UAE Etisalat sees 8% profit drop in Q1
UAE telecom giant Etisalat said Tuesday that its net profit dropped by eight percent to two billion dirhams ($545 million) in the first quarter...
Erdogan chairs symbolic first meeting of Turkey cabinet
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday personally chaired the first meeting of the new Turkish cabinet, in a symbolic move showing his desire to...
Saudi Arabia aims for social overhaul in reform plan
Saudi Arabia's sweeping plans to overhaul its economy in coming years are matched by proposals for social transformation that extend to ways of tackling...
Britain says Islamic State 'likely' brought down Russian plane
Britain said on Thursday there was a significant possibility that Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate was behind a suspected bomb attack on a Russian airliner...
Belgian man named as Mastermind of the late Paris terrorist attacks
An undated photograph of a man described as Abdelhamid Abaaoud that was published in the Islamic State's online magazine Dabiq and posted on a...
Saudi crown prince to meet with Trump amid marathon US tour
Saudi Arabia's young crown prince has an ambitious list of to-dos: modernize his conservative kingdom, weaken Iran's hand across the Mideast and, this week,...
Kremlin says Turkey's Erdogan requests meeting with Putin in Paris
Russia said on Friday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan had requested a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Paris on Nov. 30.
"A...
Youths in Tunisia’s deprived south dream of ‘real’ jobs
Tataouine (AFP) - In the southernmost Tunisian town of Tataouine, being young often means being unemployed, while even those who have a job dream...
Yemen's former president calls for talks with Saudi
Yemen's pro-rebel ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has rejected further peace talks with the government, saying dialogue should instead take place with Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh has...
FIFA confirms final five for presidential vote
FIFA on Tuesday confirmed the final five candidates to take over from the banned Sepp Blatter as head of the world body one month...
