Regional News
BEIRUT: The United States is rerouting $72 million of America’s assistance to Lebanon to help the country’s cash-strapped government boost wages of its soldiers and police officers, the US ambassador
RIYADH: The global cost-of-living crisis poses the largest threat to businesses in the UAE in the coming two years, according to…
LONDON: Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Micheal Martin has called on Iran to release an Irish citizen arrested during anti-regime protests last…
TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in the past two days, local media said Monday, amid months of protests…
RIYADH: Bilateral trade between the UAE and Israel more than doubled in 2022 after the countries signed a free trade agreement…
RIYADH: In a bid to boost its tourism sector, Algeria will issue visas on arrival to tourists heading to its south,…
CAIRO: Saudi dairy giant, Almarai, recorded a 12.5 percent increase in net profit to SR1.7 billion ($453 million) in 2022, compared…
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed a top minister from office Sunday, a statement said, following a Supreme Court ruling…
TEHRAN: Iran’s sports minister has ordered a probe into allegations of sexual assault targeting teenagers at a football academy in the…
DUBAI: French luxury brand Louis Vuitton this week presented its menswear fall/winter 2023 collection at Paris Fashion Week, with background music…
DUBAI: As his fingers swept over the 11 strings of his oud, the late Syrian-Egyptian composer and singer Farid Al-Atrash healed…
BERLIN: European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree further sanctions targeting members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps at their meeting…
DUBAI: It is safe to say that Jennifer Lopez is a fan of Lebanese designer Andrea Wazen’s creations. The 53-year-old singer…
TOKYO/LONDON: Global stocks were set for their first weekly loss of the year so far, as a rally driven by hopes…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corp. has achieved a new milestone by increasing its daily production from 5.9 million cubic…
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DUBAI: US singer-actress Mandy Moore and Egyptian American actor Ramy Youssef are set to star in an animated series for Amazon…
CAIRO: Dubai-based fintech startup Tabby raised $58 million in a series C funding round from international investors as they valued the…
RIYADH: The Japan zone at Boulevard World here has the largest Anime Town of its kind in the world, offering 40…
RIYADH: Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al-Faisal, chairman of the Equestrian Authority and the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday stated…
After decades during which Gulf Arabs rarely visited Iraq, there has been great excitement this month about Iraq hosting football’s Arabian…
DAVOS: Middle East oil economies, and especially their booming sovereign wealth funds, are well placed to ride out a global fall…
RIYADH: Global sukuk issuances are expected to continue declining in 2023 to about $150 billion compared to $155.8 billion in 2022…
CAIRO: Egypt’s government will start selling discounted bread to people not enrolled in its bread subsidy program as it battles accelerating…
KASINDI, Congo: Daesh extremists claimed responsibility for a bombing of a church in eastern Congo as authorities said Monday that the…
DUBAI: Egyptian actress, model and presenter Enjy Kiwan announced this week that she has joined the cast of “Paradox Effect,” the…
TUNIS: Opposition parties and others angry at Tunisia’s economic crisis and the president’s increasingly authoritarian drift are planning to march through…
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