Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group signed a 30-year concession agreement worth $200 million to develop and operate Egypt’s Safaga port, according to a statement released by AD Ports on Saturday, reported Reuters. Two additional 15-year [ More … ]
The Emirati BNPL platform “Tabby” will suspend its operations in Egypt, citing ‘recent macroeconomic developments’, reported The National. The UAE-based Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform “Tabby” will prioritise core markets after suspending its operations [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday offered effusive praise for the UAE, seeking to repair a rift between Cairo and Gulf states, reported the Associated Press. It is noteworthy that the Gulf Arab states have [ More … ]
Emirati minister and head of ADNOC, Sultan al-Jaber, will oversee climate crisis negotiations in November despite wanting to ramp up oil production, which worries climate activists. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, chief executive of the Abu Dhabi [ More … ]
EU Parliament has opened investigation into corruption cases and suspicions related to senior Emirati officials about launching a smear campaign against Qatar The European Union Parliament has opened an official investigation into corruption cases and [ More … ]
After detention in UAE, human rights groups had feared Sherif Osman would be extradited to Egypt and face imprisonment and torture after calling for protests on 11 November The Egyptian-American national arrived in the United [ More … ]
Several human rights groups have called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to release the Egyptian-American citizen Sherif Osman, warning that he could face torture and arbitrary detention should he be forcibly returned to Egypt. [ More … ]
A new Quincy Institute report examines one of the largest and most well financed foreign influence operations inside the United States. UAE meddling in U.S. politics is now a national security concern, according to a [ More … ]
American/Egyptian citizen, political commentator, and critic of Sisi, Sherif Osman, is now facing extradition from UAE to Egypt after calling for protests during COP27 The dual nationality citizen who lives in Massachusetts has been arrested [ More … ]
“The United Arab Emirates steered U.S. foreign policy in its favor through a series of legal and illegal exploits, according to an unprecedented U.S. intelligence document,” says John Hudson. In what was described as the [ More … ]
An order of 120 TB2s is being discussed in the latest example of growing ties between UAE and Turkey, reported MEE citing exclusive sources The United Arab Emirates is reportedly in negotiations to make a [ More … ]
Emirates says arrest of Asim Ghafoor, an American citizen, was coordinated with the US to ‘combat transnational crimes’. The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi — [ More … ]
The UAE’s AD Ports Group has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire a 70 per cent equity stake in two Egyptian container shipping companies, Transmar International Shipping Company and Transcargo International, the [ More … ]
A US official report states that the Saudi-led coalition’s deadly attacks from 2015-2021 used jets and munitions largely supplied and maintained by the United States According to the New York Times which saw the US [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch says in a report that the United Arab Emirates’ sweeping legal changes introduced in late 2021 are “deepening repression” in the country, where “Abusive provisions remain and the new measures increase rights [ More … ]
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