Businesses are relying too much on apps and are not capitalising on the region’s high levels of internet and mobile penetration.
Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal criticised Iran, Russia and Hezbollah for backing and arming Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
China State Construction Engineering Corporation will make its first-ever Middle East investment in the Viceroy Dubai Palm Jumeirah project.
The plane, operated by United Airlines, was flying from Houston to Denver in the U.S. when it was forced to turn around and land back at its origin.
The Doha-based airline will operate the Boeing 787 on services to the capital cities of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
But work on its long-awaited Palm Jumeirah hotel in Dubai remains ongoing and it is unlikely to open until late 2015.
Qatar had earlier planned to invest 50 million euros into businesses in French suburbs.
France has been hoping to sign a contract to equip Qatar’s air force with Rafale fighter planes made by Dassault.
Gazan singer Mohammed Assaf endeared millions of viewers with his Palestinian patriotic anthems and folk songs.
Gulf Business looks at the most extravagant superyachts money can buy.
A study by Barclays Wealth shows a growing confidence of increasing fortunes compared to other global markets.
Senior Afghan officials had accused Washington on Wednesday of breaking assurances to Kabul.
DEG has a current portfolio of 160 million euros in the MENA region but has not been very active since 2011.
Gulf economies have ridden out the global financial crisis of the past five years more smoothly than many economists expected.
Middle East researchers have said the respiratory syndrome (MERS) is easily transmitted from the transfer of sick patients to other hospitals.
A team of U.S. negotiators arrived in Qatar earlier on Wednesday and held a meeting with Afghan diplomats in the Qatari capital.
This year’s holy month will be the ‘most mobile-enabled’ yet as Middle East penetration rate hits 109 per cent.
Dassault’s Rafale jets and the BAE Systems-backed Eurofighter have been locked in competition for the deal to replace at least 60 of the UAE’s Mirage fleet.
Fabrice Brégier told reporters he was “very pleased” with the company’s relationship with Middle East airlines.
Etihad has wasted no time in taking its commercial relationship to the next level, after starting daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Belgrade on Saturday
The 6MW Port Victoria Wind Farm is expected to power 2,100 homes in the island country.
Porsche was forced to sell the stake to Qatar Holding in 2009 as a way to prop up its strained finances.
Ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran are tense over many issues, notably the war in Syria.
Mark Beer becomes an OBE and Joseph Tabet an MBE, in recognition of their work to promote UAE-UK ties
Hassan Rohani, who replaces Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is known for a conciliatory approach and is backed by reformists.
Saudi Arabia’s stock market, the region’s largest, dropped 4.3 per cent on Saturday.
A note written in English and reading “This flight will be on fire” was found in one of the plane’s toilets by a woman passenger.
The new wide body offering from Airbus is set to rival Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.
Rohani will take up the presidency in August, replacing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was legally barred from seeking a third consecutive term.