Ever since Kurds established their own semi-autonomous region in Northern Iraq following the US-led invasion in 2003, the Kurdish leader has been promoting the region as a tourist hot spot, and according recent data it seems to be succeeding.
The (...)
Gas retailers in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates are finding it hard to deal with rising prices and government price controls.
Emarat, one of four gas retailers operating in Dubai, have run out of gas at some of its stations as the company (...)
An Emirati firm hopes to strike gold in two of Yemen's most troubled regions.
The Thani Dubai Mining Company announced on Monday that it will search for gold in two of Yemen's most volatile regions, the official Yemeni news agency SABA is (...)
The Saipa Automotive Manufacturing Group has signed a deal to set up a factory in Sudan to produce 35,000 cars over the next five years, the Iranian news agency Mehr is reporting.
The new plant in Sudan will produce a variety of car (...)
CAIRO: Airlines based in the Middle East increased capacity by 13 percent in the first six months of this year according to a new report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). North American airlines, by comparison, increased (...)
A mere four percent on people living in the United Arab Emirates walk on a weekly basis, a new study by an international shoe maker has found.
Commissioned by South Korean shoe manufacturer RYN ahead of their forthcoming entrance into the Gulf (...)
RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian government plans to hire 23.221 new teachers before the start of the new academic year in September, local media is reporting.
The move comes just days after some 2,000 high school teachers were fired or transferred to (...)
American internet services giant Yahoo has signed a distribution agreement with Saudi media conglomerate Rotana, the largest media company in the Arab world.
The deal, one of the largest-ever cooperation agreements between US and Arab (...)
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CAIRO: The first country in North Africa to establish diplomatic ties and cooperative relations with China is today also the state with the deepest ties in the (...)
DAMASCUS: Syria's national air carrier Syrian Airlines has acquired two new airplanes made by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR, the first major upgrade to the country's national fleet in years.
The purchase, made possible through a (...)
BEIRUT: Turkey, Lebanon , Jordan and Syria have agreed to set-up a regional agreement that would allow for free trade and travel between the four countries.
The news, first reported by the Lebanese business website iloubnan.info, would mean the (...)
DUBAI: The effects of the new United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iran will be felt far beyond Tehran , in the United Arab Emirates .
Despite not always seeing eye-to-eye on political issues and a longstanding territorial conflict (...)
RIYADH: “I'm half Sudanese and half Chadian but the first thing I do everyday is check out the Saudi newspapers and magazines,” Mansour Alhadj told The Media Line.
The founder of Mawaleed.net, a website that aims to connect children born to (...)
Tripoli: The United States and Libya have signed a trade and investment agreement aimed at easing economic cooperation between the two countries, culminating two years of intensive diplomatic negotiations.
The agreement is the latest sign that (...)
Youth from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have not abandoned their heritage despite desiring western brands and lifestyles, a new survey says.
“On the one hand, MENA teens are much more closely tied to their families, culture and (...)
TEL AVIV: The European Union is struggling with what some argue is the region's worst economic crisis since the Second World War.
But how is the EU's crisis affecting the trade flow with the Middle East ?
“If there is an economic recession in (...)
DOHA: Qatar, the small Gulf kingdom, is a big player.
Heavyweight deals to its name, negotiated in its capital Doha , include the Sudanese peace deal and the agreement in May 2008 that brought Lebanon 's 18-month political standstill to an (...)
Manama, BAHRAIN: The Bahraini parliament has adopted an amendment forbidding the kingdom's Muslims from consuming or importing alcohol.
Bahrain is a popular holiday destination or weekend getaway spot for Saudi Arabian youth unable to drink in (...)
TEL AVIV: A member of Israel's governing coalition has proposed a new that forbid the CEOs of Israeli public companies from earning 50 times more then the lowest paid worker in the same company.
“There is a need curb these outrageous wages,” (...)
A new study shows that given the chance one out of every three youth in Arab countries in the Middle East would leave the region.
A new Gallup poll has found that nearly one third of youth in the Middle East and North Africa would emigrate if (...)
CAIRO: A new deal increasing the export of Egyptian natural gas to Israel has come into effect despite popular protest in Egypt.
The Egyptian Mediterranean Gas company, which exports natural gas to the state owned Israel Electric Corporation and (...)
Imagine being able to look at your mobile phone and see whether traffic is cruising along or standing still on the road up ahead.
The Israeli firm Waze has made this possible with a free application allowing you to hit the roads (...)