One small step for Monkey, one giant leap for Iran
Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space, state news agency IRNA reported on Monday, lauding it as an…
January 28, 2013 4:37-
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Global powers behaving like little children, says Russia
European officials have accused Tehran of stalling on arranging a meeting with the six nations.
January 28, 2013 4:34 -
Twitter couldn’t ignore the Middle East anymore
Twitter does not provide a regional breakdown of its more than 200 million users worldwide, but Rao said its MENA subscriber base had tripled in the past 12 months.
January 28, 2013 9:01
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IMF keeps a close economic eye on Iran
The International Monetary Fund will visit Iran in the first half of the year to assess the state of its…
January 20, 2013 10:24 -
Two airlines suspend Iran flights as economy weakens
Air France-KLM will suspend its Amsterdam-Tehran service starting April 2013, a spokesman for the carrier said. It currently flies to Iran four times a week.
January 13, 2013 9:49 -
Kuwait’s Parliament approves decree curbing popular vote
Parliament's decision to ratify the decree may help deflect any legal challenge to the election and lends the measure political and legal weight ahead of hearings before Kuwait's constitutional court in the coming months.
January 9, 2013 7:30
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Egypt central bank reduces amount offered at dollar auction
The Egyptian central bank reduced the size of its daily foreign currency auctions on Wednesday, a day after Qatar threw Egypt an economic lifeline by sending $2.5 billion in aid to help it get a currency crisis under control.
January 9, 2013 7:28 -
Abu Dhabi to award contract for branch of Louvre
The source declined to name the contractor, but said the award was expected to be announced on Tuesday.
January 9, 2013 8:00 -
Iran tells airlines to pay debts or face grounding
Airlines in Iran have seven days to repay more than $200 million in debts they owe to the oil ministry for fuel or face being grounded, a senior official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
January 9, 2013 7:56
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Egyptian pre-IMF government shuffle: Finance and Interior m inisters sacked before IMF visit
Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi fired his finance and interior ministers, cabinet sources said on Saturday, in a government reshuffle he had promised to assuage public anger at an economic crisis.
January 6, 2013 7:47 -
Lebanon asks for $180 million to aid Syrian refugees
The Beirut government has officially sought to "dissociate" itself from the 21-month-old struggle in Syria, nervous about the destabilising impact of the increasingly sectarian conflict in its bigger neighbour on its own delicate communal balance.
January 6, 2013 7:42 -
Five countries ban Brazil beef over mad cow case
China, Japan, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Jordan have informed Brazil about their import bans since the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) said a cow that died in 2010 had atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
January 6, 2013 7:40
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Dubai Islamic bank to fully acquire mortgage firm Tamweel
DIB to make offer to Tamweel's shareholders of 10 DIB shares for every 18 Tamweel shares. Tamweel to be delisted after share swap
January 6, 2013 7:35 -
Turkey and the UAE sign a $12 billion power production investment deal
State power companies in Turkey and United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement to invest in a $12 billion project to produce electricity in Turkey's Afsin-Elbistan region, Turkey's energy minister said on Thursday.
January 6, 2013 7:22 -
Egypt pound weakens further at third central bank’s currency sale
Egypt's pound continued its slide at the central bank's third auction of foreign currency under its new regime on Wednesday, with $75 million sold to banks at a cut-off price of 6.3510 Egyptian pounds.
January 2, 2013 3:24
