Five years ago, the Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates shared a fiscal surplus of some $600 billion; by 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that [ More … ]
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris killing more than 120 people, world leaders have expressed their condolences, and condemnation of the attacks. Iranian president Hassan Rouhani who was scheduled to land in France for a [ More … ]
Omanis are going to the polls on Sunday to vote for a consultative council with limited powers. Sultan Qaboos holds all major government posts, but slightly expanded the powers of the Majlis al-Shura in 2011 after [ More … ]
The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair tells CNN he’s sorry for mistakes in intelligence, planning and regime removal. He also admits the invasion is one of the main causes for the birth of Islamic [ More … ]
A Kuwaiti rights group on Monday accused authorities in the Gulf state of discrimination against foreigners by barring them from certain healthcare services at public hospitals. The independent Kuwait Society for Human Rights said expatriates [ More … ]
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