The ruling party is set to lose control of Turkey’s two biggest cities in a surprise election setback. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s party has challenged the results of the local elections in the country’s …
Saudi state oil and gas giant Aramco has announced purchase of petrochemicals giant SABIC for $69.1 billion, Aramco said in a statement on Wednesday. “Saudi Aramco today announced the signing of a share purchase …
TUNIS (Reuters) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Sunday left a summit of Arab leaders in Tunis that had gathered the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar for the first time …
Protesters throughout Algeria again took to the country’s rain-soaked streets for the fifth weekend running to voice their unequivocal rejection of the latest bid by the country’s 82-year-old president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to retain his faltering …
TELL ALO/MANBIJ, Syria — On a recent morning Sheikh Humaydi Daham al-Hadi reclined on a velvet floor sofa, puffing on a cigarette with a roguish glint in his eye as he held court in …
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s army chief said the public had expressed “noble aims” during protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the ruling FLN party withdrew its support for him, in the heaviest blows for …
Qatar will launch an energy-focused Islamic lender later this year with a targeted capital of $10 billion to finance both domestic and global projects, an executive said Tuesday. Tiny but wealthy Qatar is one …
Qatar: UAE nuclear plant threat to Gulf stability, environment In a letter to the IAEA, Doha urges the Vienna-based organisation to create a framework for regional nuclear security. 24 minutes ago Qatar has said a …
By Albert Aji DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Syria’s defense minister on Monday slammed what he called the “illegitimate” U.S. military presence in his country, vowing that Damascus has a right to self-defense, while Iraq said a border crossing with Syria will …
ANKARA: Turkey cannot accept control of a planned safe zone in northern Syria being given to anyone else, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. In interview with broadcaster Kanal 24, Erdogan also said that …