Deregulation in private sector harmful to female professional growth: World Bank
Women face greater barriers of entry and higher levels of discrimination following…
MidEast Stocks: Egypt crosses key level as financials rise; Gulf markets mixed
Reuters – Egypt’s bourse surged on Sunday to a new 65-month high…
Bahraini Islamic Bank Al Baraka Q4 net income climbs 23%
Al Baraka says it plans to add 81 branches to its network…
G20 vows to add $2tn to world economy to lift growth
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew stressed at a press conference that the…
France’s insurance giant to take major stake in UAE’s Green Crescent Insurance
Reuters – French insurance giant AXA Group and its partner in the…
Saudi ‘seeking Pakistan arms for Syrian rebels’
Pakistan makes its own version of Chinese shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, known as…
Ukraine ushers in new era, president’s whereabouts unknown
On Kiev’s Independence Square, where many people were killed this week, life…
Ceasefire, aid proposed in mooted Sudan-rebel deal
AFP – Sudan and rebels in South Kordofan would adopt an immediate…
Iran says expert nuclear talks to be held ‘next week’
Araqchi said the talks would take place on the sidelines of a…
Lebanon army ‘paying price in blood to fight terror’
Three people were killed and 18 wounded, the official National News Agency…