Economics and Policy Egypt is not interested in importing gas via pipeline from Israel and instead is focusing on a plan to import liquefied natural gas, a top state executive said Wednesday. More from Reuters Kuwait is trying to persuade Saudi Arabia to take up the UN Security Council seat that Riyadh has spurned in protest at the world body's failure to end the war in Syria, a senior Kuwaiti official said on Wednesday. More from Reuters Companies and Business Qatar National Bank, the largest listed lender in the Gulf Arab world, said it raised $1.5 billion from a two-part bond sale, underscoring investor demand for debt offerings from top-tier names in the region. More from Reuters The minimum capital requirement for insurance companies in Lebanon should be raised to at least $10 million to improve the efficiency of the sector and encourage consolidations among firms, the
