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London-based human rights group Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to shed light on the death of at least five demonstrators in the country’s prisons in the wake of week-long protests which challenged the theocratic regime. At least five Read more
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad has announced the appointment of former JetBlue Chief Finance Officer (CFO) as it new CFO, part of new re-organization plan of the airline. Mark Powers, who will join the group this month, will assume the financial department Read more
Iraq will start exporting oil from the northern fields of Kirkuk to Iran by the end of January, Iraqi oil minister announced. Jabbar Alluaibi said about 30,000 barrels per day will be trucked to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery in the first Read more
The UAE’s two leading carriers have signed a cooperation agreement in the area of security after rumors last year suggested a tie-up between the two. The aviation security Memorandum of Understand (MoU) signed by Emirates President Sir Tim Clark and Read more
More than 2000 Afghan Shiite fighters, recruited by Iran and sent to fight on the side of President Bashar AL Assad, have been killed in Syria, media reports said. The reports quoted an official in the Afghan force, The Fatemiyoun Read more
Saudi authorities have arrested 11 princes after they staged a protest at a royal palace against the government’s decision to halt paying their water and electricity bills. Stopping the payments of utility bills of royals is part of the austerity Read more
The UN Security Council was the theater of a fierce debate reflecting deep rifts between the US and Russia over the anti-government protests in Iran. The emergency Security Council meeting, which was convened by the US, was described by Russia Read more
The US has imposed sanctions against five companies it accuses of links to Iran’s ballistic missile program. The sanctions freeze any asset the companies hold in the US, and prohibit Americans from dealing with them with more punitive measures laying Read more
Tunisian transport minister Thursday announced that Dubai-based carrier Emirates was allowed to resume air traffic to Tunis in an apparent end of crisis between the North African country and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sparked by Emirati authorities’ ban on Read more
Qatar Petroleum has announced that the country’s two Liquefied Natural Gas producers have been combined into a single gas company with a goal to save up to $500 million annually in operation costs. Qatar Pertroleum’s chief executive Saad al-Kaabi announced Read more