Blinken will spend Monday and Tuesday in Qatar, the largest hub for the evacuations of some 100,000 Afghans in the final days

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are already off the starting mark in their efforts to supply alternative fuels to the global maritime industry.

A technical team has landed in Kabul to discuss the resumption of airport operations after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to a source. "While no final agreement has been reached regarding providing technical assistance, Qatar's technical team has initiated this discussion based on the other side's request. Talks are...

An American startup Eat Just has tied up with Doha Venture Capital (DVC) and Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZ) to build the first-ever cultivated meat facility in the region. 

UAE is among the first countries in the Middle East to use cloud seeding technology for a project whose trials started in late 1990s.

Enthusiasts may buy a subscription of 2 sports channels for AED15 (a little more than $4) or the entire STARZPLAY package for AED40 (around $11).

The organizers of the Qatar Geneva International Motor Show intend the event to take place every two years.

While joblessness will be a worry, the economies of the GCC countries are expected to grow by about 2.5 percent between 2021 and 2023.

They were produced by the United States and Boeing in partnership with Qatar itself.

The UAE and Qatar have been instrumental staging posts for evacuation flights for Western countries' citizens as well as Afghan interpreters, journalists and others

It has awarded an contract to Madrid-based Técnicas Reunidas.

Masraf Al Rayan, Qatar’s Islamic lender, has bought an additional 5 percent stake in Al Rayan (UK) from Qatar Holding LLC.

Each of about 100,000 needy families in the governorates of the Gaza Strip would receive $100 per month in cash.

IILM's Governing Board includes the central banks and monetary agencies of UAE and Qatar as members. It is a regular issuer of short-term Ṣukūk across varying tenors and amounts to cater to the liquidity needs of institutions offering Islamic financial services.

Founded in 1958, Pizza Inn is an international pizza chain featuring traditional and specialty pizzas

Tabreed, the Dubai-listed National Central Cooling Company, will divest nearly 44 percent of its stake in Qatar District Cooling Company (Qatar Cool).

The partnership should help Qatar broaden its appeal for visitors ahead of and beyond the 2022 Fifa World Cup.

Expanding regional and global footprints, high revenues, cheap capital to invest and diversification key factors that hastened the merger processes.

It is the clearest call to date from Qatar, which hosts the Taliban's politics office, for the militants to halt their lightning advance across Afghanistan

Qatar has instructed local producers and manufacturers must use the new Qatari Product logo on all their products. The country’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry has said that the new logo should be on all products displayed or marketed in all outlets across Qatar.

The action has been taken under a new law that prohibits laborers from working outside between 10 am and 3:30 pm every day from June 1 and to September 15 every year.

The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority has asked the airline to take the step due to a faster deterioration of the fuselage surface below the outer paint, the local reports pointed out.

The electric car is capable of travelling for 335km NEDC on a single battery charge

The UK government announced on Thursday that the UAE will be moved from the red to the amber list, as the situation in the country has improved. Bahrain, India and Qatar were also moved to the amber list, according to a statement issued by the UK Government.

Iran built the port to reportedly expedite the export of petroleum products from the South Pars energy hub, which the country shares with Qatar.

The first shipment was sent on July 8 on an Amiri Air Force aircraft belonging to the Qatari Armed Forces, said the local reports. In June, Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun appealed to world powers to assist the military, noting it was struggling to pay soldiers’ wages. Aoun also warned...

The four multirole combat aircraft from France’s Dassault Aviation include three single-seat Rafale EQ and a twin-seat Rafale DQ.

Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who is also Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister, and Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi discussed bilateral cooperation and regional developments.

The World Food Program has it needs at least $1.9 billion this year alone to prevent famine in Yemen

beIN Media Group plans to rebrand channel to broadcast 3,000 hours of Olympic coverage in the Mena region

Qatar has reopened its borders for fully-vaccinated international travelers, but there are some conditions

Korean-origin Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received an order worth KRW725.3 billion ($633.6 million) for a project in Qatar

The new arrangements will also make it easier for citizens and residents of Qatar to travel in and out of the country, enabling fully vaccinated people to bypass the quarantine requirement when returning to Qatar

The GCC has hotel investments worth $27 billion in the pipeline, said the Arabian & African Hospitality Investment Conference (AHIC)

Qatar said on Tuesday that it has been given a preliminary green light by a UN body on a proposal to control its own airspace.

The decision is based on the recommendations of the Ministry of Public Health following the Covid-19 developments The move is within the framework of the country’s approved travel policies Qatar’s interior ministry has been quoted by local reports as saying that the country will resume the issuance of family and...

Strict restrictions and intensive vaccination drive help the region deal with the pandemic Massive drop in global oil demand and continuous closures in various sectors affect the GCC economies By imposing strict restrictions on its citizens and reaching advanced stages in vaccination campaigns, the GCC proved to be one of...

The QIA now hold a below five-percent stake in the Swiss bank Earlier it held about 133 million shares, making it the bank’s biggest shareholder In yet another crushing blow to the standing of Credit Suisse, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has lowered its stake in the bank to below...

The bank is bucking the trend of Additional Tier 1 bond issued There have been relatively few senior bond sales from banks this year in the Middle East Although there have been very few senior bond sales from banks in the Middle East, with the focus being mainly on Additional...

Austria will open border for tourists from all across the world, including GCC, from July 1 The move comes as the European country post looks to implement a post-Covid-19 strategy Austria has announced that it will open its border for tourists from all across the world, including those in the...

Qatar ranked the 29th most peaceful country by the Global Peace Index, two places higher than last year's ranking Violence cost the world $14.96 trillion PPP in 2020, equivalent to 11.6 percent of global GDP Qatar has been ranked the 29th most peaceful country by the Global Peace Index, rising...

  The figure of $20 billion represented 11 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2019 The construction and tourism industries are expected to benefit the most from the event   Qatar hopes to gain $20 billion from hosting the World Cup in 2022. “We anticipate the contribution to...

Starting from mid-May, Snoonu has transitioned exclusively to car deliveries for the summer season Snoonu is Qatar's home-grown success story that aims to be the first local Unicorn company Qatar’s leading tech startup, Snoonu, has announced the launch of its ‘No Riders Under the Sun’ initiative, aimed at preserving the...

Stats started its operations in Qatar, which has the world's third largest gas reserves, in 2011

eCommerce Experience Assessment (REXA) will help businesses to plot digital courses with confidence and achieve measurable results

The United States and Russia are the third and fourth exporters of gas  Overall LNG trade increased to 356.1 million tons last year Qatar has lost its preeminent position as the world’s number one exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Australia, while the US and Russia remained as the...

Qatar National Tourism Council has offices in Russia since 2018 To attract visitors from new source markets, QNTC will showcase Fuwairit, Ras Abrouq and bin Ghannam islands The Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) is part of a delegation representing Qatar at the 24th edition of the St. Petersburg International Economic...

Qatar employs some 2.3 million migrant workers in a total population of 2.6 million

Other stock exchanges were stayed dull, posting modest gains and losses  The Gulf Arab state said that leisure and education centres and restaurants can reopen  Stock prices shot up on Qatar stock exchange on Thursday encouraged by a positive atmosphere that the country was going to ease coronavirus curbs. Across...

PwC and Microsoft are extending their global collaboration to “accelerate digital transformation and cloud adoption in Qatar” The move that is expected to the affect the government as well as private sectors   Professional services network PwC and software giant Microsoft said in a statement on Wednesday, May 26, that...