OPEC member Qatar will ask firms to tender for a 1,800 megawatt (MW) solar energy plant in 2014 costing between $10-20 billion as the world’s highest per capita greenhouse gas emitter seeks to increase its renewable energy production. More from Gulf Business Saudi Arabia's General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities has imposed a ban on smoking at all tourism facilities. More from AME Info South Sudan could restart oil exports through Sudan by the end of the year after successful talks between both countries on border security, a top Southern official said on Sunday. More from The Daily Star Israel has stopped payment of $120 million in tax revenue to the Palestinians, as the government of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu punished them further for their successful UN statehood bid. More from The National Companies Germany’s Merck Serono said it would team up with an Abu Dhabi firm
