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Experienced figures have been appointed to lead the recently-established UAE Aid Agency, while a new board of trustees has been announced for the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation.
Mohammed Bin Zayed has appointed Major General Ahmed Saif Al-Muhairi as commander-in-chief of Abu Dhabi Police, on the same day that Crown Prince Khalid Bin Mohammed named another Al-Nahyan family member as the force’s new director-general.
In a sign of fast-improving relations with the new leadership in Lebanon, the UAE has dispatched diplomats to arrange the reopening of its embassy – after Beirut extradited influential critic Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi to Abu Dhabi.
The Higher Authority for Hawar Islands Development replaces a committee set up in 2017 to develop tourism infrastructure on the island – which was previously the subject of a territorial dispute with Qatar. It comes as the islands’ first major hotel development is due to welcome its first guests.
A new corporation will oversee all official documents related to the emirate’s ruling family, in what appears to be a concerted effort to ensure control of narratives about the Al-Maktoum’s role in Dubai’s history.
Mishaal Bin Sultan has been reappointed chairman of online food delivery service Jahez International.
Funeral prayers were held for Princess Mona Riad Al-Solh in Riyadh on 5 January. She was the daughter of Lebanon’s first prime minister and had married into the Al-Saud family in the 1950s.
Oman Investment Authority has bought an undisclosed stake in XAI, the artificial intelligence company set up by US billionaire – and key Donald Trump backer – Elon Musk. It comes as the Trump Organization has struck more real estate deals in Saudi Arabia.
London has been bolstering its defence ties with a number of Gulf countries in early December, during high-level talks with leaders of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
King Charles III’s younger brother is stepping up to promote the United Kingdom’s interests in the region, visiting Manama and Kuwait City in mid-December, after welcoming the Qatari emir to London earlier in the month.
Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Nahyan visit to Bahrain followed trips to India, Qatar, Norway, Singapore and Brazil in the previous two months. Soon after his visit, Abu Dhabi wrapped up a deal to buy the McLaren luxury car business from Bahrain.
Having achieved outstanding results, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Bin Mohammed Al-Maktoum has graduated from the British military by picking up Sandhurst’s two international ‘sword’ awards.
The Bahraini national security adviser has been appointed by his father King Hamad to a little-known but powerful body that deals with internal disputes and other issues within the ruling Al-Khalifa family.
Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad has named his younger brother, Sheikh Thani Bin Hamad, as chairman of Qatar’s international development fund.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko discussed industry and agriculture, as well as turmoil in the wider region, during a working visit to Muscat, while a Belarus delegation has sought to bolster commercial links in the UAE.
