Total will operate Qatar’s biggest oil field
Total SA was chosen by Qatar Petroleum to operate the country’s biggest oil field, replacing AP Moeller-Maersk A/S in running the reservoir responsible for more…
Dubai Launches Driverless Car Strategy
Dubai has taken a major step towards autonomous vehicles with the launch of its Dubai Autonomous Transportation Strategy, which aims to transform 25 per cent…
A young man from Kuwait married four women at once – photo, video
28 year-old Kuwaiti man, played a wedding marrying 4 girls at once. This wedding has attracted the attention of bloggers, journalists and social networks users….
Twins killed their own mother for not joining ISIS
Twin brothers stabbed their mother to death and seriously injured their father and brother over their allegiance to the Islamic State (Isis), reports have claimed…
Saudi oil reserves drawn down
The U.S. has seen several weeks in which the levels of crude oil sitting in storage have declined, falling from 80-year record highs. Inventories have…
At least 12 people killed in suicide attack in Abu Ghraib
At least 12 people were killed and 32 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives attacked a mosque west of the…
Officials’ salaries leaked in Iran
Simmering anger in Iran’s hard-line media over official salaries has forced President Hassan Rohani’s administration onto the defensive with a likely reelection bid for the…
Here’s why Saudi Arabia is loosening its restrictions on women
Why is Saudi Arabia — a highly conservative state where very little changes — suddenly embracing various kinds of reform, including loosening its repressive gender…
In Turkey, dashed hopes and deepening rifts
Just a year ago, Mecbure Demir, the matriarch of large Kurdish family from a restive town in Turkey’s southeast, was celebrating the prospect of peace….
Russia and Turkey – ‘Sorry’ or ‘apology?’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed his “regret and sorrow” to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter addressing the downing of a Russian jet and…