Turkey strikes Kurdish rebels in Iraq
DIYARBAKIR: Turkish warplanes and artillery pounded Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq for a second night, hours after the rebels mounted attacks on security forces in southeastern Turkey. The Turkish action,…
Air strike kills 5 Islamists in southern Yemen town
ADEN: A Yemeni jet bombed the southern coastal town of Shaqra shortly after Islamist militants took control of the area, killing at least five of them, a local government official…
Tripoli makes do as rebels close in
TRIPOLI: With rebels closing in on Tripoli, Qaddafi loyalists insist the situation is "100 percent fine" while local residents try live a normal life despite little cash in hand…
Syrian forces kill six despite Assad pledge
AMMAN: Syrian forces shot dead six protesters on Friday despite President Bashar Al-Assad's pledge that his military crackdown on dissent was over, as thousands marched across the country spurred on…
World stocks extend freefall on recession, bank fears
LONDON: Global stocks tumbled further and safe bet gold surged to new records Friday on mounting fears of fresh global recession amid weakening growth in top economies and poor liquidity…
Tunisia: Appetite for new listings
By Oxford Business Group TUNIS: After a strong year in 2010, the Tunis Stock Exchange (Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis, BVMT) is working its way back to strength despite…
Markets can swallow Syrian oil loss, Iran a worry
LONDON: Oil markets will quietly swallow the loss of modest Syrian supplies if Europe joins Washington in slapping new sanctions on the country, but prices would spike if Syria's ally…
Economic pain pushes Brent below $106
LONDON: Brent crude fell below $106 on Friday, extending the previous session's plunge after weak economic data added to expectations the world could be heading into a double-dip recession that…
‘Trekkies’ to boldly go to Jordan theme park
By Randa Habib / AFP Fifteen years after "Trekkie" King Abdullah II briefly appeared in an episode of Star Trek, Jordan is planning to construct a $1.5-billion-dollar park themed on the…
‘Blaise go!’, a favorite refrain for two Burkina musicians
A rapper and a reggae artist, two leading Burkina Faso musicians belt out similar lyrics to different beats: "Blaise, go!" — their favorite refrain is a dig at the long-standing…