Iraq’s move to rush oil bidding could deter some firms
Iraq is opening more of its untapped oil and gas resources to foreign developers, hoping to boost revenues after its costly war with the...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Akkuyu nuclear plant construction to start in 2018
Construction on Turkey's first nuclear power plant will begin in 2018, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, adding that the plant's inauguration would be...
244 Russians killed in Egypt plane crash, bodies to return home
A Russian cargo plane on Monday brought the first bodies of Russian victims killed in a plane crash in Egypt home to St. Petersburg,...
Mohammed Jameel wins GCC Excellence Award
SHEIKH Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and Chairman of the current cycle of Gulf Cooperation Council, awarded Mohammed Abdul Latif...
Severe weather on Saudi coast kills 12, including 6 children
Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense says thunderstorms and flooding along the Red Sea coast have claimed the lives of 12 people over the past two...
Egypt to try 9 policemen for death in custody
Egypt on Thursday ordered nine policemen to stand trial for the beating to death of a man in custody, prosecutors said, after authorities vowed...
China, Germany agree Syria needs political solution
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Thursday that there must be a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
China...
Talks on ending Syria conflict to include Iran
Iran will be invited to participate in talks in Vienna on Friday to discuss ending the conflict in Syria, a dialogue aimed at finding...
Egypt’s former anti-graft chief taken to military prosecutor, family says
Egyptian police took a former anti-corruption chief to the military prosecutor's office on Tuesday, his family said, detaining a prominent figure who helped...
Netanyahu vows crackdown on ‘Arab crime’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced Saturday the murder of two people in Tel Aviv by a shooter suspected of being an Arab Israeli,...
