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  • How Emirates & flydubai Work Together As A Competitive Force In The Middle East

    Emirates and flydubai are increasingly close partners, such that Emirates' Chief Commercial Officer described them in 2020 as "almost a merger." When they're combined, they're obviously a much more powerful and dominant competitive force versus the likes of Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines.

  • Al-Mudaifer: Saudi Arabia Attracting Foreign Investment to Explore Critical Minerals in the Region

    Al-Mudaifer also stated that the Forum will talk about the emerging mining area, talk about how to build a sustainable mining industry, and learn about the enormous geological potential of targeted areas, pointing out that Saudi Arabia seeks to lead the contribution to the development of the distinguished mining zone extending between Africa and Central and Western Asia.

  • Investment in Intellectual Property Aims to Boost Innovation and Growth in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia has launched a National Intellectual Property Strategy (NIPST) to encourage and facilitate the creation, development, management, and protection of intellectual property rights. With regard to the financial impact, it is expected to achieve SAR 4.11 billion within 5 years. The country has a favorable investment environment for knowledge-based industries and has put in place a legislative framework to protect intellectual property rights and attract foreign investment in innovation-based projects.

  • Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff in ‘bid to control content’

    Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed in the US for spying for the Saudis. One administrator was jailed for 32 years, and another was sentenced to eight years, the activists said. An investigation by parent body Wikimedia found the Saudi government had penetrated Wikipedia’s senior ranks in the region, with Saudi citizens acting or forced to act as agents, two rights groups said.

  • World’s safest low-cost airlines revealed: UAE carriers in top 20

    UAE carriers Air Arabia and FlyDubai have been listed among the safest low-cost airlines in the world, according to a new report. AirlineRatings.com, a dedicated aviation safety website has revealed its list of the safest low-cost airlines of 2023. After monitoring 385 international airlines AirlineRatings.com identified Air Arabia and FlyDubai among the safest.

  • A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies

    The assessment, which was shared with US government officials late last year, illustrates the extent of the problem facing the Biden administration, which has vowed to shut down Iran’s production of drones that Russia is launching by the hundreds into Ukraine. CNN reported last month that the White House has created an administration-wide task force to investigate how US and Western-made technology – ranging from smaller equipment like semiconductors and GPS modules to larger parts like engines – has ended up in Iranian drones.

  • State-owned enterprises can lead the charge against climate change in the Middle East and North Africa

    Governments can play a part in setting ambitions and in the MENA region, increasingly, they are. However, companies undertake most economic activity and thus, the private sector will ultimately need to bear the responsibility of delivering sustainability action. In the MENA region, the 20 largest SOEs are taking the lead in some areas but must still deliver more consistent emission measurement, disclosures and target setting. Going forward, they can help smaller private and public companies in the region make rapid progress by:

  • The Grand Bargain’s empty promise in Jordan

    Six and a half years ago, 30 international governments and organizations gathered in Istanbul with an ambitious goal to revolutionize the humanitarian and development industries. Their negotiations yielded the Grand Bargain, an agreement among the largest international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) to allocate 25% of their humanitarian funding to small NGOs around the world. Nonprofits like CARE, Mercy Corps, and the Norwegian Refugee Council all joined, committing to bankroll local NGO budgets by reducing their own. And local NGOs, for their part, promised to use their knowledge and networks to improve humanitarian response.

  • Bahrain: The Tiny Island Playing a Big Role in the Middle East

    Bahrain plays an important role when it comes to countering Iran and reshaping politics in the Middle East. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday traveled to the Arab kingdom to learn more about its role on the global stage.

  • Saudi Arabia to launch kingdom’s version of Airbnb

    Citizens will need to apply for a permit to rent out their properties and submit a copy of the title deed or legitimate lease contract that proves ownership. The country aims to increase the private sector's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) to 65 per cent by 2030, up from 40 per cent in 2016, when Saudi Vision 2030 was announced. It wants to reduce its dependence on oil to grow its economy.