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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 ...

Somali piracy death toll rises as violence worsens

Somali pirates seizing Indian Ocean ships were responsible for at least 35 hostage deaths in 2011, a report showed on ...

Qatar Launches Discussions on Sustainabiliy at Rio + 20

-     Qatar's vision for innovative green growth and development took center stage at the Qatar ...

Saudi king seeks successor as crown prince buried

Saudi Arabia's elderly king led funeral prayers on Sunday for his heir, Crown Prince Nayef, whose death forces him to ...

Govt helps 72 Indonesian migrant workers escape death penalty

The Indonesian Migrant Worker Task Force has assisted 72 workers escape death penalty sentences in several countries, ...

Western countries expel Syria envoys over killings

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

Somali Islamists attack president as pressure grows

Somalia`s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents shrugged off recent strategic losses and growing military pressure Tuesday ...

Annan warns Syria of grave concern

Peace envoy Kofi Annan expressed "grave concern" to Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday and Western nations ...

Fire kills 19, mostly children, in upscale Qatar mall

At least 19 foreigners, including 13 children, were killed in a fire that ripped through an upscale shopping mall in ...

NATO chief says `no intention` to intervene in Syria

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Sunday voiced concern about violence in Syria, but said the alliance has "no ...

LebanesePM surprised over gulf states` travel warning

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

Iran denies reports of decline in its oil exports

Iran's Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi Tuesday denied reports that there has been decline in Iran's oil experts, the ...

Turkish commandos arrest 14 pirates, free seven Yemenis

Turkish commandos have arrested 14 pirates thought to be from Somalia off the coast of Oman and freed seven Yemeni ...

Obama aide in Yemen in anti-Al Qaeda drive

A senior aide to Barack Obama flew into Yemen on Sunday to meet the leader of a country battling with al Qaeda ...

Afghan Taliban deny holding new talks with US

Afghanistan`s Taliban insurgents on Sunday denied that they had resumed talks with the United States, while the Afghan ...