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Bahrain will build on partnership with Israel, says king’s adviser

INTERNATIONAL Bahrain will continue to build its relationship with Israel after former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies triumphed in Israel's general election, the diplomatic adviser to Bahrain's king said on Saturday. Arab leaders have largely been silent about the victory of Netanyahu, whose record of hardline opposition to Shia Muslim power Iran has helped forge ties with Sunni Muslim Gulf leaders. Israel, under Netanyahu's government in 2020, normalised ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain - where […]

7 November 2022

International

UAE Energy Minister says oil industry in ‘decline mode’

Oil is clearly in long-term "decline mode", according to the Energy Minister of the United Arab Emirates, one of the world's biggest exporters of the commodity, Bloomberg reports. According to the report, the UAE will supply the world with crude for as long as it is needed, the Minister said. "To assume oil is going to be there forever is wishful thinking," Suhail Al-Mazrouei said in a speech at the ADIPEC Energy […]

4 November 2022

International

Kenya to expand trade ties with United Arab Emirates

Kenya will expand trade ties with the United Arab Emirates, the State House Kenya tweeted early Saturday, reports Reuters. "The two nations have agreed to fast-track trade agreements and set up a joint panel to explore investment partnerships in oil and gas, technology transfer, agriculture, healthcare as well as the development of Special Economic Zones", the state house said in a tweet. The United Arab Emirates and Kenya agreed to launch talks on a […]

23 October 2022

International

Hundreds of retired US military officers cash in with jobs for Saudi Arabia, UAE, say reports

INTERNATIONAL Hundreds of retired US military officers, including former generals and admirals, have used their military backgrounds to ink lucrative deals working for foreign countries, mostly among the Gulf monarchies like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to two long-term investigations by The Washington Post. Investigations from The Washington Post, working alongside the Project on Government Oversight (Pogo), found that 280 military retirees sought authorisation to work for the UAE, either as military contractors […]

19 October 2022

International

UAE president holds talks with ‘friendly’ Vladimir Putin

INTERNATIONAL Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the increasing development of bilateral ties with the UAE in a meeting with his Emirati counterpart Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday. The UAE's president is meeting Putin days after a decision by Opec and allied producers, including Russia, to cut the group's daily production target by two million barrels, angering the United States. "Last year, the growth in trade turnover amounted to […]

12 October 2022

International

UAE prince accused of helping Russian oligarchs evade sanctions

INTERNATIONAL The billionaire deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, faces the prospect of an investigation over allegations that he helped wealthy Russian oligarchs evade sanctions. Sheikh Mansour, who also owns Manchester City Football Club, could be investigated by the British Foreign Office on charges that he helped former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and other Russian billionaires skirt sanctions implemented over their close links to Russian […]

3 October 2022

International

Germany’s Scholz meets Saudi crown prince at start of Gulf energy hunt

INTERNATIONAL German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday at the start of a two-day Gulf tour, in the hope of sealing new energy deals, despite criticism of the kingdom's human rights record. Scholz, accompanied by a sizeable industry delegation, was received at Jeddah airport on the Red Sea coast by the Mecca region's governor, Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud. After meeting with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown […]

25 September 2022

International

UAE: Journalists reportedly sacked en masse over article on cost of living crisis

INTERNATIONAL The Emirati news website Al-Roeya has sacked dozens of editors and journalists after the publication of an article highlighting the economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the cost of living for low-income residents of the UAE. Raseef22, a Lebanese news website that revealed the mass sacking last week, reported that employees, journalists and senior editors were fired, and some of them questioned, before Al-Roeya's main online sections were shut down last week. […]

14 September 2022

International

UAE tourism revenues top $5bn: Officials

INTERNATIONAL The United Arab Emirates' tourism sector's revenues surpassed $5bn in the first half of this year, officials said on Sunday, with a strong performance expected this winter when neighbouring Qatar hosts football's World Cup. Hotel occupancy was up more than 40 percent in comparison with the first half of 2021, when the country's tourism suffered a hit from the Covid-19 pandemic, UAE Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al […]

12 September 2022

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