Oil prices trading below $43 in Asia
Oil prices traded below $43 in Asia on Friday as U.S. markets took a break for Thanksgiving and Russia ruled out a military strike...
Emirates and Etihad airlines ask crew to take more unpaid leave
DUBAI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Middle East airlines Emirates and Etihad Airways have again asked cabin crew to take unpaid leave as they try...
Gulf stocks dive over low oil prices and geopolitical crises
Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states ended 2015 in negative territory on Thursday, following a massive decline in oil prices and regional turmoil.
The...
UN eyes Syria aid deliveries as truce enters day three
The United Nations prepared to deliver aid to thousands of besieged civilians in Syria on Monday as a fragile ceasefire entered its third day...
Algeria’s ruling caste set on orderly succession, when the time comes
Algerians are facing the eventual departure of their long-serving president, the ailing Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in the knowledge that all is being done to ensure...
Egypt detains activist blogger amid new wave of arrests
An Egyptian activist and blogger known for documenting police abuse was detained Wednesday, security officials said in the latest in a new wave of...
Three Iranian police killed in clashes with Sufi protesters
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order...
Hariri court rejects bid to acquit Hezbollah suspect
Judges at a UN-backed tribunal Wednesday threw out a bid to acquit an alleged Hezbollah member of any role in the 2005 assassination of...
Saudi Arabia offers Egypt $3bn in loans, grants
Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide Egypt with more than $3 billion in loans and grants to support Cairo’s economy.
Speaking on the sidelines of...
Iran reportedly deploys troops to central Syria
Hundreds of Iranian troops are reportedly being deployed in northern and central Syria, dramatically escalating Tehran’s involvement in the civil war as they join...
