The company recently launched an Arabic football app and the Yahoo Fantasy Premier League in Arabic.
Branson was looking for potential Middle East investors for his $1.7 billion cruise ship project, according to media reports.
The country imported 10.65 million tonnes of barley in 2013.
The company will operate around 16 roundtrip cruises on a weekly basis from December 2015 to March 2016.
With malnutrition prevalent, there is an undeniable need for healthy eating choices in the GCC, say Kcal’s founders.
Dubai carrier makes unusual move and decides to drop new route
E-commerce in the Middle East has tremendous potential to grow, says Baertschi.
Dubai real estate prices could triple by 2020, writes Peter Cooper.
Qatar’s Syria policy matters not only because Doha remains a generous backer of the opposition but also because its dispute with other funders.
Only nine funds have been domiciled in the DIFC since its current funds regime was introduced in 2010.
It took Reliance Retail seven years of losses and over $1 billion in investments to find a formula that works.
The Android Wear project is open to software makers to create apps for the watches.
Located in the upcoming Opera District, the multi-format venue will host operas, concerts, art exhibitions, film and sports events.
New documents reportedly claim former FIFA executive Jack Warner received $1.2 million from a Qatari company in December 2010.
The cabinet endorsed the establishment of the UAE National Institute for Medical Specialisations to improve training facilities in the country.
Reports on Wednesday alleged the US government used websites to break into computers.
Global energy shares offer real value, writes Matein Khalid, a global equities investor and advisor to regional family offices.
Trade, energy and industry ties are dominating business and bilateral relations between the two countries, say experts.
The minister also said China’s release of satellite imagery of possible wreckage had been wrongly issued.
The UAE will host the first phase of the popular cricket tournament from April 16 to April 30.
Investigators say that the plane flew for a total of five hours based on data sent to the ground from the Boeing Co 777’s engines as part of a standard monitoring program.
The view on oil demand growth from the OPEC contrasts with that of the U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration, which on Tuesday cut its forecast.
Weakness in equities and base metals, along with technical buying, propelled gold prices through resistance at $1,355 an ounce.
The move follows the withdrawal of the Saudi, UAE and Bahraini ambassadors from Doha last week over foreign policy disagreements.
Dubai operator steps up its Indian Oceans portfolio with purchase of 84-key resort
Great strides have been made getting women into education, but more needs to be done at board level, says Grant Thornton managing partner.
A timeline of events in the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner which vanished from radar screens on Saturday.
He also blamed both countries for launching Syria’s three-year civil war through al Qaeda-linked groups.
The incident is likely to rekindle a debate about whether black box flight recorders should be replaced with satellite-based systems capable of sending back telemetry in real time.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar last week.