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Bahrain’s Al-Munther satellite was carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which took off from California on 15 March, also carrying the UAE’s Etihad-SAT. The authorities in Manama then announced the creation of a Bahrain Space Agency, to sit under the Supreme Defence Council headed by national security advisor Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa.

A liquidator has been appointed to Italian software company Artis Wrld SRL, which is part-owned by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s brother Prince Turki.

Investor Prince Khalid Bin Alwaleed is set to join the board of Vesalius Longevity Labs, which is researching the potential for using peptides to increase human’s healthy lifespan.

Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Nahyan’s one-day visit to Islamabad was the latest in the Abu Dhabi crown prince’s increasingly busy international schedule and involved a high-level delegation of security, investment and infrastructure officials.

Some $4.5m in a Riyad Bank account belonging to a Prince Faisal Bin Turki – who’s identity remains unclear – has been frozen by a judge at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur over alleged links to funds obtained fraudulently from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.

Ajman Ruler Sheikh Humaid’s low-profile brother, Sheikh Saeed Bin Rashid Al-Nuaimi, died in late February.

A series of memoranda and other agreements were announced during President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan’s brief state visit to Rome, in MBZ’s second trip to Europe in a matter of weeks.

Backed by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s Misk Foundation, the new Asaan museum will be built at a favoured MBS location, Diriyah, on the edge of Riyadh, under his wife’s guidance.

In her first public engagement, Sheikha Fatima Al-Dana Bint Salman Al-Khalifa inaugurated a pop-up exhibition for local fashion and beauty brands at The Avenues shopping mall.

Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and three of his sons – Ahmed, Hamdan and Mansoor – visited the Dubai International Boat Show, held on 19-23 February.

Prince Sultan Bin Mishaal Bin Abdelaziz has been disqualified from participating in British horse racing until he pays a debt of nearly £322,000 owed to trainer Richard Hannon.

The initial days of Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House seemed to pick up where his first term left off, with big investments promises by Gulf states to secure the president’s favour. However, deal-making has been quickly overtaken by more strategic concerns and grandiose political posturing, with suggestions the US could force Gaza’s population to move to Jordan, Egypt or even Saudi Arabia, while Trump has renewed his ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran, hinting darkly that Washington could support Israel ‘bombing the hell out of them’.

Sharjah Art Foundation president Sheikha Hoor Bint Sultan Al-Qasimi’s appointment to head the newly-created Creative Quarter adds to her portfolio of jobs in the arts and fashion.

Emirates Council for Balanced Development (ECBD) chairman Sheikh Theyab Bin Mohammed Al-Nahyan travelled to Ras Al-Khaimah in early February to talk to Ruler Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi about the council’s Emirates Villages project.

A string of marriages and engagements involving Al-Saud family members were announced in late 2024 and early 2025.