[caption id="attachment_552305" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Robert Cianflone/Getty Images"][/caption] The six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have emerged as influential…

[caption id="attachment_55229758" align="aligncenter" width="586" caption="Tunisia’s Minister of Tourism, Elyes Fakhfakh, recently signed a cooperation agreement with the UNWTO "][/caption]The World…

[caption id="attachment_55229380" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Protesters in Berlin against military action in Iran (PA)"][/caption] The United Nations and its individual members…

[caption id="attachment_55229238" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="The Saudi Stock Exchange hopes one day to compete with major markets"][/caption] The last year has been difficult for Gulf…

[caption id="attachment_55229024" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Egyptians demonstrate on 25 January 2011, carrying banners to protest against the government, unemployment and about the…

[caption id="attachment_55228925" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Social media websites, such as Twitter, are becoming increasingly integrated into daily life"][/caption] There has recently…

[caption id="attachment_55228910" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A Saudi man counts out money. The Saudi oil sector is predicted to slow its growth this year."][/caption] Summary A new…

[caption id="attachment_55227813" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A worker's helmet lies on the ground at the Zawiya oil refinery, some 40 km west of Tripoli"][/caption] The overthrow…

[caption id="attachment_55227435" align="aligncenter" width="619" caption="A rare tourist takes pictures of a wall decorated with posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the old city of…

[caption id="attachment_55227180" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The eurozone crisis will have an effect upon the MENA region"][/caption] Europe stands at the precipice. With a near…