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Arab League ’not in competition’, UN condemns civilian deaths in Gaza - Trending 11.05.2023

Cody Combs gives a round-up of today’s trends.

Imran Khan protests, Saudi and Syria diplomatic missions, Donald Trump — Trending 10.05.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, protests have erupted across Pakistan hours after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested by the country's anti-corruption agency. Mr Khan was taken into custody during an Islamabad High Court hearing on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia has decided to resume the work of it...

Saudi football fans set hearts on Messi, Abu Dhabi to expand ADGM — Trending 09.05.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, Saudi football fans are eagerly waiting to see if the kingdom's tourism ambassador and World Cup winner Lionel Messi will sign up for local club Al Hilal. If he accepts the offer, they feel, it will be a historic moment for Arabs and will help “bring the world to...

King Charles’s coronation, Syria rejoins Arab League — Trending 08.05.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, millions of people across the UK and beyond celebrate the coronation of King Charles III at the weekend, with the main event taking place at Westminster Abbey in London. Syria rejoins the Arab League with immediate effect after more than a decade of isolation, followi...

King’s coronation, Etihad Airways and Emirates MOU, Napoli’s long awaited win — Trending 05.05.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, travellers flying in and out of the UAE with Etihad Airways and Emirates will have the option to arrive in one emirate and leave from the other. For example, someone flying from London can choose to land in Dubai with Emirates and then fly out of Abu Dhabi with E...

Gulf interest rates, Egypt’s national dialogue, northern Iraq oil exports — Trending 04.05.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, the central banks of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar raise their benchmark borrowing rates after the US Federal Reserve bumped up its key interest rate to tame inflation and restore price stability. Egypt's much-heralded national dialogue opens to chart the p...

US ’encouraged’ after Arab-Syria meeting, Cop28 summit in the UAE — Trending 03.05.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE’s Cop28 President-designate, says getting global climate goals back on track means the summit in Dubai must rise to meet high expectations and overcome low levels of trust, especially in the countries hardest hit by climate change. US...

Arab League urges Sudan to strike peace deal, Dubai’s mega solar project — Trending 02.05.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, the Arab League calls on Sudan's warring parties to strike a peace deal. The organisation met in Cairo for the second time in recent weeks to discuss the latest developments in the North African country. Abu Dhabi retains its title as the smartest city in the Mena r...

Red Cross flight arrives in Sudan, suspected ISIS leader killed in Syria — Trending 01.05.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, an International Committee of the Red Cross plane leaves Amman, Jordan, and lands in the city of Port Sudan on Sunday as the flow of humanitarian aid to Sudan, now in its 16th day of war, increases. Abu Hussein Al Qurashi, the suspected leader of ISIS, has been killed...

UAE’s Al Neyadi set for spacewalk, 72-hour Sudan ceasefire, Ed Sheeran in court - Trending 28.04.2023

Thoraya Abdullahi gives a round-up of today’s trends.

Rashid rover 2, Sudan prisoners released, Kenya cult deaths rise - Trending 27.04.2023

Thoraya Abdullahi gives a round up of today's trends

Rashid rover crash, Kabul airport bomber, world’s longest zip line in Oman — Trending 26.04.2023

Thoraya Abdullahi gives a round up of today's trends  

Sudanese rivals agree on 72-hour ceasefire, UAE’s Rashid rover to land on Moon — Trending 25.04.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. In today's episode, Sudan's warring parties agreed to a 72-hour truce mediated by the US and Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has spoken of his pride at the UAE's “contribution to the pursuit of human knowledge” as the country's space experts seek to further unravel the myst...

Sudan evacuations, 47 bodies found in Kenyan town, UAE corporate tax exemptions - Trending 24.04.2023

Thoraya Abdullahi gives a round-up of today’s trends.

Eid Al Fitr, UAE President on Cop28, Twitter removes verified blue badges — Trending 21.04.2023

Cody Combs gives a round-up of today’s trends.

Deadly crush in Yemen, Sudan ceasefire, India population to surpass China - Trending 20.04.2023

Cody Combs gives a round-up of today’s trends.

Sudan crisis, protesters clash with security in Lebanon— Trending 19.04.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, clashes and explosions shook Sudan's capital despite claims of a ceasefire on the fourth day of fighting that has killed nearly 200. The army and RSF had agreed to the 24-hour ceasefire from Tuesday. They said they would abide by the agreement to allow civilians...

UAE approves Dh2.7bn housing support, EU ambassador to Sudan ’assaulted’ — Trending 18.04.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has approved a Dh2.74 billion housing support plan for Emiratis living in the capital. The crucial assistance for 1,800 citizens will be delivered under the directives of President Sheikh Mohamed. The EU's amb...

Sudan clashes, Iran court jails 10 troops, Yemen prisoner exchange — Trending 17.04.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, Sudan's military and paramilitary forces have refused to talk about ending deadly fighting in the country's capital, former civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Sunday evening. Iran has sentenced 10 members of the armed forces to prison after finding th...

Qatar and Bahrain to resume diplomatic ties, Lebanese energy plan falls short — Trending 14.04.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, the International Monetary Fund projects that economic growth in the Mena region will slow to 3.1 per cent this year, from 5.3 per last year. Efforts to bring Syria back into the Arab political fold are gathering pace as the leadership of the six GCC states, as well a...

Iranian protests, Yemen prisoner swap, ancient tombs unearthed in Egypt — Trending 13.04.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, more than 400 students at universities across Iran have been suspended or expelled for taking part in the nationwide protests caused by the death of Mahsa Amini in September last year. Yemen's warring sides are expected to begin a prisoner swap mission on Friday,...

UAE attends OIC meeting, Arab states to discuss Syria in Riyadh — Trending 12.04.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. On today's episode, the UAE attended an open-ended extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation's Executive Committee to discuss a unified Islamic position on the continuing Israeli attacks on Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Arab states are expected to hold a meeti...

Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen meet in Sanaa, Netanyahu vows to restore security - Trending 11.04.2023

Cody Combs gives a round-up of today’s trends.

Violence in Israel escalates, UAE Green Retreat, Ons Jabeur - Trending 10.04.2023

Cody Combs gives a round-up of today's trends

Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza, Saudi Arabia and Iran resume flights — Trending 07.04.2023

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world. On today's episode, Israel launched strikes in Lebanon in the early hours of Friday, with at least two explosions heard in the southern city of Tyre. The strike was confirmed by the Israeli army who said it had targeted sites belonging to Hamas. Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to resum...

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