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Qatar Pushes For Gulf Arab Inclusion In Iran Talks

Qatari foreign minister Khaled al-Attiyah said the GCC deserved a place at the table as essential partners in regional stability.

Turkey Says Qatar Interested In Afsin-Elbistan Power Project

The United Arab Emirates dropped out of the coal-fired power plant project earlier this year.

Arab Economies Urged To Increase Female Employment

Currently only about 19 per cent of the regional workforce comprises of women.

Egypt Woos Gulf Investors, Promises Repayments To Oil Firms

Egypt promised to pay $1.5 billion of the $6 billion it says it owes foreign oil companies.

Iran Eyes Better Ties With UAE After Nuclear Deal With West

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited the UAE as part of a regional tour to improve relations with the GCC.

Raytheon CEO Sees $4bn-$5bn In ME Orders In ‘Weeks’

Raytheon is looking to foreign orders to help offset a reduction in projected U.S. military spending over the next decade.

Solar Power Use Will Provide Local Market Opportunities

Use of solar energy for the Middle East’s growing power needs will create strong localisation potential.

Qatar Airways To Serve Second Istanbul Airport

Doha carrier doubles up to meet growth projections beyond slot-constrained Ataturk

Lifestyle Diseases To Cost GCC Governments $68bn By 2022

The economic burden resulting from non-communicable diseases is expected to soar in the coming years.

Gulf Oil Exporters Battle For Asian Buyers

The competition will become even stronger if sanctions on Iran are lifted in coming months.

Iran To Reassert Authority At OPEC After Nuclear Deal

Western sanctions imposed in 2012 on Iran for its nuclear programme have cost the country its market share in OPEC.

Iran Says Seeks Better Cooperation With Saudi Arabia

Iran’s foreign minister said that the nuclear deal reached in Geneva on Nov. 24 should not be seen as a threat.

Gulf Arab States Say Syrian Opposition Should Attend Geneva

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are the main backers of the Syrian National Coalition and the Free Syrian Army.

UAE Foreign Minister To Make Rare Visit To Iran

UAE’s Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed is expected to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other officials.

First Eurozone Islamic Bank Planned For Luxembourg

The consortium plans to launch the new lender in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Halal Products Not Only For Muslims – Expert

Saleh Lootah argued for a single global Halal standard at the Global Islamic Economy Summit.

Wary Silence From Arabs Over Iran Deal

Under the deal, signed on Sunday, Iran is being given relief from sanctions in return for curbs to its nuclear programme.

Preventing The Middle East’s Next Web Outage

Experts are working around the clock to prevent another cable cut disaster.

UAE Has World’s Most Attractive Tax Framework

The UAE and other GCC countries continue to have low taxation polices which has helped boost trade in turn.

Kuwait Airways Resumes Iraq Flights

This national airline stopped operating flights to Iraq after the 1990 Iraqi invasion.

Gulf States May See Unemployment Rise, Says IMF

An additional 1.2 to 1.6 million GCC citizens could enter the labour market by 2018, estimates the International Monetary Fund.

Iraqi Airways Strikes $387m Deal With Bombardier

Deal designed to fuel network growth and foster the country’s ongoing reconstruction.

Death Toll From Beirut Explosions Rises To 18

At least 100 people were injured when two explosions targeted the Iranian embassy on Tuesday.

Saudi’s Flynas To Fly Long Haul

Flynas is the second low-cost airline regionally to offer business class seating.

Libyan Wings Takes Flight With Airbus

The airline has signed an MoU for three A350-900s and four A320neos.

Dubai Airshow: Airbus And Boeing Sign Gulf Supplies Deals

Airbus agreed a new deal on Monday with Abu Dhabi’s state investment fund Mubadala.

Flydubai Sees Burgeoning Demand For Budget Travel

Ghaith Al Ghaith believes there are not enough flights in the region but the demand is there.

Boeing Vs Airbus: The Grisly Battle For The Gulf

Mudslinging between nemeses can be risky, especially in the aerospace sector. But with both aircraft manufacturers holding global press announcements this year, ‘my plane is better than your plane’ comments
were inevitable.

Egypt Relies On Gulf Aid For Economy: Then What?

Since the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has burned through $20 billion dollars in foreign reserves.

Arab Spring Nations Backtrack On Women’s Rights

A Thomson Reuters Foundation poll on 22 Arab states found three out of five Arab Spring countries in the bottom five states for women’s rights