Currently, the UAE is the only GCC country whose citizens can visit the Schengen Area for short stays without obtaining a visa

France and Saudi Arabia are exploring the deployment of French military assets to protect the strategically important Yanbu oil terminal following recent attacks.

Workers’ remittances as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) of GCC countries stood at approximately 6.6 per cent in 2025

Addressing the “Security and History Dialogue 2026” conference in Riyadh on Sunday, Albudaiwi said the unified visa will enable foreign visitors to travel more easily among the six GCC countries

The Maser Group venture, backed by MDR Investments, will supply construction materials to contractors, developers and distributors across Gulf markets

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained severely disrupted on Monday, with just six vessels transiting the key energy chokepoint as hopes faded for a US-Iran peace deal

Parts of the Gulf could face conditions more favourable for rainfall from August to October as El Niño strengthens

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QatarEnergy confirmed that an operational incident triggered the explosion and subsequent fire at the gas processing complex

Dragonpass said the trend contrasts sharply with Eid Al Fitr earlier this year, when travel activity across the GCC increased by 6 per cent during the holiday week before falling 20 per cent in the following week