Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan (left), Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (second left), President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (fifth left) among others...
Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan (left), Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (second left), President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (fifth left) among others...
Doha: The economic outlook of Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region remains strong, according to QNB Group. Notwithstanding significant headwinds from the...
DOHA: Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) has brought the emirate’s SummerFest Abu Dhabi promotion direct to the Qatari market...
NEW YORK: United Airlines is in talks to buy the largest versions of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and Airbus’s A350, making it the first...
A woman dries palm seeds in Dabou, Abidjan. Ivory Coast is seeking to double palm oil production to around 600,000 tonnes by 2020.
ABU DHABI: Egypt’s government is in the late stages of verifying its economic reform programme with the International Monetary Fund before obtaining a...
CHICAGO: The troubled US city of Detroit defaulted on its debt payments on Friday as it threatened to become the country’s largest-ever municipal...
MUMBAI: A raid by dozens of tax inspectors on one of India’s biggest gold traders this week has tarnished the reputation of an...
TOKYO: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co faces an urgent need to consider measures for survival after the cancellation of a planned merger with...
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promises that Abenomics will revive the nation’s industrial might. For Takumi Tanaka at auto-parts maker Uchida Co,...
LONDON: World oil prices finished on a high note on geopolitical worries in Syria, having begun the week on the back foot following...
LONDON: Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker, beaten to the central bank’s top job by Mark Carney, will stand down later this...
OSLO: Norway is set to permit offshore oil and gas exploration in Arctic waters vulnerable to sea ice, angering some opposition politicians and...
ZURICH: Switzerland should be ready to share data on foreign depositors with the European Union even before a global standard is established, a...
TOULOUSE: Europe’s newest jetliner, the Airbus A350, successfully completed its maiden flight yesterday, stepping up the battle with arch-rival Boeing for sales of...
PARIS: Qatar-backed telecom group Ooredoo has withdrawn its bid for Vivendi’s 53 percent stake in Maroc Telecom, leaving rival Gulf operator Etisalat as...
WASHINGTON: The IMF cut its US growth forecast for 2014 to 2.7 percent yesterday, saying the economy is being held back by “excessively...
PARIS: Moody’s credit rating agency put debt issued by Bahrain on watch yesterday, warning of a possible downgrade because the country could face...
