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Business
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Energy
2/19/2022 12:40:14 PM
Leading gas producers meet in Qatar from Sunday to discuss how to answer frantic world demand, with Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to stay away as Ukraine tensions soar, diplomats said.
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World
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Region
2/17/2022 3:45:10 PM
Kuwait said Thursday the interior and defence ministers had resigned after they protested the manner of parliamentary questioning of ministers in the oil-rich Gulf state.
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World
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Region
2/16/2022 6:53:41 PM
Two senior Cabinet ministers in Kuwait submitted their resignations to the prime minister Wednesday, citing political turbulence and the impossibility of reform in the Gulf Arab state.
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World
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Region
2/15/2022 6:07:35 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Bahrain's king on a landmark visit Tuesday to the small, oil-rich Gulf country, 17 months after they ended decades of tensions to normalise ties.
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World
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Region
2/15/2022 1:38:45 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on business leaders in the wealthy United Arab Emirates Tuesday to invest in his country, which is in the grips of an economic crisis.
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World
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Region
2/14/2022 5:53:27 PM
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was set to fly to Bahrain on Monday for the first-ever official visit by an Israeli head of government to the Gulf state.
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Egypt
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Politics
2/13/2022 10:43:36 PM
Egypt's Speaker of Parliament Hanafy El-Gebaly and King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Eissa met on Sunday, affirming in their discussion that relations between the two countries are deep and strong at all fronts, according to a statement.
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World
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Region
2/4/2022 4:57:43 PM
France said Friday it will help its ally the United Arab Emirates secure its airspace following drone and missile attacks by Yemeni rebels.
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World
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Region
2/3/2022 7:15:49 PM
Israel signed a defence agreement with Bahrain on Thursday, its first such deal with a Gulf country since establishing diplomatic ties with Manama and Abu Dhabi more than a year ago.
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World
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Region
2/2/2022 10:28:15 AM
A clan-based militia government in the Arab world's poorest country is presenting the Biden administration with another foreign policy setback, as Yemen's Houthis launch cross-border drone and ballistic-missile strikes rattling the wealthy oil and banking hubs of the skyscrapered Gulf.
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World
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Region
2/1/2022 9:47:57 AM
President Joe Biden on Monday designated Qatar a major non-NATO ally, a largely symbolic honor but one that was meant to convey his administration's gratitude for the tiny Persian Gulf nation's assistance with evacuations from Afghanistan and in ending last year's Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
1/31/2022 10:20:00 AM
The Arab world has entered the second decade of the 21st century facing seven acute problems.
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World
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Region
1/30/2022 5:47:29 PM
Kuwait said Sunday that a Lebanese response to a list of suggested measures to ease a diplomatic rift with Gulf Arab countries is currently under review.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/30/2022 12:12:28 PM
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reiterated Egypt’s "unwavering" stance on rejecting any interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries, and backing the security and stability of Arab Gulf countries.
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World
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Region
1/30/2022 10:15:07 AM
Lebanon's foreign minister headed to Kuwait Saturday to deliver answers to a list of policy suggestions made to the country by Persian Gulf nations in an attempt to end an impasse between both sides.
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World
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Region
1/29/2022 11:15:03 AM
Europe's fears of losing Russian gas supplies in the Ukraine crisis will loom large when Qatar's emir meets the US president on Monday but the powerful Gulf ruler has no "magic wand", analysts say.
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Business
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Tech
1/26/2022 4:03:04 PM
Saudi Arabia has launched a group to develop its video gaming industry, state media reported Wednesday, as the Gulf country seeks to diversify its oil-dependent economy.
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World
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Region
1/25/2022 7:33:28 PM
A US-based casino operator on Tuesday announced plans to develop a multi-billion-dollar resort off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a Muslim state in the Gulf where gambling is prohibited.
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World
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Region
1/25/2022 7:28:02 PM
Israel's figurehead president will make the first visit to the United Arab Emirates by the country's head of state next week, his office said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/24/2022 12:45:08 PM
Egypt condemned the recent Houthi "terrorist attacks" against Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stated on Monday, hours after the two Gulf countries had destroyed ballistic missiles launched by the Yemeni militia.
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