Etihad Airways has announced a new travel solution aimed at corporate and frequent travelers booking from the UAE, said local media. The newly launched Etihad WorldPass allows the airline’s customers to purchase a travel subscription which offers complete flexibility and ease with rearranging bookings throughout the year, said sources. Etihad...

The modern state of Bahrain was founded by Ahmed Al Fateh in 1783 and on 16 December 1971, Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa became the first emir of the country.

The Turkish lira on Thursday hit fresh lows after the central bank fired the latest salvo in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "economic war of independence" by cutting interest rates for the fourth successive month. The reduction of the main rate to 14 from 15 percent comes in the face of...

An Iran-linked hacking group attacked seven Israeli targets over a 24-hour period this week, an Israeli cyber-security firm said, in the latest episode of cyber-warfare between the rival states. The targets of the attack by the group called "Charming Kitten" included the Israeli "government and business sector", Tel Aviv-based Check...

Saudi Arabia sent two aircraft carrying humanitarian aid to Afghanistan Thursday, state media reported, its first such initiative since the Taliban took control of the crisis-stricken country in August. The kingdom's state-run King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) sent more than 65 tons of aid, including 1,647 food...

A total of 13, 978 Bahraini nationals have invested in UAE public shareholding companies in 2020 and 331 licenses for various economic activities were granted to them, the UAE Ministry of Finance has said. The Ministry said on the occasion of Bahrain National Day that trade between the UAE and...

South Korea's $2.5 million aid for programs supporting Afghan refugees in Iran has been hailed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF. Iranian media reports said that South Korea's Ambassador to Iran Yun Kahghyeon on Tuesday signed an agreement of cooperation with the two UN agencies in the...

Jordan’s Investment Minister, Khairy Amro, said the investment law, which the government is currently working on, will cope with the most developed international laws in this field.

Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company (ADQ) has established a new office in Egypt to build on its commitment to investing in the country’s economic growth, media reports said. The opening of ADQ’s new office complements the $20 billion (AED 73 billion) strategic investment platform launched in 2019 between ADQ and...

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), at Expo 2020 Dubai to discuss the nuclear energy program of the country. Al Nahyan and Grossi hailed the cooperation between the two sides,...

Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) has entered into a strategic alliance with the Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) to provide RAKEZ clients with quick and convenient access to the bank's products and services. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Ramy Jallad, Group CEO of RAKEZ, and Dr....

Reports say that Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed praised the outstanding relations between the UAE and the ASEAN countries.

The cross-border mechanism has been operating since 2020 through Bab al-Hawa, after the Russian-imposed removal in 2019 of three other access points in Syria.

Combating corruption requires cooperation from every person in all societies at all levels in all its forms and manifestations, said Mazen bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous, President of Saudi Arabia's Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority. Al-Kahmous was speaking at the ninth session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention...

Naif Arab University for Security Sciences has signed a cooperation agreement with the Tunisian Ministry of Justice on the sidelines of the scientific symposium “Alternative Punishments to Freedom-Depriving Punishments”, which is organized by the university and the ministry. The agreement aims at exchanging expertise between the two sides in the...

International diplomats have been cloistered in a Vienna hotel discussing how to salvage a deal that was intended to prevent Iran from developing an atomic bomb.  Can the landmark 2015 agreement be saved or has time run out to revive the deal? What's at stake?  Talks to rescue the agreement...

Khazaen, Oman's fully integrated economic city, has signed two agreements worth more than Omani Riyal 1.5 million ($3.8 million) with national firms to carry out vital projects and attract investments and provide integrated solutions in different industrial sectors. Omani media reports said the first agreement was signed with an Omani...

The remaining coalition forces in Iraq will be present at the invitation of the government only to provide advice, assistance and empowering the Iraqi security forces.

Hammadi talked about Boosting joint efforts in terms of mobilizing resources and support in Qatar to contribute to the treatment of these patients.

The Ajman’s Department of Finance has signed agreements with 12 local banks to offer an "easy payment plan", which allows installment payments for government service fees to be made through the "Ajman Pay" platform when paid using any credit cards of these banks. The participating banks include First Abu Dhabi...

Mubadala Investment Company and Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate strategic cooperation between the two institutions. As part of the MoU, Mubadala and Mumtalakat will explore worldwide co-investment opportunities. They will also exchange knowledge...

Musk, the world's wealthiest person wields impact on Earth with his Tesla electric car company and beyond our planet with his SpaceX rockets.

Forbes Middle East also unveiled a ranking of the "Top 10 Construction Companies in MENA 2021".

Mexico-UAE bilateral trade has witnessed an approximate 38 percent upsurge in the past five years (2016-2020), a senior Mexican official told the Emirates News Agency. She added that Mexico wants to be a strategic partner for the UAE in agri-food sector, said reports. "The bilateral trade between 2016 and 2020...

A case filed by the Hashed al-Shaabi former paramilitary alliance contesting its defeat in Iraq's October 10 parliamentary election opened in a federal court on Monday.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has connected with hundreds of global business leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators in a series of six inaugural events organized by its international office network to discuss expansion opportunities to the UAE capital. ADIO’s offices in London, Paris, Beijing, Seoul, New York and San Francisco...

An online electronic platform named 'loubany', aimed at promoting Lebanon's economy and industry, will be launched in on 15 January 2022. Local media reports said loubnany will be launched under the patronage of Industry Minister Georges Poushkian, with the participation of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists, the Economic Affairs Directorate...

The center was announced by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Middle East Green Summit held in Riyadh recently.

The decision is said to have come at a meeting of Oman’s Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from Covid-19.

Nayef Fayez, tourism minister, said tourism in 2021 saw an improvement, especially in the second half of the year.

Iran's Vice President for parliamentary affairs, Mohammad Hosseini said his country stood by Syrian people and government to the best of its ability to help preserve its territorial integrity.

The conference was organized by the ACSR, under the patronage of the Arab League.

MAWANI also aims to attract a major share of the global transshipment operations to Saudi ports by implementing several projects and initiatives.

The UAE and Mauritius have stressed the importance of boosting economic and commercial relations between the two countries. A meeting was held between Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini, UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs, and Dr. Renganaden Padayachy, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development of Mauritius, at the Ministry...

Libya’s election commission delayed publication of a final list of candidates for a presidential election scheduled in less than two weeks.

Al Arabia also known Arabian Contracting Services Co., has set up a joint stock company in Egypt with United Media Services Company, marking its first partnership outside the kingdom.

The total foreign trade between Russia and the UAE is set to reach around $4 billion by the end of this year, said Sergey Cherimin, Minister of the Government of Moscow. Local media reports said that in 2020, the trade between the two countries amounted to $3.3 billion. Chermin told...

The oil production in Majnoon Oil field will be increased to 450,000 barrels per day, said the Oil Minister of Iraq, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail.

An electrical short circuit in a store containing oxygen supplies for Covid patients caused the blast that rocked a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, the Islamist group Hamas said Saturday.

Negotiation is the first and foremost step, but not the last one, Nasr said, noting that there should be considerable agreements and outcomes to let the trust grow.

A total of 1,368 delegates from 58 countries – including 250 virtual participants – attended the first edition of the Global Business Forum (GBF) ASEAN in Dubai, which concluded today with a total of 180 bilateral business meetings taking place on the sidelines of the event. GBF ASEAN was held...

Iran plans to double exports to regional countries within the four-year term of President Ebrahim Raisi, though the target is achievable even within the next two years and a half, said the country's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Affairs Mehdi Safari. Safari, while presenting a report of the 100-day...

Egypt has pledged support to Lebanon "at all levels" and stressed that it needs "political accord" to reawaken from the setbacks it has been experiencing and "for it to return to the beacon of the Arabs". Local media reports said that during his meeting with the visiting Lebanese Prime Minister...

A commercial shrimp farming project was launched at Quroom Farm in Jaalan Bani Bu Hassan, in the Governorate of South A'Sharqiyah in Oman. The 20-million Riyali Oman project, spread over an area of 500 hectares (5 square km), is set to have a total capacity of 4,600 tons per annum...

The workers were trapped as heavy rains flooded the basement factory in the northern city of Tangiers.

CEO of the Ministry of Culture’s Commission for Literature, Publishing and Translation Dr Mohammed Hasan Alwan opened the conference.

The company has supplied Bosai Minerals Group over one million tonnes of bauxite in 2021 under short-term agreements.

In the northern Iraqi hamlet of Hassan-Jalad, almost every family has a story to tell about a time when a child, nephew or brother was lost to wartime munitions. Located near Mosul, a former stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, the area is littered with unexploded ordnance, sometimes...

Qatar and Turkey have announced they agreed to extend a currency swap deal between their central banks, as Ankara’s lira has plunged in value fuelling an economic crisis. According to a joint statement on Tuesday, the two sides “welcomed the signing of the agreement on the extension and amendment of...

Dubai's carbon emissions have fallen by 22 percent in 2019, reflecting the efforts made by its strategic partners to support the green economy of the emirate, said Ahmed Buti Al Muhairbi, Secretary-General of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy. Al Muhairbi was attending the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy's 67th...