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A man walks past an Emirates Islamic Bank branch in Bank street in Dubai, October 18, 2011. Two years after the Dubai debt crisis erupted, contributing to a wave of loan restructurings across the Gulf, those restructurings may be entering a more difficult phase as banks become reluctant to extend maturities further. Picture taken October 18, 2011. To match Analysis GULF-DEBT/RESTRUCTURING REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: BUSINESS) – RTR2SURT

IsDB Draws Roadmap to Enlist the Poor in Production

by Zaid Bin Kami | Mar 20, 2017 | Business, Interviews

London – Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) President Bandar Hajjar has launched a roadmap to resolve social and economic problems that are facing the world. “Confronting poverty is not restricted to providing food, clothes and housing but transforming the poor to...

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European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini prepares
to address the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United
Nations in Geneva. (photo credit:REUTERS)

Roadmap for Stability in the Mediterranean

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 28, 2017 | World

Barcelona- Amid remarkable concerns on the survival of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the meeting of the union’s ministers of foreign affairs or their representatives in Barcelona came to adopt a roadmap for the sake of the region. The roadmap stressed three...

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (R) meets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 15, 2016. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Kerry Arrives, Yemen Anticipates

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Dec 18, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- In a visit that seems to be the last attempt before departing the White House, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive today, Sunday, to Riyadh in order to hold discussions with high rank Saudi officials and regional and international leaders to...

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U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, June 19, 2015 (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Ould Cheikh Suggests New U.N. Plan for Yemen without Giving Details

by Arafat Madabesh and Jordan Dakamseh | Oct 26, 2016 | Middle East

Aden, New York-U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed announced on Tuesday that he handed out a plan to a delegation from Houthi rebels and the General People’s Congress including security and political arrangements for ending the conflict in the...

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n armed man loyal to the Houthi movement holds his weapon as he gathers to protest against the Saudi-backed exiled government deciding to cut off the Yemeni central bank from the outside world, in the capital Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

“Kerry’s Plan” for Yemen Accepted by Government, Rejected by Rebels

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 28, 2016 | Middle East

Aden- Yemeni government welcomed on Saturday the plan announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah last Thursday to restart peace talks with a goal of forming a unity government. However, Houthi rebels rejected it. The government’s first official reply to...