As part of the Guardian's efforts to speak to more audiences in the Middle East and North Africa, it has started this year to provide content in Arabic. So far, the Guardian has run content on news, comment and sport in Arabic language, featuring articles, liveblogs and videos which are either translations or specifically commissioned for an Arabic-speaking readership, and is set to expand into business, arts and culture, fashion and food.

The Guardian reports that UK-based news and content provider, Independent Television News (ITN), is to open a new ITV News bureau in Dubai under its newly appointed international correspondent John Irvine. This new line-up will refresh the on-screen reporting and will improve longer-term newsgathering and ability to get teams on the ground for breaking stories in a wide area from Pakistan to Southern Africa, according to ITV News deputy editor, Jonathan Munro. ITN produces content for ITV, Channel 4, and online outlets such as YouTube, MSN, Telegraph Media Group, Yahoo!.