Economics Iraq's cabinet named an interim central bank chief on Tuesday after the bank's well-respected governor, who was on an overseas trip, was suspended amid a currency manipulation probe. The …
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Politics US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she takes responsibility for the failure in security at the US consulate in Benghazi, where the US ambassador to Libya was killed …
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Economics Turkey has banned all Syrian aircraft from its air space as it takes an increasingly firm stance against President Bashar al-Assad, while Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had …
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Just before 3 p.m. On Friday, October 19, a bomb exploded near Sassine Square in the heart of Beirut’s Ashrafieh district, tearing apart a residential neighborhood and the lives, homes …
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The world could see a gradual easing of oil prices over the next five years due to sluggish economic growth and increasing energy efficiency as production rises steeply in Iraq …
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Politics Turkey scrambled fighters and briefly detained a Syrian passenger plane on Wednesday, suspecting it of carrying military equipment from Moscow, while Turkey's military chief warned of a more forceful …
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Economy Saudi Arabia's Aramco, the world's largest energy company, has discovered a new gas field in the Red Sea, 26km north-west of the port of Daba, the Saudi Press Agency …
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Economics The Lebanese Public Sector Employees Association has confirmed it will participate in a strike and demonstrations scheduled for Wednesday. “The Cabinet should drop its policy of procrastination and forward …
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Economics Gold lost half a percent on Monday, on course for its sharpest one-day loss in three weeks as a surprisingly upbeat US job market report dented the precious metal's …
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The European Union is poised to ban imports of Iranian gas into Europe as part of its efforts to ratchet up pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme, …