The Kingdom accounts for more than half of the region’s active users on Twitter with 90 per cent preferring to tweet in Arabic.
Qatar sent Egypt $3 billion in May of which it converted $1 billion into three-year bonds.
Experts said that the Islamic finance industry is estimated to grow rapidly and more than double in the next four years.
Gulf Arab companies are boosting their investments in Africa lured by the continent’s untapped resources.
Kuwait Airways signed an initial agreement with Airbus in May to buy 15 A320neo narrow-body jets and 10 of Airbus’s new A350-900 XWB.
Qatar’s flagship carrier will join the global alliance from October 30.
A study finds the United Arab Emirates is a happier country than the United States and the United Kingdom.
The transportation technology company received the investment in a round led by STC Ventures.
Islamic lender Al Salam will exchange 11 of its shares for each BMI Bank share.
The Abu Dhabi government has ruled that public sector employees in the capital have to live within the city.
The bank will serve as the club’s official partner in the UAE and plans create a range of Barca-themed products for local fans.
The virus has claimed 45 lives in the Kingdom so far.
Officials are still discussing the issue, says head of the Capital Market Authority
Sarah Cocker will join Malcolm Taylor in hosting the award-winning breakfast show.
The mosque, funded by the Al Maktoum foundation, is the first of its kind in Dundee.
Research shows that out of the 200,000 SMEs in the UAE, only 10 per cent have an online presence.
The companies were holding talks to merge certain parts of their businesses.
The 432-metre tall Marina 101 Hotel & Residence tower is set to open in Dubai Marina in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Police are seeking the owner of the lion, believed to be someone who was illegally rearing it as a pet.
The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève will showcase 70 of the finest watches in DIFC this October.
Around 40 properties in France are owned by Qataris, with total investment amounting to around $7.8 billion over the past decade, found Reuters.
Emirates’ superjumbos may hold the key to the conundrum posed by Dubai Airports’ 80-day runway programme next summer.
Oman’s entrepreneurs can add value to the government’s job creation efforts, if given adequate support.
The 33-month construction contract has been awarded to Turkish firm TAV Construction.
Homosexuality is punishable by law in Oman.
The visit comes as the United States weighs military strikes in Syria.
The death toll in the Kingdom has now reached 44, according to health ministry officials.
Lebanese national Nasr died on impact when a car struck him during his training.
Saudi Arabia, like Israel heavily dependent on the United States for arms supplies, is engaged in a historic confrontation with Iran for regional influence – a contest shaped by their leading roles in the rival Sunni and Shi’ite branches of Islam.
With trade reaching $75 billion, the UAE and India have strong ties built up over generations of trading and commerce.