Ahmadinejad opens region's 'biggest' car plant: report
TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opened on Sunday what is being dubbed as the Middle East's biggest car plant set up by Iranian state-run automobile company Saipa, the official IRNA news…
Zain shareholders get offers for majority stake: paper
KUWAIT: Shareholders of Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain, which is selling most of its African assets to India's Bharti Airtel, have received offers to sell a majority stake in the group,…
Oil unlikely to fall to $65: snr OPEC delegate
DOHA: The impact from the Greek debt crisis will be "limited" and oil prices are unlikely to fall below $65 a barrel, a senior OPEC delegate from the Gulf Arab…
Babylon ruins torn between preservation and profit
BABYLON, Iraq: A US-funded program to restore the ruins of Iraq's ancient city of Babylon is threatened by a dispute among Iraqi officials over whether the priority should be preserving…
Women race in rare track meet in Hamas-ruled Gaza
GAZA CITY: About 40 women in tracksuits and headscarves have competed in a rare track meet in Hamas-ruled Gaza. The athletes ran 100, 400 and 1,500 meters in Saturday's championship.…
Baghdad airport tries to shed 'dangerous' reputation
BAGHDAD: Waving his hands wildly in the air, Abdel Al-Khafaji explains that it should not take four hours of security holdups to reach Baghdad airport's check-in queue ... and yet…
Lebanese vote in second round of municipal polls
BEIRUT: The second round of Lebanon's municipal elections kicked off on Sunday in Beirut and the Bekaa region, respectively dominated by Prime Minister Saad Hariri and the Shia party Hezbollah.…
Iran hangs woman, four other 'enemies of God': reports
TEHRAN: Iran hanged on Sunday five insurgents, including a Kurdish woman, convicted of bombing government offices and a gas pipeline to Turkey and described as "enemies of God", state media…
Taliban killed after beheading Afghan guards: military
HEART: US and Afghan forces killed 10 Taliban insurgents in a raid in western Afghanistan after the insurgents beheaded four guards working for the US military, the Afghan army said…
British embassy in Yemen reopens after failed attack
SANAA: The British embassy in Yemen reopened on Sunday almost two weeks after it was closed when its ambassador narrowly escaped a suicide bombing that targeted his convoy. "The embassy…