by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 13, 2017 | Business
OPEC’s oil giant, Saudi Arabia, made a large cut in its crude output in January to support prices and lessen a glut, helping boost compliance with the group’s supply-reduction deal to a record high of more than 90 percent. “The preliminary numbers are...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 14, 2017 | World
Geneva- Hopes for a peace deal on Cyprus stalled Friday over controversial Greek and Turkish statements. A number of officials earlier expressed optimism regarding reaching a deal and solving the issue after five days of negotiations in Geneva between Cypriot...
by Salman Al-dossary | Jan 5, 2017 | Opinion
The story is not about the terrorist attack on a prison in Bahrain using pistols and automatic rifles in the style of films that resulted in a police officer being killed and 10 dangerous prisoners to escape. Nor was it about the planning that accompanied the...
by Amir Taheri | Dec 12, 2016 | Features
Last year as world media was gripped with excitement about what President Obama presented as “a once-in-a-lifetime” nuclear deal with Iran, the leadership in Tehran was in feverish mode over who should secure what part of the credit. Tehran dailies favorable to the...
by Amir Taheri | Dec 7, 2016 | Features
Shaken by the surprise election of Donald J Trump as the next US President, the leadership in Tehran is trying to deal with the unknown with a mixture of threats and promises. A glimpse into the leadership’s thinking came yesterday in a speech by President Hassan...
