Iraq president to name Maliki for second term as PM
BAGHDAD: Nuri Al-Maliki was awarded a second term as Iraq's prime minister on Thursday, signalling an end may finally be in sight to the country's eight month impasse following a…
Israelis hold ‘funeral’ over rise in domestic violence
TEL AVIV: Scores of marchers carrying black coffins held a mock funeral on Thursday to raise the alarm over the growing number of women being killed in incidents of domestic…
Afghan prosecutors open criminal probe into vote
KABUL: Top Afghan prosecutors said Thursday they had arrested senior election officials and opened new criminal investigations into vote fraud, dismissing as "premature" the announcement of final results. Mohammad Ishaq…
Stuxnet could add to Iran’s enrichment problems, say experts
VIENNA: A mysterious halt in Iran's uranium enrichment activities earlier this month, as revealed in a new report by the UN atomic watchdog, may have been due to a cyber…
New layer of doubt cast over Middle East peace drive
JERUSALEM: The path to Middle East peace, already strewn with an array of daunting obstacles, has now got one more hurdle to overcome. Israel's right-leaning coalition government this week passed…
Debt-laden Dubai leans on core sectors for recovery
DUBAI: A year after scaring global markets over its debt crisis, Dubai still has a huge legacy of debt to deal with over the medium term, and is leaning on…
ADBC files lawsuit against Credit Suisse over CDS
ABU DHABI/ZURICH: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank said on Thursday it was suing Credit Suisse for selling it an investment in an unacceptable way and failing to disclose conflicts of interest.…
Bahrain: Banking on success
Financial services in Bahrain are increasingly being measured not merely in terms of growth and numbers but also for quality by independent external assessment. The bare statistics point to a…
Facebook moves closer to trademarking ‘face’
NEW YORK: Facebook has moved a step closer toward trademarking the word "face" — at least in certain contexts. The company's 2005 application with the US Patent and Trademark Office…
US designates ‘critical’ polar bear habitat in Arctic
WASHINGTON: The US government designated "critical habitat" for polar bears who live on Alaska's disappearing sea ice, a move that could impact new oil and gas drilling projects in the…