(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) UAE-Saudi Arabia ties would set the political compass for the region in 2018, the Arab Strategy Forum heard on Tuesday.

Veteran journalist Abdulrahman Al Rasheed said UAE-Saudi ties have had a positive impact on the GCC's relations with the US, and helped mount pressure on Iran.

Meanwhile, former French president Francois Hollande called US President Donald Trump's move to recognise occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel a "brutal decision for Arab states and Palestinians".

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz said Bitcoin has no social value as a currency and that those who will jump in mining the cryptocurrency will most "probably end up in tears".

Angel Tesorero

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