Iran
June 2, 2003
Two Kuwaiti supporters of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terror network have been arrested in connection with the suicide blasts in Saudi Arabia that left
Director General of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abdul Rahman Ghanim Al-Mutaiwee stated that four Spanish commercial delegations will visit Dubai next month. The Dubai Chamber will org
June 1, 2003
In Iran, Majlis Speaker Mehdi Karroubi, during a meeting with visiting Palestinian Foreign Minister Farouk Kaddoumi in Tehran on Saturday str
US President George W. Bush met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Saturday for the first time since their row over Iraq. On Sunday, both leaders
Twenty people were killed and 19 others injured in the multiple collision of a bus, a semi-trailer and a truck late Friday in Iran's Khorassan provinc
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left Egypt Saturday for the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Evian, France, an airport official said. Egypt's ambassado
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s largest property management company, ASTECO, together with FPD Savills and Ballymore recently announced increased UAE interest in London and Dublin properties during t
The Bahrain Monetary Agency has authorized the first-ever Iranian mutual fund to be offered to Gulf Cooperation Council and foreign investors. The First Iran Fund will be marketed by The First Iran Fu
Citibank has returned to Bahrain assets moved earlier, amidst fears of war in Iraq. The assets, worth about $30 billion, were transferred out of the region late last year, purely as a precautionary me
May 31, 2003
US President George W. Bush has denied reports about his plans to attack Syria and Iran and dismissed them as "pure speculation."
The American embassy in Beirut is resuming full non-immigration visa services for the first time since 1984, when the Visa Section was closed to the p
May 30, 2003
Iran had detained Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a Kuwaiti-born man, who was known to be al-Qaeda spokesman, the London-based Arabic daily <i>Asharq Al-Awsat</i
Three Palestinians were killed in various incidents since Thursday afternoon until Friday morning.
May 29, 2003
The Iranian government said Thursday it was unaware if Al-Qaeda's presumed number-three, Saif Al-Adel, was among several members of the network curren
British Treasury Secretary Thursday instructed UK financial institutions to freeze all assets belonging to the Al-Aqsa Foundation, after intelligence