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The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) is to take over responsibility for maintenance of its Hawk aircraft engines from Rolls-Royce, while the Royal Army of Oman is to take charge of maintenance and repair services for its fleet of armoured personnel carriers from Turkey’s FNSS.

Qatar’s recent deals to bring five majors – Shell, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Eni – into the $29bn North Field East (NFE) project underline Doha’s ambitions for its liquified natural gas (LNG) sector and Emir Sheikh Tamim’s political priorities, as QatarEnergy’s sales are redirected towards Europe.

Western oil majors have been pulling out of the Russian gas industry, but that presents opportunities for the likes of Saudi Aramco who are less concerned about the reputational impact of investing in Siberian resources.

There has been speculation that US President Joe Biden’s mid-July trip to Jeddah may be used as the moment to push forward with a deal for Saudi Arabia to be formally recognised as having control over two Red Sea islands that, until recently, were leased by Egypt.

Lawyers acting for Fawaz Al-Attiyah have written to UK foreign secretary Liz Truss calling for diplomatic immunity to be lifted on Qatar’s former premier Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani (HBJ), who is currently listed as a minister counsellor at the Qatari embassy.

The High Court in London has ruled that lawyer and financial consultant Ronald Gibbs was wrong not to return a $25m fund he had been managing to Princess Deema Sultan Bin Abdelaziz, daughter of the late Crown Prince Sultan.

The US State Department has approved a $980m package of follow-on support for the UAE’s fleet of C-17 transport aircraft.

The UAE and Kuwait will soon be sending ambassadors back to Tehran, for the first time since early 2016.

Large numbers of Moqtada Al-Sadr's followers took to the streets of Sadr City, Baghdad, in a show of strength by the Iraqi cleric, who called on State of Law leader Nouri Al-Maliki to quit the political arena. Numerous names had been floated as a potential premier.

An Abu Dhabi court revoked a three-year prison sentence for US citizen Asim Abdul Rahman Ghafoor for money laundering, following an international outcry.

Three judges – two from Ireland and one from New Zealand – resigned from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts, soon after being appointed, following controversy in their home countries about human rights abuses in the UAE.

Sheikh Nasser Bin Abdulrahman Bin Nasser Al-Thani and his real estate company Daruna for Real Estate Brokerage Company have been awarded QR13.7m ($3.8m) in damages by the Qatar International Court, following a dispute with Qatar First Bank (QFB) over a failed plan to build workers’ accommodation north of Doha. The award was a fraction of the QR857m they had been claiming.

UAE's Fujairah Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi launched the Together, Hand in Hand community initiative, to help deal with the aftermath of storms which brought heavy rain and flooding to the emirate.

UAE's Sharjah Ruler Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi’s book The Biography of the Sultans of Kilwa has been published by Al-Qasimi Publications.

Sweden’s Maha Energy has sold a 35% stake in its exploration and production sharing agreement for onshore Block 70 to Oman's local Mafraq Energy.