Saudi Arabia is expected to hand Pakistan an up to $15bn bailout for its indebted energy sector following recent elections in the country, it has been reported.A senior government official in the Gulf...

Dubai is working to extend its ambitious aviation growth plan by an additional 15 years to 2045, emphasising the emirate’s desire to remain a global leader in the industry.The new “extremely long timeframe...

Tunisia is in talks with Qatar over a deposit in Tunis' central bank "with easy conditions" Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said on Thursday."Qatari officials have shown their willingness to support us," he...

An Abu Dhabi government-owned holding company may sell its own shares or off-load a stake in one of its main businesses as part of plans to spur listings on the local stock market, three sources familiar...

Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a UN nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how efficiently they would...

Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh has been arrested by Mumbai police as part of the spot-fixing investigation of the IPL cricket tournament

Muslim religious leaders from across the globe met with Holocaust survivors in an emotional encounter at Warsaw's synagogue

Car giant announces it will cease producing vehicles in Australia from October 2016

Testing of its flight and runway landing systems at Edwards Air Force Base will take place through summer

Top US official in Gulf sultanate for talks over potential $2.1bn arms deal

Police confirm that one man has died after being attacked in the street by two men and firearms and knives

Emirates Airline has announced plans to increase capacity on its services to Sri Lanka from June 30, with the addition of three more flights per week. The three extra services will operate between Dubai...

Bahrain's Al Salam Bank and BMI Bank, an affiliate of Oman's Bank Muscat, have announced plans to merge, a tie-up which would create the kingdom's third-largest bank by assets, the lenders said in a statement...

State-owned Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) has agreed to buy a stake in oil giant Total’s operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.QPI, the foreign investment unit of Qatar Petroleum, said...

An estimated 1,800 workers at a contracting company in Bahrain have ended a five day strike, which began after they claimed not to have been paid for the last two months.Staff GP Zachariades, a Cypriot...

Qatar continues to support pegging its riyal to the US dollar, the Gulf state’s central bank governor told Bloomberg.Rival news agency Reuters quoted the central bank’s director of research earlier this...

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The lure of sub-saharan Africa, with its geographic proximity and promise of higher returns, is tempting cash-rich Gulf Arab bond investors to look south, a marked departure from the relative comfort and...