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sraeli army detained 6,742 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank in 2017, according to data released by Palestinian organizations on Sunday. In a joint statement, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-linked Palestinian Committee of Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners Committee,...

Value Added Tax (VAT) has been introduced in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the first time. The 5% levy is being applied to the majority of goods and services. Gulf states have long attracted foreign workers with the promise of tax-free living. But governments...

Turkey has signed an agreement with Sudan that will allow it to have a military presence on the Red Sea. It's the latest country to expand into the area. The list of countries already in the region or building bases there include: Saudi Arabia,...

The Peninsula Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met with Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the State of Qatar, Omar Sheikh Ali Idris, on the occasion of ending his tenure in the State. The...

NEW YORK, 24th December, 2017 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates Mission to the United Nations in New York, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has hosted a briefing to engage Members States in evaluating the...

New facility had a soft opening in December last year Dubai Camel Hospital officially opened its doors to patients recently, after a soft opening last year. The world’s first facility of its kind, the hospital can cater for up to 20 camels at a time, with...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has discussed the recent developments in Jerusalem with the presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Lebanon in separate phone calls early Saturday. Erdoğan emphasized in the phone calls that the decision of the U.S. government to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital would...

Here is the full text of US President Donald Trump's Wednesday speech on Jerusalem, in which he recognised the disputed city as Israel's capital: When I came into office, I promised to look at the world's challenges with open eyes and very fresh thinking. We...

by Ben Dalton President Donald Trump has announced that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy. In a much anticipated speech in Washington on...

US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital has been met with a wave of disapproval. Leaders from within the Muslim world and from the wider international community were swift to criticise the move, and warned of the potential for violence and...