Saudi Aramco said to stick to planned IPO schedule despite major attacks

Saturday’s strikes came just days after Aramco hired banks including Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley for the IPO

Iraq signs deal to connect to GCC power grid

A 300 kilometre-long transmission line is set to be built from Kuwait to southern port of Faw

UAE’s ‘first’ female Indian doctor receives gold card residency visa

The permanent residency visa was granted to Zulekha Daud, 81, chairperson of the Zulekha Healthcare Group

Video: Bruno Mars to headline Abu Dhabi New Year’s celebrations

The crooner is one of a number of big-name acts coming to the UAE to close out the year

Trump vows US ‘locked and loaded’ if Iran was behind Saudi attacks

“There is reason to believe that we know the culprit”, the US President said

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Dubai to reveal best and worst government entities

The announcement will be based on the results of the happiness index of the Dubai government

Oil jumps most on record after Aramco attack cuts Saudi supply

State energy producer Saudi Aramco lost about 5.7 million barrels per day of output in the attack on Saturday

Saudi stocks drop as tensions surge after Aramco drone attacks

The Tadawul All Share Index fell as much as 3.1 per cent

New Dubai law states Land Department will replace RERA for registering rental contracts

RERA will prepare and update policies designed to balance supply and demand in the market

Flydubai adds seven additional destinations to Dubai airport’s Terminal 3

The move is aimed at helping improve connections between Emirates and flydubai

UAE doesn’t expect the Boeing 737 Max to fly this year

The UAE will conduct its own checks before the plane can use its airspace and airports again

Video: Saudi overhauls Hajj and Umrah visas ahead of tourist visa launch

The move comes as the kingdom launches PR campaign with influencers on social media

UAE telco du appoints new CEO to replace Osman Sultan

Johan Dennelind will take up his appointment in early 2020

New festival launched to support Dubai’s media industry

ON.DXB is scheduled to take place in November

Sheikh Mohammed names UAE’s best and worst government service centres

The results were announced following an assessment of 600 centres across the UAE

Kuwait Finance offers to buy Ahli United in $8.8bn deal

The combined entity will potentially become the Gulf’s sixth-biggest lender with $100bn in assets

Saudi oil output cut in half after drones attack two Saudi Aramco sites

Facilities at Abqaiq and the nearby Khurais oil field were attacked early on Saturday morning

Revealed: The highest-ranking universities in the UAE

The United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain is the highest-rated university in the country

Mubadala and ACWA Power reportedly building a $891m water desalination plant

Commercial operations at the plant in Taweelah are expected to begin in Q4 2022

UAE to introduce colour-coded food labels to promote healthy eating

The nationwide policy will become mandatory by 2022

Emirates surpasses 25 million Skywards members

Emirates also says it is adding nearly 10,000 Skywards members a day

Dubai’s Emirates NBD to roll out banking with Amazon Alexa

Customers will be able to discuss their account details and other banking matters with Alexa

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OPEC+ meets in Abu Dhabi as concerns loom about slowing oil demand

Expected demand for OPEC crude next year of 29.4 million barrels a day is below current production of 29.7 million

Saudi Aramco is said to pick BofA, Goldman, JPMorgan for top IPO roles

CEO Amin Nasser said earlier Tuesday that Aramco is going to sell shares “very soon”

Bahrain Economic Development Board appoints new CEO

Khalid Humaidan, EDB’s board member, has been appointed as its new CEO

Salmon farming is coming to Saudi Arabia

Vikings Label is planning to set up the country’s first salmon farming-project with an aim to supply 5,000 tons of the fish each year by 2023

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar first investor in major UK electric vehicle charging initiative

Masdar has pledged about GBP70m for 3,000 electric vehicle charging stations

Sharjah ruler calls for class size, teaching limits in schools

Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi calls for no more than 25 students per class, and teachers teaching no more than 24 classes per week

Pictures: Apple launches new iPhones, UAE prices revealed

Apple says flagship device iPhone 11 Pro features its “best camera ever made”

Kuwait’s Capital Market Authority to start stake sale of bourse next month

Only Kuwaiti citizens will be eligible to buy the shares