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A delegation of Arab ministers and high-ranking officials led by Arab League Chief Nabil Elaraby will visit Ramallah on Saturday to offer moral support and discuss financial aid for the Palestinian Authority, an Arab League source said on Wednesday.
December 27, 2012 5:32
Egypt will grant Telecom Egypt a license by mid-2013 to provide mobile services and will later let mobile companies offer fixed-lined services using Telecom Egypt's infrastructure, the industry regulator said.
December 27, 2012 5:30
Egypt has banned travellers from carrying more than $10,000 in foreign currency in or out of the country, as officials worry over pressure on its pound currency and a rush by Egyptians to withdraw their savings from banks.
December 26, 2012 10:56
Mursi's opponents say the new constitution could allow clerics to intervene in lawmaking, while offering scant protections to minorities and women. Mursi dismisses those criticisms, and many Egyptians are fed up with street protest movements that have prevented a return to normality.
December 26, 2012 10:11
Neither his Malaysia-based First Islamic Bank nor his more than 60 other companies had done anything wrong, he said.
December 24, 2012 10:20
The Gulf Arab state issued the warning because of "difficult and sensitive political circumstances" in Lebanon.
December 23, 2012 4:50
The toughest EU measures yet, they include bans on financial transactions, sales to Iran of shipping equipment and steel, and imports of Iranian natural gas, adding to earlier bans, including on the OPEC producer's oil.
December 22, 2012 6:53
The World Bank pledged $900 million to Iraq over the next four years to help it create jobs, build stronger institutions and improve social…
December 19, 2012 8:40
Critics insist that the new constitution, far from ending the turbulence, will compound it by alienating many Egyptians, including Christians who make up 10 percent of Egypt's 83 million people.
December 16, 2012 10:04
The United States has free trade agreements with Oman and Bahrain, and individual trade and investment framework agreements with the four other GCC members.
December 12, 2012 8:50
The Iranian government has started consolidating public spending to offset a fall in revenues.
December 11, 2012 9:20
Billed as a "national dialogue", the meeting was boycotted by his main rivals and had little credibility among protesters in the most populous Arab nation.
December 9, 2012 1:40
Morgan Stanley Inc’s head of mergers and acquisitions for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is leaving the bank, three sources said, the…
December 9, 2012 1:22
Egypt has slid in a global league table of perceived official corruption in the past year, and the "Arab Spring" revolutions have yet to produce serious anti-graft action across the region, Transparency International said on Wednesday
December 5, 2012 12:04
Dana Gas has received $48 million in overdue payments for fuel supplied in Kurdistan, the United Arab Emirates based company said…
December 4, 2012 11:22
The state plans to get tough and reduce the number of foreign residents.
May 20, 2013 5:05
Two Arabtec employees who asked not to be identified said several thousand workers engaged on various projects did not report for duty on Sunday.
May 20, 2013 9:33
Yahoo! board unanimously approves the acquisition...
May 19, 2013 3:20
An FNC member to argue that minimum wages are 'taking advantage' of employers.
May 20, 2013 4:24
Controversial views from the clothing company's CEO causes huge backlash.
May 16, 2013 2:43
