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  • UAE, Saudi partner to empower businesses in cross-border trade

    The key highlights of the alliance between the two institutions include sharing of work streams that include insurance, reinsurance and collections cooperation; Commercial information and credit opinion sharing; cooperation in technical training programs; Trade promotions; SME programs, among others.

  • Gulf Business: Top 5 most powerful Arabs in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi nationals once again rank as the second largest group in Gulf Business‘ annual Arab Power list for 2020, with the number of entries tallying 23 this year.

  • Barakah Nuclear Power Plant
    United Arab Emirates grants license for Arab world’s first nuclear power plant

    The four reactors will have a total capacity of 5,600 megawatts -- enough to provide about a quarter of UAE energy needs. Al-Kaabi said the plant's second unit is 95 percent completed, the third is 92 percent done and the fourth 83 percent.

  • Women in Tech
    Driving Change (Through Tech): Empowering Women To Innovate Without Restrictions

    According to UNESCO, women account for more than half of the engineering student population in some Arab states, and between 34% and 57% of recent STEM graduates in the region are women. That’s a much higher rate than in universities globally, and a testament to the change underway in the Middle East region.

  • Iraq
    Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?

    The Iranians “don’t want another al-Sistani ... They don’t want somebody who is strong, who overshadows their own supreme leader,” said Abbas Kadhim, director of the Iraq Initiative at the Atlantic Council. While none of al-Sistani’s potential successors are “in Iran’s pockets,” Tehran can benefit from a weak figure.

  • U.S. Congress
    Senate passes resolution to limit Trump’s power to order military action against Iran

    Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in voting 55 to 45 for the measure, despite sharp warnings from Trump that challenging his war powers would “show weakness” and send “a very bad signal” to Tehran. Trump will almost certainly veto the measure once it passes the House, and neither chamber of Congress has the votes to override that veto, lawmakers say.

  • U.S. Congress
    Senate poised to pass bill curbing President Trump’s war powers

    Senate Democrats say they have enough Republican support to win passage of the measure, which would bar Trump from using military force against Iran unless Congress specifically voted to authorize such action.

  • Cyber Attack
    Powerful Cyber Attack Takes Down 25% Of Iranian Internet

    Hot on the heels of a "serious" cyber-attack that compromised United Nations servers, and in the same week that the head of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, warned of the global financial implications of cyber-attacks, Iran has seemingly come under cyber-attack. Indeed, so powerful was the impact of this alleged attack that the internet was disrupted across the country.

  • Rub Al-Khali
    Explorer saw nature’s sheer beauty and power in Saudi Arabia’s Empty Quarter

    He was mentally prepared for encounters with dangerous creatures ranging from wild cats to deadly scorpions. But what turned out to be the biggest danger was the desert itself, Calderan said, recalling a moment when he stood before a “mountain of dunes” as high as 300 meters. “It was as if I had travelled to hell — and it was the first time in my life I started to pray in order to come out,” he said.

  • Power Businesswomen
    Power Businesswomen in The Middle East 2020

    In the 2020 list, there are 22 new entries and 23 nationalities represented across 28 sectors. Emiratis are the most prevalent nationality with 23 entries. There are also nine Egyptians, eight Lebanese and eight Omani women. British women have the highest representation among non-Arabs, with seven entries. The top 10 is dominated by Saudis, with three of the country’s biggest names in the top five: Samba Financial Group’s Rania Nashar, Tadawul’s Sarah Al Suhaimi and Saudi British Bank’s Lubna Olayan.