Jordan Ministry's Secretary-General Dana Zoubi stressed the deep-rooted relations between Jordan and Germany.

Jordan is counting on the World Bank's support to strengthen Jordan's social protection network, increase job opportunities.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed Vahit Kirisci as minister of agriculture and forestry after the resignation of Bekir Pakdemirli.

The World Bank has reported that Bahrain’s score improved to 73 percent in women’s economic participation and gender equality from 2018 to 2022. The report was compiled by World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law 2022. This report examines laws and regulations that restrict women’s economic inclusion in 190...

Policymakers, business leaders, and industry experts from the energy industry will converge in Dubai next week to participate in Middle East Energy, formerly Middle East Electricity. The event will take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre, from 7th-9th March, under the theme, "Guiding you through the energy transition". It...

Capital Bank of Jordan has made its first-ever bond listing of $100 million on Nasdaq Dubai, the Middle East's international financial exchange.

France on Thursday expressed fear that the worst phase of Russia's war on Ukraine could be yet to start, with key Ukrainian cities at risk of encirclement by Russian forces.

The Libyan parliament's pick for prime minister has accused his rival in Tripoli of blocking ministers-in-waiting from traveling to the eastern-based assembly to be sworn in.

The strategy’s objective is to make Dubai one of the safest cities in the world and achieve the zero road deaths vision.

Israel has said that regardless of any agreement that may be reached in Vienna, it would maintain full freedom to act against Iran.

The Dubai World Dermatology and Laser Conference and Exhibition (Dubai Derma 2022) concluded its 21st edition on Wednesday, and registered total business deals worth more than AED2 billion ($540 million). The volume of business deals highlights the event’s ability to offer a platform for new partnership and investment opportunities for...

The Suez Canal has seen a fifteen percent jump in business as ships carrying wheat and gas have filled the waterway in recent months.

Climate change has already caused "irreversible losses" for Nature, UN experts have said, warning that if emissions are not cut quickly, warming could trigger chain reactions with potentially catastrophic effects for all species, including humans. All forms of life on Earth are linked together by a vast web of causes...

Sweden's Ericsson said Wednesday that US authorities have found its disclosures about an internal inquiry into its conduct in Iraq, including suspected bribes to the Islamic State group, "insufficient".

Romanian business leaders were speaking at Romania-UAE Business Forum at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Lebanese families are lobbying authorities to return their relatives held in Syria.

The objective of the new aid provided by World Bank is to "protect vulnerable Afghans and help preserve human capital and key economic and social services."

The emergence of the new government once again gives Libya two prime ministers, as was the case between unrest-plagued 2014 and 2020.

The tourism ministry will treat Arab tourists as Jordanians to spur tourism.

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) has inaugurated the first Saudi farm exporting Murciano goats in Riyadh. Agriculture Agency represents MEWA and the farm was inaugurated in the presence of Ministry's Undersecretary for Agriculture Eng. Ahmed bin Saleh Al-Ayada. The livestock breeders received the license for the...

The UAE's Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) said that service fees for real estate units’ owners and investors in development projects were reduced by 26.4 percent during 2020 and 2021. In 2020, the service charges were reduced by 18.1 percent, with another 8.3 percent reduction introduced in 2021. The...

The Internal Auditors Associations of the UAE and Saudi Arabia have signed a cooperation agreement to work the internal auditing domain jointly. Abdulqader Obaid Ali, Chairman of the Board of UAE Internal Auditors Association, and Abdullah Saleh Al-Shebeili, CEO of the Saudi Internal Auditors Association, signed the agreement. Media reports...

Nicos Anastasiades was received by Prince Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of the Riyadh Region.

Italy imports around 95 percent of the gas it uses, and around 45 percent of that comes from Russia.

The remarks were made during the GCC Secretary General Al-Hajraf’s meeting with the Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr. Ausaf Sayeed.

The meeting, attended by Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, discussed enhancing the strategic partnership between Jordan and the United States.

The announcement of the expulsion came on the last day of Russia's presidency of the UN Security Council and it ceded the presidential seat to UAE on Tuesday.

Bahrain's Minister said the private sector plays a key role in strengthening bilateral relations, as it boosts the volume of trade exchanges.

Shurooq is currently considering in several Arab and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar, Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, Executive Chairman of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority. Shurooq has received a proposal to establish similar entities to Sharjah Sustainable City in Australia and...

Saudi Exports Development Authority (SAUDI EXPORTS) today organized a commercial mission for over 30 Saudi senior manufacturers and exporters in the constructions and foodstuff sectors to Oman. The mission, which targets 70 Omani companies, follows the two countries’ signing of memorandum of understating worth $30 billion for cooperation in various...

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has said it completed all short-term goals of its Smart Grid Strategy 2014-2035 as, between 2015 and 2020, it replaced all electricity and water meters with smart meters, a deployment of over two million smart meters. By automating meter readings, DEWA customers can manage...

The subsidiary has a capital standing at SAR 50,000 and will offer multi-vendor business-to-consumer (B2C) products.

Prince Khalid bin Salman conveyed the greetings of the Custodian of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The IPCC report will include a crucial 40-page summary for policymakers, expected to show that devastating scale of climate change impacts is just the beginning.

Iraq, which has qualified World Cup finals only once, in 1986, was working for months to welcome international matches and to get the FIFA ban lifted.

If needed, Turkey will apply the Montreux agreement which governs the free movement of commercial ships through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles straits.

According to the UN, if the war continued, there will be around 18 million Ukrainians that will be affected in humanitarian terms.

The ministers of Jordan and Tunisia discussed ways to enhance bilateral ties, especially in health cooperation. Jordan’s Health Minister Firas Al Hawari met with Tunisian counterpart Ali Mrabet on Saturday in Amman. Both sides agreed on increasing cooperation by exchanging expertize and experiences, especially in the field of digitizing and...

Tunisia has devoted a budget of 30 MD ($10.4m) to the social and solidarity economy for the next three years.

The World Bank (WB) announced that it would support the higher education sector in Iraq with an amount of $5 million.

Algeria's state energy firm is ready to supply Europe with more gas in view of a possible decline due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its CEO said Sunday.

Iran's chief negotiator will fly back to Vienna on Sunday evening following consultations in Tehran, state media reported, as talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal reached a critical stage.

Bahrain government has provided unemployment benefits to 31,099 citizens in 2021, according to the country’s Labor Minister Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan. He said the unemployment benefit has not been discontinued for any beneficiary who meets the eligibility conditions in accordance with the Unemployment Insurance Law. Humaidan said amendments have...

US Senator Mark Warner wrote to Meta, Reddit, Telegram, TikTok, Twitter and other tech giants to stop Russian disinformation spreading online through their platform.

The EU has been mediating between negotiators from Iran and a U.S. delegation to revive nuclear deal.

Iran has said that it will continue to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity even after sanctions against it are lifted and a 2015 nuclear deal is brought back to life.

The six sites are in an area called the New York Bight and total 488,000 acres (197,500 hectares), making it the biggest U.S. renewable power auction ever.

The findings, published by the Nairobi-based think tank Power Shift Africa, focus on the costs of warding off climate impacts.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced that the number of electricity accounts reached 1.06 million by the end of 2021 compared to 752,505 at the end of 2016, an increase of 41 percent. The number of water accounts reached 960,032 by the end of 2021 compared to 666,006 accounts...

The World Bank and MSMEDA is eager to review and develop the needs of startups.