Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met French president Francois Hollande with both calling for fresh elections in Egypt.
Gallup’s annual ‘Payroll to Population’ survey finds that 56 per cent of the region’s population does not participate in the workforce.
Political unrest and sectarian conflicts in countries like Egypt and Syria have deterred potential investments in the region.
Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi proposed dissolving the group in a move that would force it underground and could usher in mass arrests of its members countrywide.
The Foreign Office said on August 6 it had withdrawn all staff from the embassy due to a high threat of kidnapping.
Hundreds were killed in Egypt last week when the security forces cleared protest camps set up by the Muslim Brotherhood.
It appears songs and entertainment make for the most popular videos in the United Arab Emirates.
Karman was the first Arab woman and second Muslim woman to win the Nobel peace prize.
Both Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani and Saudi’s King Abdullah have shown willingness to make peace in the past.
Hundreds were killed as Egyptian authorities cleared out two camps of Mursi supporters on Wednesday.
Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz, who worked with Xpress,had been on leave when she was shot dead.
A ministry official put the death toll at 300, but the Muslim Brotherhood claimed over 2,000 people had been killed in a “massacre.”
Islamist President Mohamed Mursi was ousted by the military a year after he took office.
International efforts have failed to mediate an end to a six-week political standoff between Mursi’s supporters and the army-backed government.
More than 300 people have already died in political violence since the army overthrew Mursi on July 3.
Fifteen prisoners crossed an Israeli checkpoint into Palestinian territory while eleven were released in the West Bank capital of Ramallah.
An average Middle Eastern traveller spends 71 per cent more on a hotel stay in London than the global average, finds survey.
Supply disruptions in OPEC countries like Libya and Iraq have pushed down the group’s contribution to global oil supply, estimates IEA.
Strikes have again halted loadings at the Es Sider and Ras Lanuf terminals, following a recent two-week outage.
Almost 300 people have been killed in political violence since the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi.
The US embassy in Sanaa, Yemen will remain closed due to security concerns.
More than 1,000 Iraqis have been killed in July, the highest monthly death toll since 2008.
Sources say Saudi Arabia wants Moscow to ease its strong support of Assad and agree not to block any future Security Council Resolution on Syria.
Acting President Adli Mansour, in a message on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, said Egypt was in critical circumstances.
A study by Visa finds regional travellers are “addicted” to their devices with 33 per cent using them to check-in online while abroad.
Rory Tapner, Coutts CEO, reveals how the UK’s most famous private bank is set on carving out a slice of the region’s rapidly growing wealth.
Nabil Al Kendi was appointed COO of the Arabtec’s group of construction companies, a subsidiary of Arabtec Holding.
Doha has promised Egypt five LNG shipments in total to help meet its energy needs.
Abbas Yazdi, a British-Iranian citizen, was reported missing on June 25.
Some Egyptian activists have started a new movement to promote a middle way between the Muslim Brotherhood and the army.