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Abda Sharif was appointed the United Kingdom's ambassador to Yemen. She is due to take up the post in September, replacing Richard Oppenheim who has held the job since August 2021.

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah returned home on from his latest round of medical treatment in Italy. The Kuwaiti ruler has made repeated trips to Italy over the past 18 months to seek medical care.

The high-profile campaign to make Saudi Arabia a global power in football, golf and other sports has, in many ways, eclipsed the state's domestic spending – which conventional policy wonks might say should be of greater importance to the 22m population – but the activities of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS)'s prized Public Investment Fund (PIF) over the past few months tells an equally important story.

Bahrain's Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa was named chairman of the Board of Trustees of the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence, in a royal decree issued by King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa.

New deputy governors were appointed for both Bahrain's Northern and Southern governorates, in a decree by King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa. Both have been appointed for four-year terms.

The UAE's early September announcement that it had set up a federal gambling regulator is a further sign of how the competition between regional economies is pushing them to diversify into areas that would previously have been regarded as too sensitive or even taboo.

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Iran Abdullah Bin Saud Al-Anzi arrived in Tehran on 5 September to assume his official duties. On the same day, his Iranian counterpart Alireza Enayati arrived in Riyadh to start his work there.

Saudi King Salman Bin Abdelaziz travelled from Jeddah to the new northwestern city of Neom on 1 September. He chaired a cabinet meeting in the city on 5 September. The ruler spent an extended period in Neom in 2020 and 2021. 

Two Saudi state-owned bodies, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), launched a new electric vehicle (EV) charging company on 8 October, in which ownership is split 75/25 in the PIF’s favour.

Italian major Eni has withdrawn from Block 1, relinquishing a licence it gained in 2019 and casting fresh doubt on Bahrain's ability to exploit its offshore resources. 

Sheikh Mubarak Bin Fahad Bin Jassim Bin Mohammed Al-Thani was named as Qatar's ambassador to Oman. Mubarak has previously served as ambassador to Azerbaijan (2008-14) and Serbia (2015-21).

Dubai Deputy Ruler and federal finance minister Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum opened the Expand North Star 2023 exhibition and conference at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

Dubai-based port operator DP World signed a 30-year concession with Tanzania Ports Authority to operate and modernise Dar Es Salaam Port. DP World plans to invest $250m to upgrade the port, a figure it said could rise to $1bn alongside related projects.

Even before the new Gaza war shattered comfortable assumptions about regional security, the global economic climate had been hostile, as shown in analysis of the International Monetary Fund's new reports on the global outlook and regional economic performance.

Hussein Ali Saleh Al-Fadala has taken up his position as Qatar's first consul general in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Qatar opened its consulate in Erbil during the summer.