Obama hails Saudi king’s ‘progress’ after surgery
HONOLULU: President Barack Obama called King Abdullah on Sunday to hail his recovery "progress," the White House said, in the strongest indication of the Saudi monarch's improving condition since he…
Islamic Finance in Gulf Needs Regulation Boost
DUBAI: From Australia to South Africa, governments are scrambling to change the law to accommodate the $1 trillion Islamic finance industry, whose avoidance of toxic debt has looked increasingly attractive…
Abu Dhabi: Green ambitions
By Oxford Business Group While Abu Dhabi is introducing a series of green initiatives, like other rapidly developing cities it faces challenges in reducing its carbon footprint over the short term.…
World economy can withstand $100 oil price, says Kuwait
CAIRO: The global economy can withstand an oil price of $100 a barrel, Kuwait's oil minister said on Saturday, as other exporters indicated OPEC may decide against increasing output through…
Israel to close door on African influx
EILAT: Vika Duvinsky and her family are among the last Israelis living in a grim slum that locals call 'Sing Sing' after the notorious American prison. The rest are African…
Petraeus commends Pakistan’s counterinsurgency
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO: The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan said there will be more coordinated military operations on either side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and commended Pakistan…
Journalists’ death toll reach 105 in 2010, says media watchdog
GENEVA: Some 105 journalists have been killed while doing their job this year, media watchdog Press Emblem Campaign said Monday, describing the killing of reporters as an "epidemic with no…
Khaled Saeid trial adjourned amid courtroom chaos
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: On Saturday the trial of two policemen implicated in the death of Khaled Saeid was adjourned to Jan. 22 by the Alexandria Criminal Court amid courtroom chaos…
Egypt hopes for quick accord on Saddam-era debt
BAGHDAD: Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in Baghdad on Sunday that Cairo hopes for a quick accord with Iraq on the hundreds of millions of dollars of Saddam-era…
London Business Forum comes to Cairo in February
CAIRO: “From what I have seen over the past year I have come to the conclusion that there is a great opportunity for us all, particularly in Egypt,” said Hany…