NGO starts fight against pneumonia among Egypt’s children
CAIRO: Alashanek Ya Balady (AYB) Association for Sustainable Development, an Egyptian non-governmental…
Mubasher launches Sharia-compliant trading platform
CAIRO: Mubasher Trade, the Middle East’s first e-trading company, launched Mubasher Islami,…
Oil market caught flat-footed
A surprise attack from an unlikely source sent oil prices reeling this…
OPEC talks to EU against tense backdrop
VIENNA: Iran's OPEC president stuck to its uncompromising stance as it headed…
4 honors for Chris Brown at music-heavy BET Awards
The BET Awards honor various arts, but Sunday's ceremony was all about…
ICC judges issue arrest warrants for Qaddafi
THE HAGUE: War crimes court judges Monday issued arrest warrants for Libyan…
Palestinian statehood bid ‘could lead to war’, says Mofaz
TEL AVIV: A unilateral Palestinian bid for statehood in September could lead…
Dissidents openly call for democracy at Damascus meeting
DAMASCUS: More than 100 dissidents heard calls for a peaceful transition to…
Tunisia’s Islamists pull out of reform commission
TUNIS: Tunisia's Islamist movement Ennahda (Renaissance), has definitively pulled out of a…
Gulf economies to grow on average 4pct in 2011: AMF
BASEL: Gulf economies will grow on average 4 percent this year…