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Islamic economy should be turbulence-proof: central bank`s governor

Governor of Bank Indonesia Darmin Nasution said that apart from being run by Sharia principles, the Islamic (Sharia) ...

Demand for Workers in Gulf Countries Remains Strong Despite Arab Spring and Global Economic Slowdown

-Western Union study states Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE prospects ...

Western countries expel Syria envoys over killings

Seven Western governments expelled Syrian diplomats from their capitals on Tuesday in a coordinated action ...

LebanesePM surprised over gulf states` travel warning

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati expressed on Saturday surprise towards the travel warning to his country issued ...

Ahmadinejad vows to defend territorial integrity

Iran will respond with force to any threats to its territorial integrity, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on ...

Saudi sends military equipment to Syria rebels: diplomat

Saudi Arabia is delivering military equipment to Syrian rebels in an effort to stop bloodshed by President Bashar ...

Saudi withdraws embassy staff from Syria

Saudi Arabia has pulled out of all its embassy staff in Syria, the state-run news agency SPA reported Wednesday, ...

Dutch foreign ministry recalls ambassador from Syria

The Dutch Foreign Ministry recalled its ambassador from Syria on Tuesday, following similar steps by several nations ...

Yemen to kick off one-man presidential campaign

Yemen`s one-candidate presidential election campaign, as part of a UN-backed power transfer deal to ease the 33-year ...

GCC to pull Syria observers, urge world pressure

Gulf Arab states will pull out their observers sent to Syria as part of an Arab League mission, they announced in a ...

2,300 indonesians are still in Yemen

Some 2,300 Indonesians are still staying in Yemen and hundreds already evacuated back to Indonesia in the worsening ...

Yemen`s Saleh signs power transfer deal

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a Gulf initiative on Wednesday to hand over power to his deputy as part of ...

UN urged to take Saleh to criminal court

An opposition MP on Friday urged the UN Security Council, which is to meet on Yemen, to refer President Ali Abdullah ...

SecurityCcouncil to put new focus on Yemen crisis

The UN Security Council will on Monday discuss the refusal of Yemen`s President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power ...

Qatar presses Yemen`s Saleh on power transfer deal

Qatar pressed Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign a Gulf power transfer deal and a U.N. envoy on a mission to ...