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Capital Governorate governor Sheikh Hisham Bin Abdulrahman Al-Khalifa has been named Ministry of Interior undersecretary for nationality, passports and residence affairs.

King Salman Bin Abdelaziz remains in the resort town of Neom in the north-west of the kingdom, where he has been ensconced since soon after leaving King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh in late July 2020, following treatment for an inflamed gallbladder.

Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah left for Germany on 20 January on what was termed a private visit – the terminology usually deployed when he travels for medical treatment.

King Salman Bin Abdelaziz chaired a cabinet meeting at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on 25 January – his first known trip to the capital since July 2020, when he had received treatment at King Faisal Specialist Hospital for an inflamed gallbladder.

Sharjah Ruler Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi has laid the foundation stone for the Academy of Ecology and Natural Sciences (AENS) in the inland city of Al-Dhaid.

Personally popular with fellow rulers for his relaxed style, but often criticized for flaws in Bahrain’s management and its troubled relations with its majority Shia population, King Hamad Bin Isa Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa has ruled Bahrain for 22 years, first as emir and, since 2002, as its self-declared king.

Sharjah Ruler Sheikh Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi has stepped in to pay AED200,000 ($54,500) in ‘blood money’ to secure the release of a UAE woman from prison. Local media reported on 23 March that the unnamed woman had been jailed by a Sharjah court after one of her employees had been killed by electrocution.

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah travelled to Italy on 12 May on what was described by officials as a “private visit”.

Sharjah Ruler Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al-Qasimi set up the University of Khorfakkan, described as a “non-profit academic scientific institution”, that will offer degrees in subjects including marine sciences, law, business administration and IT.

Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah suffered a “minor discomfort requiring rest”. The episode comes amid lingering concern about the health of Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

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.

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.