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Umm Al-Quwain Properties, a real estate developer chaired by Sheikh Mansour Bin Ibrahim Al-Mualla, has signed a deal to develop a luxury real estate project on the emirate’s Al-Siniya island, in partnership with Dubai-based Sobha Realty.

Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on 4 September led the funeral prayers for his aunt, Princess Latifa Bint Abdelaziz, who had died a day earlier.

Scholarships have been approved for studies at six institutions in the emirate, including some at the University of Al-Dhaid which is due to be inaugurated in mid-September.

The Daleel Petroleum partnership of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and an arm of the local MB Group has signed an oil and gas exploration and production concession for the block, adding to a portfolio which already includes Block 5.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company will acquire a 35% stake in ExxonMobil’s planned low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia facility, which would be one of the largest of its kind in the world.

King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa pardoned 457 inmates by royal decree on 4 September, to mark his silver jubilee on the throne.

A string of American and European lobbying and PR firms have been opening new outposts in the region in search of government contracts, with Riyadh and Abu Dhabi the main hubs of activity.

Minister of state for foreign trade Thani Al-Zeyoudi has been appointed executive chairman of Rorix Holdings, a trade finance, commodities exchange and insurance specialist recently set up by International Holding Company, the powerful local conglomerate.

In a series of royal orders issued on 29 August, the Saudi monarch replaced the Joint Forces commander and the chiefs of staff of the navy and land forces.

A year after the risk of a catastrophic accident at the abandoned oil storage vessel FSO Safer was finally resolved – after long periods during which Houthi rebels repeatedly blocked an international rescue mission – the Sanaa-based group’s actions are once again creating the risk of an environmental disaster is the waters around Yemen.  

Ras Al-Khaimah Ruler Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi on 22 August received the United States ambassador to the UAE Martina Strong and a delegation from the American Business Council in Dubai (AmCham) at his palace in Saqr Bin Mohammed City.

The FII Institute has signed a contract with Prosek Partners worth more than $50,000 a month to provide it with communications and public relations support.

Talks between Mohammad Hassan Akhund and the UAE’s President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed are a further sign of slowly-developing ties between Abu Dhabi and the Taliban regime.

Dubai-headquartered Amea Power and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) signed power purchase agreements for wind projects in Ethiopia and Egypt in August, covering a total of 500MW of power.

The state-owned defence conglomerate is due to complete the development of the National Anti-Ship Missile (Mansup) by the end of 2025 and is also working on an extended-range version.