A recent meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Al Khalifa and Minister of State Ramtane Lamamra focused on strengthening the relationship between the two nations. Read More »

Oman Air recently completed its participation in the World Travel Market (WTM) London, which was held at ExCel London Nov. 7-9. Read More »

Vodafone Qatar recently announced that it was honored as the 'Telecom Achiever of the Year' at the Enterprise Agility Awards 2016 in recognition of the company’s outstanding performance throughout the past year. Read More »

Planet Payment Inc., a payment processing and transaction services company that deals internationally and with multiple currencies, recently extended its partnership through 2021 with Mashreq, a UAE financial institution. Read More »

More than 1,100 information sector professionals attended the RSA Conference 2016 in Abu Dhabi. Read More »

The 'Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style' exhibition recently opened at the Burj Khalifa.  Read More »

The GCC Preparatory Ministerial Council recently held its 141st session, the 37th focused on the upcoming GCC Summit, which will be held in December in the kingdom of Bahrain. Read More »

As GCC countries start looking at the real impact of the coming Value Added Tax (VAT), planned for the beginning of 2018, the country of Oman is realizing that it may have quite a lot of extra revenues to manage even as financial pressures threaten the region. Read More »

In order to prepare for the 141st Session of the GCC Ministerial Council, the committee in charge of drafting decision and recommendations scheduled a meeting, opening with a statement from Chairman Ambassador Waheed Sayyar, undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read More »

STEM technology will be made available to schools in Qatar thanks to an agreement among Qatar University, Qatar Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), Mowasalat and Dolphin Energy Limited. Read More »

In a recent meeting between Bahrain Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Al Khalifa and the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the two dignitaries discussed the progressive relationship between the two nations. Read More »

The kingdom of Bahrain recently sent a business delegation to China and Hong Kong; over the course of the visit, they signed four deals with Chinese business and trade organizations. Read More »

During a visit to the United Kingdom, Bahrain Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Al Khalifa gave a speech affirming the course of relations between the two countries. Read More »

Mundipharma, an international pharmaceutical leader in pain management, recently hosted the third Cancer Care Summit in Morocco on Oct. 21-22. Read More »

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with Afridi & Angell Legal Consultants, recently hosted a workshop at the chamber’s office, entitled 'Latest Developments in Dubai Rental Market.' Read More »

The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Thunderbird School of Global Management, a unit of the Arizona State University Knowledge Enterprise. Read More »

The Big 5 Dubai event hosted Laticrete Middle East as one of its participants during this year’s event, held Nov. 21–24 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) Dubai. Read More »

The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance recently concluded the Bahrain International Project Management Convention after a month of successful workshops and practical competitions. Read More »

Cayan Group, a Middle East-based property developer, recently appointed Rotana Hotel Management as the hotel operator for the Cayan Arjaan Hotel Apartment project. Read More »

The independent Qatar-based news website Doha News is now on day three of being blocked in that country, apparently by the government, and this doesn't surprise a U.S. nongovernmental organization that warned last year about the gulf state's lack of press freedom. Read More »