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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says the United Arab Emirates has shown progress on human rights and is in the first place of MENA list. According to UNDP’s 2021-2022 Human Development Report, during the era of post-Covid recovery, the UAE has had an opportunity to boost development in the region.[…]
Hundreds of Afghan refugees and migrants held a protest in the UAE where they have been living in limbo since they were evacuated from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August 2021. On Monday and Tuesday demonstrators carried banners and called for reprieve inside an Abu Dhabi facility, according to Reuters, citing two[…]
INTERNATIONAL The United Arab Emirates has overturned a three-year prison sentence for US citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who had represented slain Middle East Eye columnist Jamal Khashoggi, one of his lawyers said. Virginia-based Ghafoor had been convicted in absentia in the UAE on murky charges that included money laundering and tax[…]
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