Lawyers for ElBaradei group put signature campaign on hold
CAIRO:The group Lawyers for ElBaradei is temporarily putting the signatures campaign on the petition "Together for Change" on hold due to the current crisis between the lawyers and the judges,…
Oil rises above $75; demand growth to slow in 2011
LONDON: Oil reversed early losses on Tuesday to rise above $75 a barrel as optimism about the economic recovery offset a report predicting oil demand growth will slow next year,…
Israel’s Gazit-Globe raises $130 mln in bond issue
TEL AVIV: Israeli real estate investment company Gazit-Globe raised 500 million shekels ($130 million) in a public offering of bonds which it will use to pay down debt, it said…
Qatari Diar eyes dual tranche bond sale this week
DUBAI: Qatari Diar Finance, a part of the property arm of the state sovereign wealth fund, plans to launch a government-backed dual tranche bond this week, the first international issue…
Water taxi set to sail to rescue of gridlocked Beirut
BEIRUT: Dream of commuting into bustling Beirut minus the nightmarish traffic? The Beirut Water Taxi will offer an alternative for tens of thousands of people crowding into the Lebanese capital…
Israel arrests Golan Druze man for ‘security’ crimes
JERUSALEM: A Druze resident of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has been arrested for "security" offenses, police said on Monday, a day after searches for the man sparked protests in his…
At least 11 dead in Iraq attacks
BAQUBA: At least 11 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, including three by a device which blew up in a mock coffin during a…
Iran postpones municipal poll
TEHRAN: Iran's municipal elections, scheduled to take place later this year, have been postponed to 2013 and will now be held at the same time as the presidential poll to…
ICC adds genocide to charges against Sudan’s president
THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court has added three genocide counts to the charges against Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir over the war in Darfur, in a move hailed as a…
Uganda police find unexploded bomb at third site
KAMPALA: Ugandan police found a suicide vest at a club in what was apparently intended to be a third target for bombers who struck a bar and a restaurant late…