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Gulf banks are limiting their lending to minimize losses
Gulf central banks have introduced stimulus measures worth tens of billions of dollars including loan repayment holidays to distressed businesses and individuals and fee...
Dubai to inject capital into Emirates Airline
Emirates Airline, with its vast fleet of 271 wide-body aircraft, is the largest carrier in the Middle East and has huge strategic importance for...
Amid airport closure, Lebanon banks halt dollar withdrawals
On Monday, long queues formed outside several banks north of the capital as monthly salaries came through after two weeks of ongoing home confinement.
A...
Iraq’s Qayyara oil fields won’t return to production before Mosul retaken
Iraq doesn't expect to resume production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic State (ISIS), an oil...
Opinion
Society
Saudi court sends Egyptian to jail for espionage
A Saudi newspaper is reporting that an Egyptian man has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of attempting to disturb public...
Culture
World’s largest indoor theme park to open in Dubai
The world's largest indoor theme park is set to open in Dubai this month to lure back some of the tourists and residents who...
Tourism
World’s largest indoor theme park to open in Dubai
The world's largest indoor theme park is set to open in Dubai this month to lure back some of the tourists and residents who...
Gulf tourism frenzy in Bosnia delights business, polarises locals
Abdulah Al Sanousi enjoys the breeze in the lush resort outside Sarajevo where his family bought a flat to escape the summer heat at...
Reports
Arts
Daughter of Sudanese film legend preserves his legacy
As she drove past an apartment complex on a street in Khartoum, Sara Jadallah turned silent.
It was here that her late father, the legendary...
Abu Dhabi’s Louvre becomes museum ‘on the sea’
Abu Dhabi's Louvre museum has been surrounded by sea water in a major step towards completion of the ambitious project, the developer said Tuesday.
The...
Saudi to showcase arts in reform drive
Saudi Arabia plans to develop its arts and media industry to counter negative "stereotypes" of the kingdom, which has no public cinemas or theatres.
The...
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