Saudi Aramco could have a market value of more than $1 trillion in an initial public offering after the government slashed the oil producer’s tax burden to...
CAIRO: Anwar Abdullah goes to work every day but he hasn’t been paid in five months. When prices for wheat, sugar and other staple foods spiked earlier this...
DUBAI: The government of Iraqi Kurdistan paid international oil companies for the first time in seven weeks, as rising crude prices gave the region’s coffers...
DUBAI: With Donald Trump set to enter the White House in January and populists on the march across Europe, political risk will loom large in 2017. Cautious...
Iraq’s resumption last week of oil shipments through a Kurdish-controlled pipeline bumped up its export capacity by 5 percent almost overnight. Now OPEC’s...
DUBAI: Iran’s parliament reconvenes in late May with dozens of greenhorn lawmakers who will hold the key to accelerating reforms to boost foreign investment...
DUBAI: The United States is still fundamentally hostile to Iran and its policies have undermined the benefits of sanctions relief, the Islamic...
DUBAI: Gains by reformist candidates in Iranian elections open the way for changes to economic policy that will boost foreign investment and trade with the...
DUBAI: A multitude of business regulations – 182,000 by one minister’s count – stands in the way of a rapid flow of foreign investment into Iran after the...
UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI: Saudi Arabia said on Monday it would restore ties with Iran when Tehran stopped meddling in the affairs of other countries and pledged...
ADEN, Yemen: Soldiers from the United Arab Emirates, at the head of a Gulf Arab coalition fighting Iran-allied Houthi forces in Yemen, are preparing for a...
DUBAI: As Iran’s government promises a new age of prosperity after sanctions, many Iranians are hoping for the best. But the security establishment,...
DUBAI: Two months after Iran reached a nuclear deal that will open its markets to the world, officials are warning of economic stagnation as consumers hold...
DUBAI: Would-be foreign investors in Iran should be prepared to share the benefits of their deals, the country’s president said, indicating Tehran would...
DUBAI: Iranian pro-democracy activists, lawyers and artists have thrown their weight behind last month’s nuclear deal with world powers, hoping it will lead...
DUBAI: Iran will remain closed to U.S. influence and continue to oppose U.S. policies in the Middle East after its nuclear deal with big powers, Supreme...
DUBAI: On the first visit to Iran for 12 years by a French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius conveyed an invitation from President Francois Hollande to...
DUBAI: Cut off from Yemen and its allies there by a Saudi-led military campaign, Iran has intensified a media counter-offensive against Riyadh, accusing its...
DUBAI: WikiLeaks published Friday more than 60,000 diplomatic cables from Saudi Arabia and said on its website it would release half a million more in the...
DUBAI: Iran laid to rest 175 military divers in an emotional public funeral ceremony Tuesday, almost three decades after they were captured in war with Iraq...
DUBAI: Iran is bringing home the body of a top-ranking military officer killed in April in southern Syria, Iranian news agencies reported, at least the second...
DUBAI/MUSCAT: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed how to advance Yemeni peace efforts with his Omani counterpart Tuesday, Iranian media...
DUBAI: Iran will help oppressed people in the region as much as it can, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Saturday, ratcheting up...
DUBAI: Iran has shared security interests with Yemen and will not allow other regional actors to jeopardize them, deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir...
TEHRAN: Iran will agree to a final nuclear accord with six major powers only if all sanctions imposed on the country over its disputed nuclear work are...