Middle East
State Department: Kerry heading to Middle East this week
Middle East
May 4, 2015
State Department: Kerry heading to Middle East this week
US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia and Paris this week to discuss Middle Eastern issues,…
Millions of Middle East children out of school, UN warns
Life & Style
April 15, 2015
Millions of Middle East children out of school, UN warns
More than 12 million children in the Middle East are not being educated despite advances in efforts to expand schooling,…
Report: MENA IPO activity remains low
Business
April 14, 2015
Report: MENA IPO activity remains low
The first quarter pf 2015 ended with little progress in stock market activity, as only one IPO from Orascom Construction…
Egypt hopes Iran nuclear accord will lead to stability in Middle East
Egypt
April 4, 2015
Egypt hopes Iran nuclear accord will lead to stability in Middle East
Egypt sees the framework nuclear accord that Iran reached with world powers this week as a first step towards a…
Analysis: Egypt embarks on ambitious anti-terror campaign
Egypt
February 18, 2015
Analysis: Egypt embarks on ambitious anti-terror campaign
Egypt is making an ambitious bid to place itself at the center of the fight against extremism across the Middle…
Sandstorm lashes Middle East, halting Suez traffic
Egypt
February 11, 2015
Sandstorm lashes Middle East, halting Suez traffic
A fierce sandstorm lashed Egypt, Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Suez Canal and grounding domestic…
Rouhani: No end to Middle East strife without Iran
World
February 11, 2015
Rouhani: No end to Middle East strife without Iran
President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday the world needs Iran to help stabilise the troubled Middle East, in remarks pointing to…
Anger, calls for calm in Middle East over new Charlie cartoons
Egypt
January 14, 2015
Anger, calls for calm in Middle East over new Charlie cartoons
Muslim clerics in the Middle East who have denounced last week's attack on Charlie Hebdo criticised the French satirical weekly…
EU warns of Mideast violence without political progress
Egypt
November 7, 2014
EU warns of Mideast violence without political progress
The European Union's new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini warned Friday of a new wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence if there…
Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama
World
November 6, 2014
Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama
From marauding jihadists in Iraq to pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and beheadings of Americans in Syria, a world in crisis…