UAE’s Gulf Navigation convertible as soon as this month
The first step was the disposal of the two very large crude carriers (VLCCs), and this week Gulf Navigation said it had agreed their sale to Bermuda’s DHT Holdings for…
QNB financial services expands coverage to Saudi, Egypt, UAE
QNB Financial Services accounted for 25% of transactions in the Qatari market, the biggest share.
Samsung’s ‘Made in Egypt’ monitors exported to Europe
Beni Suef factory exports approximately 20% of the total production of monitors
Ministry of Manpower’s decision to freeze assets of workers’ union condemned
Decision follows freezing membership of union head
World Bank eyes $1bn African resource mapping fund in July
The World Bank has committed $200m to the five-year fund, and was meeting with mining companies and governments from sub-Saharan Africa who have expressed interest
Twitter rides mobile wave in shifting Internet landscape
A growing number of naysayers warn that Twitter’s stock is greatly overpriced, and that even mediocre inaugural results could deflate its soaring valuation, now several times that of its closest…
NCHR to investigate minors arrest
A committee aims to gather information on the incarceration of minors
Niger calls for international intervention in Libya
Niger, an impoverished but mineral-rich former French colony which adjoins southern Libya, has had to contend with numerous Islamist attacks and kidnappings on its own soil, some of which have…
Ibrahim Eissa found not guilty of contempt of religion
The trial dates back to remarks the television presenter made in criticism of former president Mohamed Morsi
Palestinians flee hunger and hell of besieged Syria camp
The camp began as a home for Palestinian refugees in the 1950s, but Yarmuk evolved over the decades into a bustling residential and commercial district, home to some 150,000 Palestinians…