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Eid-ul-Fitr 2019 Date: Six countries to celebrate Eid on Wednesday; Saudi, UAE still to release date
Eid-ul-Fitr 2019 Date: Even as some Gulf countries are yet to convene their panels on moon-sighting, six countries announced that the first day of Eid ul-Fitr will begin on Wednesday. Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan and Australia
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Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi released from UK prison after paying £15 million bail
Dubai-based firm Abraaj Group founder Arif Naqvi has been released on bail after paying 15 million British pounds -- the largest-ever security -- in the UK's judicial history. Naqvi, the Pakistani man behind the world's
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GCC rail network to link all six Gulf states soon
The 2,200 km-long railway network that will interface the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states from Kuwait City to the Omani capital Muscat is as of now well in progress, the GCC Secretary-General has said. The GCC network will include two
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Cvent Unveils 2019 List of Top 25 Meeting Hotels in the Middle East and Africa
Cvent, a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, today re
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Trump sets $8 billion-plus in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
U.S. President Donald Trump, proclaiming a national crisis as a result of pressures with Iran, cleared aside protests from Congress on Friday to
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UAE-funded research centre to help doctors make life-saving breakthroughs for sick children
ever previously", said a senior educator at one of the world's driving clinics. Bobby Gaspar, educator of pediatrics and immunology
Read MoreDubai’s Holiday Home Market Is Ahead of the Curve
The holiday home market is heating up in Dubai, with significant growth driven by the increasing influx of foreign and Arab tourists opting for the high level of service that the emirateprovides in this sector. Despite the fact that it was
Read MoreFlights diverted to UAE airports after heavy rain hits Oman
Oman Air flights were occupied on Sunday from the from Muscat International Airport to UAE air terminals because of substantial downpours. "We might want to draw out into the open that because of heavy downpour tonight, our
Read MoreUAE welcomes Saudi King's call for emergency summits in Makkah
The United Arab Emirates has respected the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman canister Abdulaziz Al Saud's call to the pioneers of the Gulf Co-activity Council (GCC) and other Arab League states for two crisis summits in Makkah on May
Read MoreSaudi Arabia says two oil tankers damaged by 'sabotage attack' off UAE coast
The Saudi Arabia on Monday said that two of its oil tankers were disrupted off the bank of the UAE in assaults that caused "huge harm" to the vessels. "Two Saudi oil tankers were disrupted off the bank of the UAE in assaults
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