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UAE halts visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim states after Israel visa exemption deal

November 26, 2020 MEO Staff

The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park. Last month, the [ More … ]

Kuwait Latest News

Kuwait faces looming debt crisis

November 25, 2020 MEO Staff

For the first time in history, Kuwait’s oil revenues will not cover salaries and subsidies, which could spell financial trouble. When Kuwait emerged from a months-long coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Yemen: Houthis launch missile attack on Saudi Aramco

November 24, 2020 MEO Staff

UK foreign Secretary says Houthis must ‘cease their aggression’ following attack which triggered explosion but left no injuries An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a Saudi Aramco oil facility in the Red Sea city [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Jailed Saudi women activists ‘tortured’, forced to carry out ‘sex acts’: Report

November 20, 2020 MEO Staff

All the world leaders have seen in the G20 summit which is currently held in Saudi Arabia (virtually due to COVID 19 pandemic situation), however, There was mounting pressure on world leaders to boycott this [ More … ]

Bahrain latest news

Bahrain FM arrives in Tel Aviv on first official visit

November 18, 2020 MEO Staff

A Bahrain government delegation led by its foreign minister has landed in Tel Aviv on its first official visit from the Gulf kingdom, which normalized relations with Israel in September. Abdullatif Al Zayani was welcomed [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Aramco forced to sell billions of dollars in bonds

November 17, 2020 MEO Staff

The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically hit global demand for oil this year, leaving the company’s debt levels spiralling Saudi Aramco is to sell billions of dollars in international bonds in a bid to bolster its [ More … ]

Kuwait Latest News

US, Kuwait making moves to solve GCC crisis: reports

November 11, 2020 MEO Staff

Kuwait continues its efforts to put an end to the three year blockade Kuwaiti Al-Qabas newspaper said officials are on the move to solve the Gulf crisis, affirming the country will not stop its efforts until the illegal land, [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

US sanctions on Iran block access to insulin and essential medicines, report

November 2, 2020 MEO Staff

Insulin shortage is threatening millions of lives in Iran, with the twin factors of sanctions and cross-border smuggling exacerbating the crisis A new tranche of sanctions imposed by the US on Iran has exacerbated the [ More … ]

Bahrain latest news

Israel reportedly operated secret embassy in Bahrain for more than decade

October 21, 2020 MEO Staff

Mission conducted diplomacy with Bahrain via front company listed as commercial consulting firm, Axios reports The Manama-based facility conducted diplomacy with Bahrain via a front company listed as a commercial consulting firm. Negotiations to establish [ More … ]

Gulf

Emirati Minister is accused of sexual assault by one of the event’s curators.

October 20, 2020 MEO Staff

Tolerance Minister Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan is accused of sexual assault by one of the event’s curators. Britain’s Hay Festival will not return to Abu Dhabi until the United Arab Emirates’ tolerance minister [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Twitter suspends Saudi accounts for stoking rumors about Qatar

October 9, 2020 MEO Staff

Accounts purported to belong to members of Qatar’s royal family and fabricated statements from Amnesty and Human Rights Watch Twitter says it has deleted more than 30 accounts that stoked rumors of a coup in [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Prominent Saudi economist sentenced to 15-years in jail: Report

October 6, 2020 MEO Staff

Essam Al-Zamil, who once criticized plans to sell Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Aramco oil company, was reportedly sentenced to 15 years in prison. A leading human rights platform has raised the alarm over the fate of [ More … ]

Gulf

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah dies at age 91

September 29, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

Known as a peacemaker, Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died. Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah died on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States. “With great sadness and [ More … ]

Uae Latest News

Travel Ban against Veteran UAE Poetess over Anti-normalization Stance

September 27, 2020 MEO Staff

A prominent Emirati female poet said she was banned from travelling out of her home country over her anti-normalization stance. Veteran poetess Dhabiya Khamis Al-Muhairi took to social media on Saturday urging immediate assistance from [ More … ]

Bahrain latest news

U.S. Sen. Cruz: Arab states forge ties with Israel to please America

September 24, 2020 MEO Staff

US Senator Ted Cruz rejects criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, saying Riyadh played ‘major role’ in brokering Arab peace with Israel The ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia in [ More … ]

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