Palestine
November 3, 2002
International rating agency Fitch has assigned a Long-term rating of AA- and Short-term rating of F1+ to the Islamic Development Bank. IDB is strongly capitalized with shareholders' equity, accounting
November 2, 2002
The head of Hizbullah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, called for armed operations against Israel to continue, during a rally at the Yarmuk refugee camp in D
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon held talks Friday with his rival Benjamin Netanyahu and offered him to become his foreign minister, as he seeks to
The United States pursued a military buildup in the Gulf region as the United Nations edged towards agreement on a resolution on disarming Iraq.
While International rating agency Standard & Poor's predicts that the Israeli government’s collapse could downgrade its ratings, Moody's Investors Service maintained that the nation’s stable instituti
November 1, 2002
The Palestinian leadership lashed out at a report by a prominent international rights group that denounced suicide bombers as "war criminals" and said
A fire erupted in a prison south of Rabat overnight Friday, killing some 50 inmates, the official Moroccan news agency reported.
Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is set to start talks with the far-right National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu faction on Sunday in an attempt to estab
Secular candidates won a slight majority over Islamists in voting for 21 seats in Bahrain's parliament, while two women who hoped to make history by g
October 31, 2002
A series of explosions tore through the home of a Palestinian Hamas member in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding t
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has sent a cable of congratulations to newly elected Brazilian President Luis Lula, INA reported. The Iraqi leader wis
The Saudi Kingdom's delegate to the Arab League Ambassador Faisal bin Hasan Tarrad affirmed that Riyadh has paid great care and attention to Palestini
Saudi Minister of Finance and National Economy Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf left Rome Thursday after heading the Kingdom's delegation to the nin
Scotland Yard is investigating a former Israeli army chief over alleged war crimes committed by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians in the Occupied
The Israeli media reported that Ariel Sharon planned to appoint as defense minister former army chief of staff Shaul Mofaz, who has advocated the expu