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Oman’s banking sector is expected to register a significant growth in the Islamic banking sector by 2020 according to the chief executive officer of Bank Nizwa Dr Jamil El Jaroudi. Islamic banks have registered important growths against conventional banks in Read more
Protests in Lebanon have reached a new stage after the main organizers, You Stink movement, announced a 72hour ultimatum for the government to reach a sustainable solution to the garbage crisis, for Environment Minister Mohammad Machnouk to resign and for Read more
The conservative Saudi kingdom is witnessing a historic human rights advance as the kingdom allowed women to register as voters and candidates for the coming December municipal elections. Until 2011 women were banned from voting. The change came when the Read more
Four days after the case of blackmail and extortion against Morocco and its King broke out and after the two French journalists acknowledged during their custody that they asked for money to cancel the publishing of a polemical book on Read more
The ongoing ‘jihad’ of the militants of the Islamic State (IS) against cultural artifacts and infrastructure considered as idolatrous, with some dating back to more than two millenniums such as the 2,700-year-old Assyrian capital of Khorsabad, has raised concerns after Read more
Former Bahraini Member of Parliament Hassan Eisa Marzooq of the al Wefaq party has been accused of funding the terrorist group that carried out the bus bombing in Sitra which killed two policemen. The accusation was announced by the country’s Read more
As militia groups backed by the Saudi-led coalition tighten their grip in Yemen, foreign minister Riad Yassin has ruled out talks with the Houthi Movement and their allies unless they lay down their arms. The country could be witnessing its Read more
King Salman of Saudi Arabia will be making his first visit to the White House on September 4 at the invitation of President Obama to discuss high level issues related to the situation in the Middle East, Saudi and American Read more
The news of the arraignment in Paris of French journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet on charges of “blackmail & extortion” of Moroccan King Mohammed VI fell Thursday as a thunder-clap, leaving everybody gobsmacked. Most Moroccan and French people as Read more
Managing Director Manouchehr Manteqi of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) said Iran could be transferring its drone know-how to Russia after a request was made on the sidelines of the ongoing MAKS 2015 air show. Iran unveiled its first Read more