Companies fight to keep global warming data secret
WASHINGTON – Some of the country's largest emitters of heat-trapping gases, including businesses that publicly support efforts to curb global warming, don't want the public knowing exactly how much they…
Oman’s Raysut Cement to buy UAE firm
DUBAI: Raysut Cement, Oman's largest cement producer by market value will buy the United Arab Emirates' Pioneer Cement Industries, the company said in a statement on the Omani bourse on…
Kuwait’s KAMCO, UAE’s Anham partner on US army deal
KUWAIT: KIPCO Asset Management (KAMCO) and Anham FZCO LLC plan a joint logistics firm to execute Anham's prime vendor contract to supply the US military, the Kuwaiti firm's chief executive…
How daunting is the Iraq energy challenge?
LONDON: Iraq signed deals with international oil companies following auctions last year that could in theory take its oil capacity to 12 million barrels per day (bpd) in seven years'…
Kurdish rebels to spare civilians, favour truce, says leader
ANKARA: Kurdish rebels will no longer target civilians and want to extend a unilateral truce indefinitely if Turkey demonstrates a commitment to dialogue, a rebel leader was quoted as saying…
Schools, stipends trigger Israeli religious battle
JERUSALEM: During its six decades of existence, Israel has maintained a shaky alliance with its ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority that allowed most religious men to avoid military service, attend separate schools…
US troops need help, jobs after years of war, says Mullen
WASHINGTON: Years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan have left their mark on American soldiers and the United States will be grappling with the effects for years to come, the…
Canadian Muslims erect first minaret in Arctic
OTTAWA: Canadian Muslims have erected the Arctic's first minaret, atop a little yellow mosque which serves as spiritual home to the area's fledgling Islamic community. The mosque arrived in Inuvik…
France slams Bin Laden, plays down hostage threat
PARIS: France denounced Thursday new threats of attacks from Islamist militant leader Osama bin Laden, and played down his ties to the kidnappers of five French nationals held hostage in…
US condemns attack on UN team probing Hariri death
WASHINGTON: The United States condemned "in the strongest possible terms" an attack on staffers of a UN court investigation the 2005 killing of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri in Beirut…