Author Archives: GCC Media Team

Saudi Prince Alwaleed says Musk will be ‘excellent leader’ for Twitter

Originally posted to the Reuters website, 6 May 2022 DUBAI, May 5 (Reuters) – Saudi [...]

06
May
Yemen: Houthis say prisoner swap talks progressing very slowly

Originally posted to The Middle East Monitor website, 5 May 2022 Yemen’s Houthi group said [...]

05
May
‘A new era of cooperation’: the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, greeting the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on 28 April.
Khashoggi goes unmentioned as Erdoğan seeks to boost Saudi trade ties

Originally posted to The Guardian website, 29 April 2022 Analysis: regional rivals reconcile in Jeddah [...]

03
May
A food-delivery worker enters one of Deliveroo's delivery-only kitchens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 2, 2022. Food-delivery drivers protesting wage cuts and grueling working conditions went on an extremely rare strike in Dubai on Saturday, April 30, 2022 — a mass walkout that paralyzed one of the country’s main delivery apps and revived concerns about labor conditions in the emirate. The strike ended early Monday, when London-based Deliveroo agreed to restore workers’ pay to $2.79 per delivery instead of the proposed rate of $2.38 amid surging fuel prices
Dubai delivery drivers walk off job in rare protest over pay

Originally posted to AP News website, 2 Mai 2022 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — [...]

03
May
FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during an interview conducted with The Associated Press in Doha, Qatar, March 29, 2022. Infantino said migrant workers gain pride from hard work when he was questioned on Monday, May 2, 2022, about workers suffering in Qatar while building World Cup infrastructure
Infantino on Qatar: Migrant workers get pride from hard work

Originally posted to AP News website, 2 Mai 2022 FIFA President Gianni Infantino said migrant [...]

03
May
UAE flag flies over Dubai
UAE releases Lebanese physician held for weeks over a tweet

BEIRUT (AP) — The United Arab Emirates released on Thursday a Lebanese physician after holding [...]

29
Apr