Al Jazeera journalist Abdullah Al-Shamy was one of 13 people freed on health grounds on Monday.
The ship will support possible US action to help Iraq’s government combat a insurgency in the country.
The new government includes 10 new ministers and a new investment ministry separate from that of industry and trade.
In a statement, the Kingdom blamed the crisis on years of “sectarian and exclusionary” policies.
Sovereign wealth funds in the region are expected to make the biggest investments, with Europe slated to receive the bulk of the amount.
Dubai’s index drops 2.3 per cent while Abu Dhabi’s benchmark slides 1.4 per cent.
Shares in Dana Gas dropped 4.8 per cent on Sunday as part of a wider rout in Gulf stock exchanges that was partly due to the news from Iraq.
Azar has been with Barclays since September 2010, when he joined from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
A study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) found a potential market gap of up to $13.2 billion for Islamic financing in the region.
The Qatari ambassador allegedly denounced a Libyan Supreme Court ruling on his twitter account.
Second citizenship offers greater stability and security, tax efficiency and ease of travel, among other benefits, say experts.
After being hit hard by the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war, the Middle East’s troubled tourism markets are fighting back even as political hurdles remain.
Job opportunities in the hospitality sector have increased due to the growing number of hotel projects in the region.
Sanaa’s two million residents have been forced to light their homes with candles or private generators, fuel for which is increasingly expensive.
By 2019, 50 per cent of handset subscriptions in the Middle East and Africa will be for smartphones.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, sworn in as Egypt’s president on Sunday, is faced with fixing growing unemployment in the country.
Experts say that advertisers are yet to be convinced of users’ receptiveness to mobile ads.
The former army chief won 97 per cent of the vote during last month’s presidential election.
The ‘coming-of-age’ population will turn to mobile travel solutions and will plan, book and manage their options online, a study says.
The UAE pledged last October to build a total of 25 wheat silos with a storage capacity of 1.5 million tonnes to help prevent the loss of billions of dollars worth of wheat per year.
The tax will apply for three years, Egyptian state media reported.
Gulf travellers are among the most lucrative and high-yield tourists due to their lavish spending habits, industry experts.
A large part of the investment to increase output will need to come from the Middle East as a rise in non-OPEC production such as U.S. shale oil starts to lose steam in the mid-2020s.
EFG Hermes is one of the biggest investment banks in the Middle East.
An official said that the bond issue would mainly be aimed at Gulf Arab investors.
Assad’s foes have ridiculed the election, saying no credible poll could be held in the midst of a conflict that has killed 160,000 people.
E-commerce is booming but limited number of players in the industry and logistical challenges are hindering the sector’s growth.
The monarch said any country that did not contribute to Egypt’s future despite having the ability to do so would “have no future place among us”.
Middle East carriers saw an 18.6 per cent increase in passenger demand in April, which is the strongest growth for any region.
The deals were awarded by a consortium consisting of UAE contractors Arabtec, CCC and Drake & Scull Construction.