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Ethiopia to send 50,000 workers to UAE
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that under the deal, 50,000 workers would be sent to UAE in the 2019/2020 fiscal year.
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Pope: I’m ‘happy to write new page in history’ with UAE visit
Pope Francis has made boosting ties between Christianity and Islam a cornerstone of his papacy.
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SA paramedic killed in UAE helicopter crash - family
The rescue helicopter was on a mission at a mountain in the Ras Al Khaimah, Emirate, when it came down on Saturday and then burst into flames.
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Qatar seeks solid World Cup rehearsal in UAE
An in-form Qatar will be hoping to use the 10th Asian Cup in nearby United Arab Emirates as a platform for a successful maiden World Cup campaign.
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UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years
The UAE broke ties with Syria in February 2012, as the repression of nationwide protests demanding regime change was escalating into a devastating war.
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UAE to reopen Damascus embassy on Thursday in boost for Assad
The embassy has been shut since the early months of Syria’s conflict, which erupted in 2011.
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Saudi crown prince arrives in Algeria
Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia received the prince in the capital Algiers, the state news agency APS said.
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Saudi prince lands in UAE on first foreign tour since Khashoggi murder
The prince is also set to travel to the Tunisian capital on Tuesday, a presidential source in Tunis told AFP.
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Opposition parties hope extradition treaty will speed up Guptas' return to SA
In an affidavit submitted to the state capture commission of inquiry, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta say they are in the Emirates, and have no intention of ever returning to South Africa because they fear arrest.
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As SA & UAE ratify extradition treaty, will Guptas return to face charges?
With an extradition treaty between the two countries in place, proceedings could begin to bring the Gupta brothers back to South Africa to face criminal proceedings.
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SA, UAE sign extradition treaty amid graft probe
Minister Michael Masutha and his UAE counterpart, Sultan Saeed Al Badi, signed the treaties on 'extradition and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters in Abu Dhabi'.
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Presidency: Ramaphosa’s 3-nations tour successful
President Cyril Ramaphosa returned home to South Africa on Saturday after securing $20 billion worth of new investment for the country from the Middle East.
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Ramaphosa lands in UAE with hope of bagging investment deals
President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting United Arab Emirates leader Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi where they will get down to business.
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Gulf states pledge $2.5 billion aid package to Jordan
The three wealthy Gulf states said Jordan would receive as much as $2.5 billion of aid to help it weather the economic and political crisis.
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UAE bans vegetables from India's Kerala, animals from South Africa
According to a statement, it has also banned imports of live animals from South Africa, based on a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health.
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UAE claims world's longest zipline
The 2.8 kilometer zipline, spanning the equivalent of 28 soccer fields, was certified this week by the Guinness World Records, the local tourism authority said.
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Qatar must protect workers from lethal heat - human rights group
Human Rights Watch called authorities also to investigate the causes of migrant worker deaths and publish data on such incidents.
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Arab boycott adds to woes of Qatar migrant workers
Fresh vegetables usually trucked across Qatar's land border with Saudi Arabia, a route now blocked, have increased in price.
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Top US diplomat ends Gulf crisis talks with no word of result
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt slapped sanctions on Qatar, accusing it of financing extremist groups & allying with the Gulf Arab states' arch-foe Iran.
