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Expenditure in the Middle East and North Africa with regards to beauty and personal care has been on the rise according to figures presented by Euromonitor International. The market is worth billions of dollars and it is expected to continue Read more
Reports from The National have claimed that the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is behind a television project that will soon be launched in Europe to counter the well-known Al-Jazeera news network. The decision is said Read more
Lebanese banks are rushing to Iraq despite the lack of security in the country since the American invasion to remove President Saddam Hussein. Although state-owned banks account for 86% of assets and 69% of credits of the market, several banks Read more
Citizens of 13 European Union member countries will no longer need to get visas before entering the United Arab Emirates, one of the oil-rich gulf countries. These countries are Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia, Malta, Cyprus, Read more
Amnesty International has accused Israeli armed forces of committing serious abuses and violent acts in the occupied West Bank. In its latest 87-page report which focused on violence in the West Bank, not the Gaza Strip, the human rights watch Read more
To reaffirm its commitment to the region, US President Barrack Obama is to hold a series of high-profile talks with Washington’s Arab allies. Concern and alarm reached the region’s Sunni governments after the way the US handled issues in Iran Read more
Canada has surfaced as one of the major countries active in providing arms to countries with unimpressive human rights records or a history of violent internal conflict. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa have become customers with trade Read more
The Arab Spring which started in Tunisia before sweeping North Africa and the Middle East could be one of the costliest phenomenons that has ever been witnessed by the region. In a research report published by HSBC Bank, by the Read more
HSBC Holdings, Europe’s biggest bank, is winding up some of its activities in certain countries found in the Middle East and North Africa. The bank is also limiting its activities in certain areas because it wants to boost its profitability. Read more
Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia have conducted a study on Middle Eastern Gulf Sates, alerting them that some medical and unhygienic practices have led to a swift growth in superbugs, which are bacterium with the capacity to Read more