Private capital set to transform sovereign wealth funds
LONDON: A curious trend is developing among powerful sovereign and state-backed investment…
Oil falls towards $77 on US crude stock build
LONDON: Oil slipped to around $77 per barrel on Wednesday after weekly…
Kirkuk police chief badly wounded by Iraq car bomb
KIRKUK: A car bomb in Iraq's ethnically divided northern oil hub of…
Blogger released after two years in admin detention
CAIRO: Blogger Hany Nazeer who had been held in administrative detention without…
Public funds prosecutor to investigate MPs’ abuse of free treatment program
CAIRO: The Public Funds General Prosecutor started an investigation into corruption by…
German art for Marwa El-Sherbini vandalized: says group
BERLIN: Vandals have attacked an art project erected in honor of Marwa…
Saudi SABIC Q2 sales growth slows as prices fall
RIYADH: Petrochemical giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) said sales growth slowed…
Asia Crude-Kenya buys Murban from Total, Shell; lower
SINGAPORE: Kenya bought two 600,000-barrel cargoes of Abu Dhabi Murban crude for…
Lebanon on edge after Hezbollah revelation on Hariri probe
BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's disclosure that his party is likely to…
Imprisoned activist a ‘clear message’ from gov’t, says rights group
CAIRO: A three-month prison sentence issued against an activist accused of assaulting…