Home / Construction / Industry / Middle East / Transport / UAE If the railway is completed, it could have a major impact on the Gulf economy by stimulating trade and limiting consumption of fuel for road travel. Construction of a $15.5 billion rail network linking the six wealthy Gulf Arab states will start late next year and an overseeing authority for the project is being set up, an advisor said on Tuesday. The joint project is to develop a railway network linking Oman in the south Read more [...]

Security forces stormed the “revolution museum” on Wednesday, two days after the exhibition was opened on by the opposition group al-Wefaq Society in order to document the regime’s brutalities during the three-year uprising.The museum-style hall displayed photos of the protesters killed in clashes, activists tortured inside prisons and demonstrators running from tear gas. The Bahraini Interior Ministry issued a statement, saying the exhibition included "incitement material" and that the sponsors Read more [...]

The Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Arab States, ahead of ITU s World Telecommunication Development Conference 2014, opened today in Manama, Bahrain. The meeting, in session until 31 October, will assess the ongoing implementation of the Hyderabad Plan of Action agreed at the last edition of the Conference in 2010 and identify priority areas for ICT development strategies in the Arab region.Regional programmes in the Arab region include the roll out of broadband connectivity, Read more [...]