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The UAE launched a new ten-year national strategy on 22 November. The plan, called We The UAE 2031, is based on four pillars: the economy, society, ecosystem and diplomacy.

Abu Dhabi will host the 12th edition of the Annual Investment Meeting from 8 to 10 May 2023, which will take place under the theme of “The Investment Paradigm Shift: Future Investment Opportunities to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth, Diversity, and Prosperity”.

A list of the 24 member Bahraini cabinet, appointed 22 November 2022.

The UAE is preparing for its 51st National Day on 2 December with the usual talk of unity and joint endeavour. However, one consequence of the wide-ranging social and economic reforms introduced in recent years is that the idea of Emirati national identity may now be more contentious than it has been for decades.

A Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) F-15S fighter jet crashed during a routine training mission in the King Abdelaziz Air Base training area in the Eastern Province. Ministry of Defence spokesman Brigadier General Turki Al-Malki said there had been a "technical malfunction".

Sohar International Bank announced a binding merger deal with HSBC Oman on 16 November. Sohar will take over HSBC Oman’s assets, with the latter’s shareholders paid in cash and Sohar shares.

Saudi sovereign wealth fund the Public Investment Fund (PIF) has sold a 10% stake in local stock market operator the Saudi Tadawul Group to institutional investors for SR2.3bn ($613m), leaving it with 60%.

The United States has approved a $385m sale of joint stand-off weapons to Oman. The package of 48 glide bombs for the Royal Air Force of Oman is being supplied by Raytheon Missiles and Defense Company.

Father Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar inaugurated the Aisha Bint Hamad Al-Attiyah Hospital in Tinbak, north of Doha.

Bahraini and UAE diplomats in Laayoune (also written El Aioun) took part in the 47th anniversary of the late King Hassan II’s Green March, held by Morocco in early November to commemorate its takeover of the disputed territory of Western Sahara following the withdrawal of colonial Spain in 1975.

Ras Al-Khaimah Ruler Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi hosted Tonga’s King Tupou VI on 15 November, affirming the UAE’s interest in strengthening ties with the Pacific islands.

A list of the 22 members of Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani's cabinet, covering agriculture, communications, culture, defence, education, electricity, finance, foreign affairs, health, higher education and scientific research, industry and minerals, interior, justice, labour and social affairs, migration and displacement, oil, planning, trade, transport, water resources, and youth and sports.

Manama continues to make efforts to enhance its credentials for freedom of religion, with King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa holding talks with the Indian Orthodox Church supreme leader Pope Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews III at Al-Safriya Palace.

That the legendary late head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp’s Quds Force, Qassim Soleimani, has not been forgotten following his January 2020 assassination by the United States was underlined by a 2 November tweet on Iranian Rahbar (Supreme Leader) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Twitter account.

The United States has approved a deal to sell a $3bn air defence system to Kuwait.