Regional News
By: Mohammad Javad Mousavizadeh While the Taliban swept all of Afghanistan, analysts have little clue of Iranian officials’ concern about the collapse of Iran’s next door. As an extremist group, the Taliban has…
DUBAI: The Cannes Film Festival has recently become one of the world’s hottest topics. The prestigious event on Tuesday rolled out…
PARIS: The popular Amman-based digital artist Tamer Al-Ahmar’s work pays tribute to the great divas of Arabic music, including Asmahan, Sabah,…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Social Development Bank (SDB) provided financing of SR1.6 billion ($426.6 million) to 30,000 beneficiaries during the first half…
RIYADH: English golf star Laura Davies is hoping the inaugural Aramco Team Series, kicking off in London this week, will be…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with the US National Security Council's coordinator for the Middle…
RIYADH: Qatar Investment Authority’s (QIA) stake in Credit Suisse will increase to 6 percent when two securities it subscribed to convert…
RIYADH: The Sovereign Fund of Egypt seeks to raise about 1.75 billion Egyptian pounds ($111.5 million) to invest in providing high-quality…
DUBAI: Lebanon’s Baalbeck International Festival is set to return this weekend with an online event, for the second year in a…
DUBAI: The recent decline in Saudi Arabia’s foreign reserves, a measure of its ability to support its dollar-pegged currency, was partly…
RIYADH: Emirates added extra flights betwen Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Sunday after the Kingdom suspended air travel to its…
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s medicine importers Sunday said they had run out of hundreds of essential drugs and warned of further shortages if…
BEIRUT: The judge in charge of the investigation into last year’s Beirut port blast will start calling in top politicians for…
RIYADH: Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Abdullah Al-Saadan, laid the foundation stone for a SR3.3 billion ($879.8…
DUBAI: The Yemeni government welcomed Saudi Arabia’s latest statement on the Riyadh Agreement, Yemen’s foreign minister said on Friday The Saudi…
BERLIN: Joachim Löw’s 15-year tenure as coach of Germany’s national soccer team is over, and many think it should have ended…
Tehran: Iran’s use of the death penalty for crimes committed as minors does not mean it violates human rights, a senior…
DUBAI: Reem and Natalya Kanj may already juggle being social media personalities and entrepreneurs — they founded Dubai-based talent agency Ego…
RIYADH: The Saudi Sports for All Federation (SFA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Arabian Centers Co. to turn…
DUBAI: Malika El-Masloui’s collaboration with Ishkar is finally here. The Moroccan-Italian model teamed up with the London-based e-commerce company on a…
DUBAI: Creatives at a new UAE business center are playing their part in tackling climate change by encouraging the community to…
DUBAI: HSBC is committing $5 billion of lending to support strong companies in the UAE seeking capital to fund global expansion.…
DUBAI: State-backed China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) has opened a regional office in Dubai. The office is located at…
DUBAI: The second edition of Arab Men’s Fashion Week is kicking off tomorrow with a digital presentation from Dubai-based couture label…
DUBAI: Iraq’s Border Ports Authority seized a hoard of dangerous chemicals in Umm Qasr port in Basra on Friday, state news…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) said it appointed Rania Nashar, former CEO of Samba Financial Group, as its head…
Iraqis from the village of Mamlaha, named after its production of salt from natural ponds, which villagers have been filling from…
CAIRO: Egyptian officials have retrieved 114 looted antiquities smuggled to France following joint investigations by the Egyptian Public Prosecution office and…
