A World Bank report found the Middle East and North Africa have made the least progress over the last 50 years in improving women’s economic opportunities.
IATA projects that Middle East carriers will post a profit of $2.1 billion in 2014.
The US Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain its monetary stimulus is expected to boost the the regional bond market.
A 50-member committee has been appointed by the interim government to amend the constitution.
Syria is believed to possess about 1,000 tonnes of toxins
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan outspoken support for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has set it at odds with the Gulf Arab states.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that his forces were responsible for a chemical weapons attack in Ghouta.
The new touchscreen device boasts a five-inch display and a 1.7 gigahertz processor.
The bank’s retail business in the UAE was sold to Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank in 2010.
In a candid chat with Gulf Business, Hult Prize CEO Ahmad Ashkar discusses why he thinks the time is ripe for social entrepreneurship in the Middle East.
Most senior managers apply for jobs via the career portal on a company’s website, says study.
Qatar agreed in May to donate five cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Egypt.
U.N. chemical investigators confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in an August 21 poison gas attack.
The telecoms operator is looking to raise more than $1 billion through its IPO next year.
Sources say the company could sell 30 per cent to 40 per cent of its Middle East business unit.
Syria’s stockpile is believed to be spread over dozens of sites and include research and development centres, some of them underground.
Arabesque is due to open to investors in the first quarter of 2014 and will focus on value-based investment strategies.
Kuwait’s state news agency said the package would comprise a $2 billion central bank deposit, a $1 billion grant and $1 billion in oil products.
Christos Papadopoulos will lead the bank’s expansion in sharia-compliant banking.
Transactions in the Middle East between July 2012 and June 2013 dropped to nine deals as compared to 13 in the previous year.
Bahrain’s Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa was speaking at the start of a meeting of foreign ministers from the six GCC countries.
Salaries in Saudi Arabia are expected to increase on average by six per cent, while Oman and Kuwait’s pay rises will grow by 5.6 per cent.
iMENA Holdings and Rocket Internet have partnered to invest in the regional operations of Hellofood, a global food ordering service.
Militants seized Saudi vice consul Abdullah al-Khalidi in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden in March 2012.
Qatar sent Egypt $3 billion in May of which it converted $1 billion into three-year bonds.
Local firms have to raise standards as they face increasing competition from international property developers, says new report.
The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève will showcase 70 of the finest watches in DIFC this October.
The US President is emphasising that he only plans limited strikes on Syria to deter future chemical weapons attacks.
Saudi Arabia, like Israel heavily dependent on the United States for arms supplies, is engaged in a historic confrontation with Iran for regional influence – a contest shaped by their leading roles in the rival Sunni and Shi’ite branches of Islam.
With weeks to prepare for an attack, Assad might benefit in some ways from the delay in any strike by the United States.