Industry & Trade Egypt’s costs of subsidised petroleum products up 68% in Q1-FY2018 Yomna Yasser Nov 12, 2017 0 Egypt's cost of subsidised petroleum products rose 68 percent to 23.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.33 billion)…
MENA News A political shock throws Lebanon’s economy back into crisis Yomna Yasser Nov 12, 2017 0 Just when things were starting to look up for Lebanon's economy, a new political crisis threatens to send it…
MENA News U.S. signals caution to Saudis despite shared concern about Iran Yomna Yasser Nov 12, 2017 0 Despite President Donald Trump’s full-throated support for Saudi Arabia, the United States appears to be…
Industry & Trade Egypt not cutting fuel subsidies before next July Yomna Yasser Nov 12, 2017 0 Egypt is not considering an increase in fuel prices before 30 June 2018, at the end of the current fiscal year,…
International News Russia is having its best-ever ties with China right now, Russian wealth fund says Yomna Yasser Nov 11, 2017 0 Russia's sovereign wealth fund said Friday the country was enjoying its best-ever relationship with China. While…
forex news Saudi power struggle means oil prices to reach ‘$70 before $50,’: analyst Yomna Yasser Nov 7, 2017 0 Oil prices are more likely to increase toward $70 a barrel than sink back to $50 in the wake of the biggest…
Egypt News Sisi urges calm between Saudis and Lebanon: We ‘cannot support more turmoil’ Yomna Yasser Nov 7, 2017 0 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on Middle Eastern nations to maintain stability just as tensions were…
MENA News Lebanon PM Hariri resigns, assails Iran and Hezbollah Yomna Yasser Nov 5, 2017 0 Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, saying he believed there was an assassination plot…
International News Trump calls for death penalty for Uzbek man charged in NY attack Yomna Yasser Nov 2, 2017 0 U.S. President Donald Trump called for the death penalty on Wednesday for an Uzbek immigrant accused of plowing a…
International News Trump administration does not want limits on war authorization Yomna Yasser Oct 31, 2017 0 President Donald Trump’s top national security aides pushed back on Monday against U.S. lawmakers calling for a…