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By: HORNDIPLOMAT & GULF TIMES President Sahle-Work Zewde yesterday received Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar. At the outset of the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed conveyed the greetings of Amir Sheikh Tamim...

By Reuters  United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs said on Friday. He was also ruler of Abu Dhabi emirate. "The Ministry of Presidential Affairs mourns to the UAE people, Arab and Islamic nations and the...

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...

The emails allegedly stolen from the inbox of the Yousef Al- Otaiba, the United Arab Emirates' ambassador to the United States, revealed on Saturday the close relationship between al-Otaiba and a pro-Israel, neo-conservative think tank the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). The Intercept reported...

Horndiplomat-Masdar to provide technical advisory services and explore renewable energy solutions for DP World’s ports and free zones in the Middle East and Africa Global trade enabler DP World and Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore...

Defence minister says Ankara has no plans to review ties with Qatar, after Arab states issue demands to end Gulf crisis. Turkey has rejected a call from four Arab countries to shut down its military base in Qatar, saying the base was a guarantor of...

By Tim Cocks and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin | DAKAR In an upmarket suburb of Senegal's seaside capital, a branch of Iran's Al-Mustafa University teaches Senegalese students Shi'ite Muslim theology, among other subjects. The branch director is Iranian and a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

Full Length Research Paper BY: Najah M. Adam Department of Diplomacy and International Relations, EUCLID University, Gambia. Received 8 May, 2017; Accepted 5 June, 2017 Key words: National security, basing politics, interests, actors, animosity, deterrence, collective security,collective defense. HORNDIPLOMAT-The presence of forward forces in foreign soil is not...

Qatar says it's pulled its troops from Djibouti-Eritrea border that had mediated in long-running territorial dispute. By MALAK HARB and ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar said Wednesday it has pulled all of its troops from the border of Djibouti and Eritrea, east...

By: EXPRESS A major opportunity to tackle the Red Sea crisis is “staring Britain in the face” if it is willing to end 33 years of an “unfair” diplomatic isolation of a former outpost of the Empire....