Tourist numbers are rising again, hotels and land are cheap, and new flight routes are opening new markets. Egypt's premier Red Sea resort could be in for a makeover
[caption id="attachment_55236778" align="aligncenter" width="616"] Damage in a section of the souk in the old city of Aleppo after the area was shelled by Syrian regime forces on September 30, 2012…
[caption id="attachment_55236398" align="aligncenter" width="619"] Dr. Nasser Saidi (Source: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]
The downfall of Mubarak and Ben Ali and the explosion of…
[caption id="attachment_55236336" align="alignnone" width="620"] A general view shows burning flames from a gas well in Sailiya, 40km north of the Qatari capital Doha. Source: AFP/Getty Images[…
[caption id="attachment_55235489" align="alignnone" width="594"] A boy stands next to a stall at Magra El-Oyoun market on January 24, 2012, Cairo. Getty Images[/caption]
Egypt’s worsening economic…
[caption id="attachment_55234614" align="aligncenter" width="620"] 15th February 1955: A twelve-year-old Sea Cadet trying out a new Sterling Sub-Machine Gun, the weapon at the center of James…
[caption id="attachment_55234515" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi oil worker works at Al-Doura oil refinery [/caption]Iraq could become the second-largest oil exporter in the world by the…
[caption id="attachment_55234316" align="alignleft" width="620"] The outlook for Saudi Arabia's Economy is favourable[/caption]Barclays’ Capital (BarCap) has recently released projections that Saudi…
[caption id="attachment_55233790" align="alignnone" width="620"] Workers at Cleopatra Ceramics factory began striking during the revolution.[/caption]Last month, Egypt saw renewed protests following…
[caption id="attachment_55233677" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A logo of Bank Islam Malaysia is seen at the bank's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur[/caption]Ironically, the global financial crisis…
[caption id="attachment_55233662" align="aligncenter" width="620"] An investor watches his stocks at a securities exchange in Shanghai on August 22, 2012. Chinese shares were down 0.34 percent in…
A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?
As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?
Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent