Abu Dhabi: Telecoms opens further
ABU DHABI: Greater competition in the UAE’s telecommunications industry is expected to usher in an era of increased choice and lower prices for consumers of fixed-line telecoms services, particularly high-speed…
RAK: Beyond construction
DUBAI: Diversification has become the name of the game for RAK’s light industries, as a foreseen fall-off in construction is expected in the near future as demand begins to catch…
Developer says sorry for naming prince in Qatar row, say reports
LONDON: A London developer has apologized to Prince Charles for naming him in a lawsuit against his Qatari partners over a failed building project, after finally settling the dispute, reports…
Four Gaza rockets hit southern Israel, says army
JERUSALEM: Gaza-based insurgents fired four rockets into southern Israel over the weekend, a military spokesman said on Sunday. None of them caused any casualties or damage, the spokesman said, adding…
Israel dismisses UN council move to probe Gaza flotilla raid
JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday dismissed moves by the UN Human Rights Council to open its own probe into a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, saying the panel was…
Islamist leader jailed for spitting at Israeli policeman
RAMLA: Hard-line Islamist leader Sheikh Raed Salah on Sunday began serving five months behind bars after being convicted of spitting at an Israeli policeman during a protest in east Jerusalem.…
Iraq arrests three suspected Qaeda leaders, says ministry
BAGHDAD: Authorities have arrested three suspected senior leaders of Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, including its self-styled minister of defense, a spokesman said on Sunday. Also among the group detained…
Iran bails prominent reformist, says report
TEHRAN: Iran has granted bail to leading reformist former member of parliament Mohsen Armin, who was arrested in May, on a surety of 200,000 dollars, a press report said on…
African leaders seek to beef up Somalia force
KAMPALA: African Union leaders began a three-day summit in Kampala Sunday to boost the organization’s troop levels in Somalia and obtain a mandate to crush Islamist insurgents in the war-torn…
Iraq’s volatile north still a powder keg as US exits
WASHINGTON: As US troops withdraw from Iraq, a large swath of the oil-rich north coveted by the Kurdish regional government remains a powder keg that threatens to explode in violence,…