Middle East Experience

The AED60 million contract has been awarded to Intermass, the Sharjah-based contractor already working on several residential phases at Masaar
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: UAE megaproject: Arada awards .3mn Masaar Central retail hub construction contract

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise currently owns, manages, and is committed to own or manage a total of 750 aircraft, including 225 from Boeing
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai aviation firm signs purchase agreement with United Airlines for 10 Boeing 737-9 aircraft

New underwater footage from the Dubai Reef site reveals fish populations and habitats developing around the reef modules
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai Reef project deploys 3,660 modules with 20,000 planned by 2027

The centre, which operates under Dubai Chambers, created the initiative to help family businesses access consultancy services in administrative and operational areas
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai Chambers launches first family business advisor directory with 56 trusted consultants

The phase covers five Dubai stations: Al Fahidi, Baniyas, Al Seef, Sheikh Zayed Road, and Bluewaters
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai RTA launches second phase of marine transport station upgrades across five locations

Turkey is expanding its defense exports with major deals in South Asia and East Asia at IDEF 2025.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Fighter jets, frigates & drones: Turkey signs .85B in export deals at IDEF

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition across much of Africa and western Asia, a U.N. report said on Monday. Around 673 million people, or 8.2% of the world's population, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5% in 2023, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, jointly prepared by five U.N. agencies.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress, UN says

By Charlotte Greenfield and Emily RoseJERUSALEM (Reuters) -Two Israeli human rights organisations said on Monday Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the first major voices in Israeli society to level the strongest possible accusation against the state, which vehemently denies it. Rights group B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel released their reports at a press conference in Jerusalem, saying Israel was carrying out "coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza strip".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Two rights groups are first Israeli voices to accuse Israel of genocide

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said that Israel's creeping annexation of the West Bank is illegal and the wholesale destruction of the Gaza Strip is intolerable and both must stop."Let's be clear: The creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank is illegal. It must stop. The wholesale destruction of Gaza is intolerable. It must stop," he told a conference at the U.N. on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UN chief Guterres: creeping annexation of West Bank, wholesale destruction of Gaza must stop

By Sarah MarshBERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will immediately launch an airlift to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza as it considers stepping up pressure on Israel over the "catastrophic" situation in the enclave, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday.As the death toll from almost two years of war in Gaza nears 60,000, a growing number of people are dying from starvation and malnutrition, Gaza health authorities say, with images of starving children shocking the world and fuelling international criticism of Israel over sharply worsening conditions.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Germany's Merz announces Gaza aid airlift, mulls upping ante on Israel