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A new bursary programme will enable Saudi Arabian citizens to study at top universities around the world. Reuters

Saudi Arabia launches new student scholarship programme

October 25, 2020
US President Donald Trump speaks during a conference call with Benjamin Netanyahu, Abdalla Hamdok and journalists about a Sudan-Israel peace agreement on October 23, 2020. EPA

Israel won't block UAE buying F-35 stealth fighters

October 24, 2020
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq has approved changes designed to stimulate Oman's economy. Reuters

Oman: Sultan approves plans to reduce debts to offset lower oil prices

October 22, 2020
Omanis, wearing protective face masks, sit on the Corniche in Muscat. AFP

Omanis relieved as night lockdowns to end on Saturday

October 21, 2020
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Sabah attends the opening of the fifth regular session at the country's National Assembly on October 20. AFP

Kuwait Emir calls for 'national unity' before parliamentary elections

October 20, 2020
The elections will be held on December 5. EPA/Noufal Ibrahim

Kuwait sets National Assembly elections for December 5

October 19, 2020
ISIS once controlled large areas of Iraq, leaving execution sites dotted across the country. AP

ISIS calls for attacks on West and Saudi Arabia in rare message

October 19, 2020
Saudis and residents perform Al Fajr prayers at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah for the first time after easing months-long Covid-19 restrictions. AFP

Tears of joy: Makkah’s Grand Mosque opens to prayers after coronavirus hiatus

October 18, 2020
Head of Israel's National Security Council Meir Ben-Shabbat (L) and US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin disembark from a plane upon their arrival at the Bahraini International Airport on October 18, 2020. Israel and Bahrain will officially establish diplomatic relations at a ceremony in Manama, an Israeli official said, after the two states reached a US-brokered normalisation deal last month. / AFP / Mazen Mahdi

US-Israel delegation in Bahrain for steps towards normalisation

October 18, 2020
Oman News Agency

Oman's first lady in debut speech for National Women’s Day

October 18, 2020
A Saudi man displays a falcon that was sold for $173,000 at an auction organised by the Saudi Falcon Club at the King Abdulaziz Festival in Mulham, north of Riyadh. Reuters

World's most expensive falcon sells for $170,000 in Saudi Arabia

October 15, 2020
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan. Reuters

Saudi’s Prince Faisal to visit Washington for strategic talks

October 13, 2020
Kuwait's newly appointed crown prince Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Sabah is sworn in at the parliament in Kuwait City on October 8, 2020. Kuwait TV via Reuters

Kuwait's Parliament endorses Sheikh Meshal as Crown Prince

October 8, 2020
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a passenger for a PCR coronavirus test at Muscat International Airport in the Omani capital. AFP

Oman records 1,000 Covid-19 deaths as hospitals struggle with surge in infections

October 7, 2020
Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Sabah has been named as Kuwait's Crown Prince. Kuwait News Agency

Kuwait Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Sabah names Sheikh Meshal Al Sabah as new crown prince

October 7, 2020
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A view of towers along the Jumeirah Beach Residences coastline in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Dubai winter warning, 1,359 new UAE cases, Barclays sues BR Shetty - The Daily Update

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Cybersecurity firms in the UAE have reacted to a major leak of patient information held by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. EPA

Employees are the biggest threat to cybersecurity

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The skyline of Dubai and Burj Khalifa. Reem Mohammed/The National

Police seize crystal meth, 1,491 UAE Covid-19 cases, Dubai boosts stimulus - The Daily Update

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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 24: A poll worker helps voters at the Queens Public Library during early voting for the U.S. Presidential election on October 24, 2020 in the Jackson Heights neighborhood in the Queens borough in New York City. Due to the coronavirus and social distancing concerns New York State is allowing early voting for the first time. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP

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