MENA News Moscow hopes for truce ‘within hours’ as fighting rocks Aleppo aya salah May 4, 2016 0 Russia said Tuesday it hoped a new ceasefire could be announced within hours for Syria's battered city of Aleppo,…
MENA News Yemen’s Houthis seize military base, risking peace talks Ghada Ismail May 1, 2016 0 Yemen's Houthi movement and its armed allies seized a military base north of the capital Sanaa on Sunday, dealing a…
Industry & Trade Toshiba in final talks on new president; Tsunakawa top candidate Noha Gad Apr 24, 2016 0 Japan's Toshiba Corp is in final talks to replace President Masashi Muromachi, with Senior Executive Vice President…
MENA News Syrian talks appear doomed as air strike kills dozens in market Noha Gad Apr 20, 2016 0 Syrian peace talks appeared all but doomed on Tuesday after air strikes killed about 40 people in a crowded…
Industry & Trade Terra Sola invests $3.5bn in solar power production in Egypt Ghada Ismail Apr 17, 2016 0 Terra Sola, a Bahrain-based investor and developer of solar power projects in the region, is in talks with the…
Egypt News Egypt delays international bond issuance, is not in talks with IMF aya salah Apr 17, 2016 0 Egypt will delay an international bond issuance until at least the first half of fiscal year 2016/17 and has not…
MENA News Yemen peace talks set to resume amid shaky ceasefire aya salah Apr 16, 2016 0 A concerted United Nations effort aimed at ending nearly 13 months of war in Yemen sees peace talks resuming on…
Tech news French telecom shares fall following €10 billion Orange-Bouygues deal fail Ghada Ismail Apr 4, 2016 0 Shares of French telecom companies moved sharply lower on Monday after merger talks between two of the sector’s…
MENA News Saudi-led alliance confirms Yemen prisoner swap Noha Gad Mar 28, 2016 0 A Saudi-led military coalition on Monday said it had completed a prisoner swap in Yemen, exchanging nine Saudi…
MENA News Kuwait to host Yemen peace talks aya salah Mar 21, 2016 0 Kuwait will be hosting the upcoming round of negotiations on the conflict in Yemen, a Yemeni presidential source…