Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks in Qatar on Wednesday with the country’s ruler about improving relations, soured by a dispute last year between Tehran and Gulf Arab powerhouse Saudi Arabia. Tasnim news agency said Zarif also met his Qatari counterpart during the trip to Doha, his second this year. Qatar and two other Gulf Arab states recalled their envoys from Tehran in January 2016 […]
DUBAI, UAE, March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Over 1,300 IT and security stakeholders gathered in Riyadh to advance discussions on collaboration, standardization and a unified approach to mitigate cyber threats. Under the endorsement of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the National Cyber Security Center NCSC, representative of Ministry of Interior, in partnership with Naseba organized the 2nd International […]
Continue reading the main story But the agent has his passport and has refused to refund his recruitment fee, he said. He has no money for a plane ticket. “There is a huge dependence on migrant workers who have employment terms that are no different than indentured servitude,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch, an advocacy […]
Dubai, UAE 08 March 2017 Amlak Finance PJSC, a leading specialized real estate financier in the Middle East, today announced its Full Year Financial Results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Amlak reported net profits of AED 107 million at the end of December 2016, a decrease of 20% compared to AED 135 million in 2015. The Company’s total revenues, however, reached AED 778 million in […]
“Talk is cheap, implementation is difficult,” said Fadel Gheit, a senior oil company analyst at Oppenheimer & Company. “They will have to recreate books that never existed.” Photo Khalid A. al-Falih, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister and chairman of Saudi Aramco, speaking at a conference in Houston on Tuesday. Credit Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press As a prize, there are fewer bigger than Saudi Aramco. The Saudis […]
Saudi Arabia has promised to launch major development projects towards the end of 2017 to re-energise an economy which has been hit by austerity measures, industry sources told Reuters. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s top economic official, made the commitment at a recent meeting with a delegation representing the Saudi private sector, the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. While they pledged […]
DUBAI – March 7, 2017 Hotpack Packaging Industries, a leading producer and wholesaler of quality disposable food packaging materials in the UAE, has recently announced an investment of GBP 50 million to develop a facility in Wrexham – Wales, England. The facility will be equipped with the latest in packaging and manufacturing technologies. The announcement was made when Ms. Lesley Griffiths, Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Environment […]
Canadian financial services group Canaccord Genuity’s aims to double the contributions to its investment banking business from the Middle East and India in the next five years, its regional head told Reuters. It recently helped broker a C$5 billion ($3.7 billion) investment partnership between Dubai ports operator DP World and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, Canada’s second-largest public pension fund. “We think this could be […]
Reuters (Adds comments from Saudi source) KUALA LUMPUR/DUBAI, March 7 (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Tuesday that suspected militants from Yemen arrested late last month ahead of a visit by Saudi King Salman had been planning an attack on Arab royalty. A senior Malaysian police source said the four suspects belonged to Yemen’sIran-allied Houthi movement, which hails from a Shi’ite Muslim sect and has been […]
Fund managers and institutional investors expect oil giant Saudi Aramco to have a market capitalisation of $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion when it sells shares to the public next year, a survey by regional investment bank EFG Hermes showed on Monday. The valuation of Aramco. the world’s biggest oil firm, has been the focus of intense speculation since the Saudi government last year announced plans to sell […]
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia on Tuesday said the seven militants arrested late last month were planning an attack on “Arab royalties” visiting its capital Kuala Lumpur. The arrests were made just days before Saudi Arabia’s King Salman visited Malaysia on Feb. 26. “They were planning to attack Arab royalties during their visit to Kuala Lumpur. We got them in the nick of time,” Inspector General of Police Khalid […]
Yet in the other six countries still on Mr. Trump’s list, his decision to push ahead with the ban only stoked their sense of grievance and discrimination. Regional experts repeated earlier warnings that Mr. Trump’s order handed an easy propaganda victory to enemies and might ultimately weaken American security. Continue reading the main story “The idea that this is a Muslim ban has been reinforced even further,” […]
/By Arabian Post Staff/ The 10 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members moved closer to full compliance with the landmark production cut agreement signed late last year, as output in the month fell from January levels to average 32.03 million barrels per day, according to an S&P Global Platts survey released today. In all, taking an average of January and February production, the 10 members […]
By Joseph Ax and Nate Raymond | NEW YORK NEW YORK An accused al Qaeda operative charged with engaging in attacks on U.S. forces that killed at least two American servicemen in Afghanistan is set to face trial on Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, also known by the nom de guerre Spin Ghul, or White Rose in the Pashto […]
06 March 2017 In coherence with the Saudi king, Salman Bin Abdel Aziz Al Saoud’s visit to Indonesia, Rotana, one of the region’s biggest media networks has launched three dedicated channels in the Indonesian market. This expansion of the Saudi network is the first in a state considered the biggest Islamic country population wise, launching three new channels in partnership with “Lightning” and available on SMV Free […]
· Initiative co-founded by Facebook, Intel, Nokia, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and others · Collaboration across the industry in driving and innovating the development of high-quality, scalable and more affordable telecom infrastructure to bridge the digital divide 06 March 2017 Barcelona, Kuwait City – During last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East […]
· Initiative co-founded by Facebook, Intel, Nokia, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and others · Collaboration across the industry in driving and innovating the development of high-quality, scalable and more affordable telecom infrastructure to bridge the digital divide 06 March 2017 Barcelona, Kuwait City – During last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bahrain’s Parliament approved a constitutional change on Sunday that will allow military courts to try civilians, the kingdom’s latest move in a mounting crackdown on dissent. Activists warned that the amendment would in effect place the island under an undeclared state of martial law. Loyalists to Bahrain’s monarchy called the change necessary to combat terrorism, and pointed to sporadic low-level unrest since […]
DUBAI Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at al Qaeda targets in two separate attacks in Yemen on Monday, residents said, extending several days of U.S. strikes against the militants. Residents said an air strike hit the home of an al Qaeda suspect in the village of Noufan in central al-Bayda province, and another struck a mountainous area believed to house a training camp in al-Saeed in southern […]
· Tasdeer showcased 20 Qatari food and beverage sector companies at Dubai World Trade Center from 26 February – 2 March 2017 · Food and beverage industry valued at more than USD $5 trillion globally, according to estimates · Expo attracted key businessmen, decision-makers and investors from agri-food industry from across the world 05 March 2017· Tasdeer showcased 20 Qatari food and beverage sector companies […]
Nearly 70 percent of employers in the UAE are planning to hire new staff in the next 12 months, according to the latest Middle East Job Index Survey. Compiled by Bayt.com and YouGov, the survey results showed that within the next three months, more than half of UAE employers (52 percent) said that they are “definitely” or “probably” going to hire. Among UAE companies that plan to […]
By Ernest Scheyder | HOUSTON HOUSTON The biggest names in the oil world come together this week for the largest industry gathering since the end of a two-year price war that pitted Middle East exporters against the firms that drove the shale energy revolution in the United States. When OPEC in November joined with several non-OPEC producers to agree to a historic cut in output, the group […]
Qatar Airways has confirmed plans to launch services to Yanbu and Tabuk in Saudi Arabia with three-weekly flights beginning in May and June respectively. The additional destinations take Qatar Airways’ total network connectivity within the Gulf kingdom to 10 destinations, the airline said in a statement. Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker said: “We have been steadily growing our presence and services to Saudi Arabia […]
Bahrain said on Saturday it had uncovered a 54-member Iranian-linked militant group suspected of involvement in attacks on security forces, including organising a prison break in January, and seized automatic weapons. It was one of the biggest security operations against suspected militants Bahrain blames for an increase in armed attacks on security forces in the Western-allied kingdom, where the US Fifth Fleet is based. Tensions have been […]
