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Qatar

Qatar’s emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar arrives in Paris, September 30. (AP)

Qatar emir skips Riyadh summit despite signs of thawing ties

Saudi Arabia

File photo shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019. (DPA)

With G20 presidency, Riyadh hopes to showcase its economic clout in year ahead

UAE

Time-honoured tradition. Emirati Abdullah al-Suwaidi demonstrates how his ancestors would pick up oysters off the seabed, at the Suwaidi’s pearl farm, off the coast of al-Rams in the northern emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. (AFP)

On Emirates’ glittering coast, pearl trade lives on

UAE

Diversity in art. “Sa’af” installation by Shahad Alazaz in collaboration with local craftspeople from the Eastern Provinces of Saudi Ara (Courtesy Dubai Design Week 2019)

Dubai Design Week offers region its largest creative festival

UAE

New momentum. Members of the French Armed Forces march past the French frigate Courbet while taking part in a military cermony at the French Naval Base in Abu Dhabi, November 24.(Reuters)

Europe to operate Gulf maritime security mission out of French base in Abu Dhabi

UAE

Emirati women walk past an illustration depicting an astronaut with the national flag outside Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. (AFP)

Meet the Emirati women with cosmic ambitions

Qatar

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. (AFP)

Qatari foreign minister said to have visited Riyadh before GCC summit next month

Palestine

Real change in Palestine will not be possible until the world comes to view the Palestinian cause as a universal cause. (dpa)

Is the Arab world moving closer to normalisation with Israel?

UAE

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (R) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz hold agreement documents after a signing ceremony at Qasr Al Watan Palace in Abu Dhabi, November 27. (SPA)

Riyadh, Abu Dhabi see eye to eye on regional challenges