Qatar
Regional turmoil offers Qatar leverage opportunities
Qatar withdrew on May 12 from a GCC transition plan to facilitate the departure of Yemen's...
QatarQatar withdraws from GCC's Yemen transition deal
Qatar yesterday said that it was withdrawing from a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-led transition...
Gulf statesArab League seeks new relevance but trails Al Jazeera
With Arab uprisings and Western intervention in Libya, the long-ineffective Arab League is trying...
Middle EastLibyan rebels launch international diplomatic push
The Benghazi-based Transitional National Council (TNC) will address the international contact...
LibyaGULF STATES: State spending plans will impact growth
Saudi Arabia announced its 2011 budget on December 20, revealing a modest increase in planned...
Gulf StatesRUSSIA/QATAR: World Cup may not boost long-term growth
The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) yesterday awarded the 2018 and 2022...
RussiaMIDDLE EAST: Gulf firms prevail in regional telecoms
United Arab Emirates-based Etisalat is set to finalise in January a deal to acquire a controlling...
GULF STATES/SOUTH ASIA: Remittances defy the downturn
The quantitative and qualitative growth in remittances from Gulf states to South Asia has led to...
South Asia
