Qatari Emir thanks Iran for support in Gulf crisis
Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, on Thursday personally thanked Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani for his country’s support during Doha’s crisis, which has seen…
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Israeli airstrikes target militant sites in Gaza
Israel has said it carried out airstrikes on what it described as militant sites in Gaza in response to machine gun fire that hit a building…
Cyprus energy – averting a US-Turkey crisis
ExxonMobil’s plans for natural gas in Cypriot water is strongly opposed by Turkey, which could send warships to block drilling, as it has done in…
The Iran Deal Might Be Dying, But Europe and Iran Look Closer Than Ever
So far, the main global impacts of Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal have been higher oil prices, a…
Dubai gold price falls to 2018’s lowest levels. Right time to buy?
Gold prices edged down on Friday to near their lowest levels this year, pressured by a firm US dollar amid surging US Treasury yields. 24k…
New Dubai Cruise Terminal Planned
The UAE is expanding its tourism sector with plans for a new cruise terminal in Dubai approved by the government this week. The Dubai Cruise…
Israeli diplomats said scrambling to nix UN rights probe into Gaza deaths
Israeli official reportedly fear the top UN human rights body will order a probe into violence on the Gaza border Friday, with diplomats making a…
Saudi women drivers express hopes and fears as countdown begins
The countdown has started in Saudi Arabia for women to sit behind the wheel, when females will be allowed to start driving in the kingdom…
‘EU impressed at Turkey’s educating Syrian children’
A top EU enlargement official on Thursday lauded Turkey’s work to educate over a half-million Syrian children. A delegation led by Maciej Popowski, the EU’s…
Sisi hosts Bahrain King, Mohammed bin Salman and Mohammed bin Zayed
Bader al-Asaker, Director of the Private Office of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, published an informal group picture of Prince Mohammed bin Salman and…