MENA News Advancing Iraq Rebels Seize Northwest Town In Heavy Battle Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 16, 2014 0 Sunni insurgents seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting,…
MENA News Iraq Insurgent Advance Slows, U.S. Sends Carrier To Gulf Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 15, 2014 0 An offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday after days of lightning…
MENA News Iraq’s Top Shi’ite Cleric Issues Call To Fight Jihadist Rebelsa Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 14, 2014 0 Iraq's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric urged followers to take up arms against a full-blown Sunni militant…
MENA News Iraq Kurds Take Kirkuk; Sunni Militants Surge Toward Baghdad Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 12, 2014 0 Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday after government forces abandoned their…
MENA News Gunmen Loyal To Ex-General Storm Libyan Parliament, Demand Suspension Amwal Al Ghad English May 19, 2014 0 Heavily armed gunmen stormed Libya's parliament on Sunday demanding its suspension and claiming loyalty to a…
MENA News Algeria’s Ailing Bouteflika Wins Re-Election Yomna Yasser Apr 19, 2014 0 Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the independence veteran in power for 15 years, won re-election on Friday…
Banks China’s Private Companies Seen Riskier Than State Amwal Al Ghad English Mar 25, 2014 0 John-Paul Smith, the Deutsche Bank AG strategist who’s been writing about the dangers of buying state-owned Chinese…
MENA News Libya Threatens To Bomb North Korean Tanker If It Ships Oil From Rebel Port Amwal Al Ghad English Mar 9, 2014 0 Libya threatened on Saturday to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tried to ship oil from a rebel-controlled…
Banks Russian Central Bank Tightens Policy After Rouble Plummets On Ukraine Amwal Al Ghad English Mar 3, 2014 0 Russia's central bank hiked its key lending rate by 1.5 percentage points on Monday after the rouble hit an…
World Asian Shares Soft As Ukraine Dampens Risk Sentiment Amwal Al Ghad English Feb 27, 2014 0 Asian shares struggled to find a solid footing on Thursday as escalating tensions in Ukraine sent investors…