Dubai’s flydubai signs $320 million aicraft deals
DUBAI: Low-cost Dubai carrier flydubai has signed sale and leaseback deals on four Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft valued at $320 million at list prices with Dublin-based aircraft leasing company Avolon.…
Oman: Going head-to-head
By Oxford Business Group Rivalry in Oman’s busy telecommunications sector is heating up as the two main service providers look to increase subscriber numbers in the fixed line, mobile phone and…
Iraq parliament ‘to elect speaker on Monday’
BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament will convene on Monday to elect a new speaker and two deputies, the first steps in forming a government nearly eight months after inconclusive elections, the acting…
Israel ‘postpones’ strategic dialogue with Britain, says ministry
JERUSALEM: Israel has postponed all strategic dialogue with Britain in protest at a law which allows British courts to prosecute visiting Israeli officials for alleged war crimes, officials said Wednesday.…
Turkey says scaling down military action after Kurdish truce
ANKARA: Turkey's prime minister signaled Wednesday that military operations against separatist Kurdish rebels would be scaled down after the insurgents extended a truce until next summer. "As long as the…
Lebanon PM fully behind UN tribunal on Hariri murder
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri has renewed his backing for a UN-backed investigation into the murder of his father, despite warnings by Hezbollah the probe could plunge the country…
Ahmadinejad slams Russia for ‘selling out to Satan’
TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Russia on Wednesday, saying it had "sold out" Iran to arch-foe the United States by canceling a deal to supply S-300 ground-to-air missiles.…
Closed TV channel ‘mouthpiece for terrorists’, says Iraq overseer
BAGHDAD: Iraq's media licensing commission said on Tuesday that it closed down the privately-owned Al-Baghdadiya television channel because it had turned into "a mouthpiece for terrorists." The Egypt-based channel, whose…
Muslim Brotherhood calls for protection of churches; Al-Azhar condemns Baghdad attack
CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood urged the state to protect Christian places of worship after an Al-Qaeda group in Iraq, which claimed a deadly attack on a church in Baghdad, issued…
Iranian ‘adulteress’ not executed as feared, says activist
BERLIN: An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery was not executed on Wednesday as had been feared, but she remains in danger, an Iranian activist told AFP,…
