Dexia sets 2014 goals with retail, Turkey growth
BRUSSELS: Franco-Belgian financial group Dexia expects retail banking, particularly in fast-growing Turkey, to propel it to new goals for 2014 after its emergence from crisis and restructuring. Dexia, which was…
Saudi Sept inflation eases from 18-month peak
RIYADH: A drop in food prices during September pushed inflation in Saudi Arabia slightly off an 18-month peak but home rents continue to rise amid a dearth of housing. September…
EniRepsa gets extension for Saudi Empty Quarter gas
KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia has granted additional time to one of the consortia hunting for gas in the vast desert in the country's southeast, an industry source said on Monday. In…
Qatari LNG tanker Al Dafna heading to Brazil, says AIS
LONDON: Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Al Dafna appears to be heading to Brazil, rather than the United States, according to AIS Live ship tracking data on Reuters. The…
Rioters burn police station in northern Nigeria
GAMBORU: Rioters set a police station ablaze in northern Nigeria near where a radical Islamic sect operates, a police spokesman said Tuesday. The attack was similar to one that sparked…
Iraq PM to visit Syria after year-long spat
BAGHDAD: Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is to visit Syria on Wednesday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad, after a year-long spat between the two Arab neighbours, his office said…
Three dead, 14 wounded in south Yemen bomb blasts
ADEN: Three people were killed and 14, including two policemen, were wounded in twin bomb blasts at a sports centre in Yemen's port city of Aden, medical officials said Tuesday,…
Arrested foreigners linked to anti-revolution groups, says Iran
TEHRAN: Iran said on Tuesday that two foreigners arrested for posing as journalists and interviewing the son of a woman facing execution by stoning are suspected of having links with…
Israel PM’s freeze offer slammed as ploy to stall talks
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer of a freeze on settlement building in exchange for Palestinian recognition of Israel's Jewish identity was widely seen on Tuesday as a ploy…
Med Union summit depends on Israeli-Palestinian talks: Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt said on Monday that the holding of a Mediterranean Union summit, scheduled for November in Barcelona, depends on the progress of stalled peace talks between Israel and the…