Joe Biden said that the Middle East had provided money and weapons to Al Nusra and Al Qaeda.
British aid worker Alan Henning was part of an convoy taking medical supplies to a hospital in Syria in December last year when he was kidnapped.
The iPhone maker is expected to unveil the new iPads and the latest updates to its iMac line, according to reports.
Private Banking in the region is set to grow further this year, as nationals switch from protecting their wealth to growing it.
Mergermarket attributed the sharp decline in total values to the lack of inbound mergers and acquisitions.
The air cargo growth was aided by Middle East airlines’ growing links to developing markets and their diversification plans, IATA said.
GCC states would not “stand idly” in front of foreign intervention, the ministers said in a statement after the meeting late on Wednesday in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
Concern over rising OPEC oil supply, weak European and Chinese growth and a stronger dollar pushed Brent to its lowest since June 2012 on Sept 30.
Bourses in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman will close for the whole week starting October 5.
The office adds to DCCI’s presence in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
The Dubai-based port operator has been accused of bribery by the Djibouti government.
New daily A380 service to Texas city dovetails with Qantas’ new superjumbo flight from Sydney
Wiko, which claims to be Europe’s fastest growing smartphone brand, has launched eight models in the UAE.
Air Berlin said that the authorities were trying to put a new spin on the provisions of an air transport deal between Germany and the UAE during the review of the airlines’ winter schedules.
Al Nowais Investments, an Abu Dhabi-based private firm is leading a consortium to build Egypt’s first coal-fired power plant in the Suez area.
Funds dedicated to sukuk are a rare breed, with only 20 currently marketed in the Gulf.
Dubai carrier appoints senior managers but will provide no equity.
The Middle East and North Africa region is expected to see its digital universe grow by over 600 per cent by 2020, finds new study.
Gulf states have provided $30 billion in funding over the last decade to develop African infrastructure, a study says.
Intensifying the scale of operations against the militants could send costs soaring to between $13 billion and $22 billion annually, analysts say.
The city has 34 billionaires with a combined wealth of $79 billion, says new report by Wealth-X and UBS.
The grid has been working since 2009 with trading touching the equivalent of 800,000 mega watts (MW) hour of energy annually.
The project would not only mark a huge expansion of Arabtec’s business but also boost Egypt’s struggling economy and help to resolve a housing shortage.
Oil has fallen from $115 in June, pressured by concern about slowing global demand and higher supplies, raising concern among some oil exporters of lower revenues.
Islamic State fighters have exploited the chaos of Syria’s three-year-old civil war, which pits Assad and his allies against mainly Sunni Muslim rebels and Islamist militants.
International aid agencies are relying increasingly on local organisations to get access to communities in need both in Syria and Iraq.
MAF-Fashion will begin the roll out of the AllSaints stores across the GCC in 2015, a statement said.
The total value of oil aid to Egypt from Saudi Arabia since July 2013 through September of this year amounted to $5 billion.
One U.S. official told Reuters that such refineries could produce about $2 million a day in oil revenue.
Apple iPhone 6 Plus buyers discovered their phones can bend when placed in back pockets.