region.

Iran said Wednesday that "technical issues" in the now-paused negotiations to restore its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers have been resolved, but "political" issues persist ahead of concluding any deal.

Child vaccination rates in Lebanon have dropped by more than 30 percent, compounding a health crisis marked by drug shortages and an exodus of trained professionals, the United Nations said Wednesday.

European car sales sank in March as Russia's invasion of Ukraine added more problems to a sector already struggling with shortages of semiconductors, industry data showed Wednesday. Passenger car registrations fell 20.5 percent compared to the same period last year, with 844,187 units sold, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers'...

Environmental assessment and permitting operations carried out by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) in 2021 reveal that 60 square kilometers of marine critical habitats and 850,000 meters square of terrestrial critical habitats have been protected. This is in addition to a reduction of more than 2800 cubic meters...

The report said that the climate state is rapidly aggravating poverty and instability, and is likely to amplify the economic burden on governments struggling to manage COVID-19

Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) has achieved sixth place on the Best Workplaces List of 2022 – Small & Medium Organizations. The ranking is awarded by the Great Place to Work, the global authority that recognizes high-trust, high-performing workplace cultures. RAKTDA is the category’s highest placed government entity...

Envisioned as a lush fortress against worsening desertification and sand storms, the "green belt" of Iraq's Karbala stands as a wilted failure. Sixteen years after its inception, only a fraction of the 76-kilometre (47-mile) crescent-shaped strip of greenery has materialized, though the years proved a deep need for protection against...

King Abdullah stressed that maintaining calm requires Israel to respect the historical and legal status quo in Al Aqsa Mosque.

According to the statement, a Jordanian-Azerbaijani Economic and Investment Business Forum will be held in the coming period

United Nations human rights experts have asked the Australian government to repatriate 46 of its citizens from detention camps in Syria, raising "deepest disquiet" that women and children are living in squalor. In a joint letter made public Sunday, 10 UN special rapporteurs said bringing this group -- which includes 30...

Morocco's official reserve assets amounted to 329.1 billion ($33.39 billion) Dirhams on 1 April 2022, up by 8.2 percent compared to the same period in 2021, Morocco's central bank (Bank Al-Maghrib) has said. During the week of April 7-13, 2022, the Dirham depreciated by 1.06 percent against the US Dollar...

Dr. Eng. Hassan Al Zarooni, Director of the Electricity Distribution Department, said the projects support its efforts to achieve sustainability through energy conservation.

The campaign reportedly supports the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050.