A lesser Dubai: That's the first impression a visitor gets touring downtown Doha, the capital of the Gulf emirate of Qatar. Dubai (population 1.4 million) has its famous ultramodern skyline and...

US Vice President Joe Biden has called for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite a row over Jewish settlers. Israel's announcement this week of plans to build 1,600...

Tourists view the colossus of Pharaoh Akhenaten in the Egyptian Museum showing his elongated head and feminine hips that long confounded Egyptologists, at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt,...

Photo taken on March 10 shows a sarcophagus at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., U.S.. The 3,000-year-old stolen sarcophagus, which was confiscated by customs officials at Miami...

Article Reprints Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Pascal Perritaz (37, Swiss citizen) to the position of Chief Financial Officer Asia-Pacific and Middle East (APME), effective April 1,...

Cairo - Egypt's public prosecutor on Thursday decided to open an investigation into accusations that a state security officer tortured a supporter of former UN nuclear chief Mohammed ElBaradei,...

Students from the American University of Sharjah met today with staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the series of roundtable discussions being held at universities throughout...

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, in the Middle East to build support for revived Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, issued a strong denouncement of Israeli plans to build another sixteen hundred housing...

Amber Campbell scored her second goal of the night off of a pass from Jessica Herrera with 10:20 left in the contest to break a 2-2 tie.Campbell and Alesha Love each had penalty kick goals for the...

Preliminary results from Iraq's election show the grouping of PM Nouri Maliki is leading in two southern provinces, the electoral body says.The partial results from Najaf and Babil, in the Shia...

At least one person has been killed in clashes between the government and secessionist rebels in southern Yemen.Government forces tried to recapture a municipal building occupied by separatists,...

Joe Biden says reaching an agreement with the Palestinians is 'profundly' in Israel's interests. Photograph: AP The US vice-president, Joe Biden, today attempted to salvage...

C AIRO — The former U.N. nuclear chief turned Egyptian reform advocate on Thursday strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents, adding that the...

ABHA: A bird hunter died after he fell from a mountain in Asir on Tuesday, a local daily reported. The family of the hunter reported the man missing after he failed to return home. A search team from...

TAIF: A second grade student in Taif was killed after he was accidentally run over by a police vehicle, a daily reported on Wednesday.The seven-year-old boy was taken to hospital by the traffic cop...

MAKKAH: A man was killed and 39 others were injured when a bus coming from Al-Laith to Makkah crashed into an oncoming truck, a local daily reported on Wednesday. The driver of the bus died at the...

/enpproperty--> DOHA - Gas-rich Qatar has mulled over nominating the first woman judge in the country's history, local daily Gulf Times reported Thursday. There was a government plan to appoint the...

United States Vice President Joe Biden stated on Thursday that the status quo in the Middle East is not sustainable. "The demographic realities make it difficult for Israel to be a Jewish homeland...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday warned Israel that initiating a new war in the Middle East would not save it from downfall. Speaking in the southern Iranian Province of Hormozagan,...

The former U.N. nuclear chief on Thursday strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents, adding that the tactic would not silence calls for change....

US Vice President Joe Biden praised planned low-level peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians this week as "a moment of real opportunity" -- just as a member of the Israeli government seemed to...

Leading global real estate investment and advisory firm Jones Lang LaSalle has opened an office in Egypt. By setting up office in Egypt, according to Reuters, the company hopes to capitalise on the...

US Vice President Joe Biden has said "good faith negotiations" can recognise Israeli security needs and the Palestinian goal for a viable state. Biden is urging Israel to make a serious attempt to...

US Vice-President Joe Biden says there must be no delay in resuming Mid-East peace talks, despite a row over Israeli plans for new homes in East Jerusalem.Mr Biden repeated his criticism of the...

Tehran, March 11, IRNA -- Minister of Defense and Armed forces Logistics Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Thursday that the Iranian armed forces are the powerful guardians of security and...

Batelco, as the official telecommunications partner of Bahrain International Circuit, is delighted once again to be providing its world-class communications services for the 2010 Gulf Air Bahrain...

(CNSNews.com) – Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas has decided to withdraw from indirect U.S.-mediated talks with Israel that were supposed to begin soon, in the latest fallout over...

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has released a British journalist accused of espionage in the Gaza Strip.Paul Martin, a freelance journalist accused of "collaborating with Israel",...

Ahead of parliamentary elections in Iraq on 7 March, the BBC went to meet three Baghdad residents to find out how their lives have changed in the past tumultuous years since Saddam Hussein was...

Tokyo: Daihatsu Motor Co. said Thursday it was recalling almost 275,000 vehicles due to possible defects, the latest in a raft of problems hitting Japanese carmakers. The move comes as Toyota, which...

United Arab Emirates Insurance Report Q1 2010 " report to their offering. United Arab Emirates Insurance Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, insurance...

Arab Roots Group Limited Company, one of the largest companies in the field of production and distribution of construction materials, signed a long-term agreement with Swedish construction giant...

Mar 11, 2010 - 02:01 - WAM Cairo, March 11th, 2010 (WAM) -- The 34th session of the Arab Health Ministers Council kicked off this morning at the headquarters of the Arab League in...

CAIRO (AP) - The former U.N. nuclear chief turned Egyptian reform advocate has strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents. Mohamed ElBaradei said in a...

PRWEB ) March 11, 2010 -- Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, announced that the Company’s CEO, Stuart Burchill, will be traveling...

DUBAI - General Motors in the Middle East will continue to honour Hummer warranties, while providing service support and spare parts to current and future owners of the military-inspired...

Palestinian leaders are threatening to pull out of planned peace talks with Israel unless it reverses a plan to build 1,600 new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem. Palestinian leaders had...

Dubai: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has dropped its loss forecast for the Middle East aviation industry this year to $400 million (Dh1.5 billion) from 2009 forecast of $1.5...

Egypt Insurance Report Q1 2010 " report to their offering. Egypt Insurance Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, insurance associations, government departments...

Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd, the Local Search Company, signed today in a press conference held at its premises a strategic partnership with Otlob.com . Users of Yellow.com.eg now have direct access to...