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New mega-refinery helps Kuwait to record capacity: Minister 29 May 2024 - 03:36 pm
Kuwait Amir HH Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (C) turns a symbolic equipment during the opening of the Al-Zour oil Refinery on May 29, 2024, in al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)
Saudi fund launches new group to boost space industry 27 May 2024 - 03:59 pm
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GCC welcomes ICj's decision to stop attack on Rafah 24 May 2024 - 08:26 pm
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Get to know UAE’s new 10-year 'Blue Residency' visa 20 May 2024 - 07:59 pm
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Saudia Group in 'landmark' deal for 105 Airbus planes 20 May 2024 - 02:46 pm
Saleh Eid, Vice President of Fleet Management & Agreements at Saudia Airlines speaks during an interview at the Future Aviation Forum in Riyadh on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
Custodian of Two Holy Mosques to undergo medical tests: Saudi Royal Court 19 May 2024 - 11:30 am
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French pilgrim treks through 13 countries to perform Umrah 18 May 2024 - 03:14 pm
Mohamed Boulabiar walking through Venice. Picture: Instagram
Ooredoo to land world's largest subsea cable system in Oman 14 May 2024 - 02:57 pm
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Emirates to pay employees 20 weeks bonus; reports record profits 13 May 2024 - 10:08 pm
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GCC's 'Grand Tours visa' in effect by year-end, functions as free pass for Gulf residents 07 May 2024 - 07:11 pm
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Arab solo traveler explores over 150 countries, on a quest for more 07 May 2024 - 03:30 pm
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Schools, offices shut as heavy rain returns to desert UAE 02 May 2024 - 12:51 pm
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'Torrential' rains shutter Saudi schools, flood roads 01 May 2024 - 02:09 pm
Cars drive through standing water in the Saudi capital Riyadh following strong winds and heavy rain overnight that flooded roads in different regions of the desert kingdom on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
Dubai begins construction of 'world's largest' airport terminal 28 Apr 2024 - 03:53 pm
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Saudi Arabia warns of bogus Hajj companies, campaigns 26 Apr 2024 - 07:54 pm
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Gulf Air introduces Guangzhou, Shanghai as latest destinations 26 Apr 2024 - 10:27 am
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Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still plagued by floods 18 Apr 2024 - 04:44 pm
Cars are stranded on a flooded al-Khalil road in the al-Barsha area in Dubai following heavy rains on April 18, 2024. Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP
Dubai roads, airport struggle following record rainfall 17 Apr 2024 - 06:28 pm
A picture shows a flooded street following heavy rains in Sharjah on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Ahmed RAMAZAN / AFP)

Middle East

US President Joe Biden speaks about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal in North Charleston, South Carolina, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Sschmidt / AFP) Biden welcomes Gaza truce, says region 'fundamentally transformed'
Displaced Palestinians transport their belongings as they return to central Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP) Displaced Gazans head home through rubble as Israel-Hamas truce begins
Displaced Palestinians wave national flags as they return to Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP) LIVE UPDATES: Palestinian prisoners set to be released from Israeli prison
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Asia

(Combo) This combination photograph created on December 23, 2024 shows a man wearing a protective face mask riding a motorcycle on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 26, 2020 (top) and cars on the same street on December 21, 2024. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP) Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label five years on
File photo: A customer buys vegetables from a stall at a market in Karachi on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP) Pakistan's trade deficit with neighboring countries rises by 43.22 pct
From L-R: Laos Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary to ASEAN Aung Kyaw Moe, Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, Malaysia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamad Hasan, Philippines's Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, Brunei's Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Pehim Yusof, Cambodia's Secretery of State Kung Phoak, Indonesia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Sugiono, East Timor's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bendito Freitas, and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Malaysia's Langkawi Island on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Azneal Ishak / POOL / AFP) ASEAN tells Myanmar to prioritise ceasefire over elections
Police stand guard on a street near the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul, early on January 19, 2025, after hundreds of pro-Yoon protesters smashed windows and broke down doors to enter the court following the extension of the detention of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol. Photo by Jin-kyu Kang / AFP Protesters storm S. Korea court after president's detention extended

Europe

People gather at the entrance of Ryogoku Kokugikan for the arrival of sumo wrestlers during the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP) Sumo to stage event in Paris as part of global push
This photograph taken on May 15, 2024, shows then Croatian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Josip Dabro (C) as he speaks with officials during a meeting in Zagreb. (Photo by DAMIR SENCAR / AFP) Croatian deputy PM quits over gun shooting video
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