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Oman
Rumours that outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh would go into exile in Oman following his departure from Sana'a have proved to be unfounded. Diplomats in Muscat had claimed...
2012-01-31Kuwait
Riot police in the city of Jahra used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protestors on January 14, according to witnesses cited by the Associated Foreign Press . The demonstrators were...
2012-01-31Iran
Iran is ready to revive talks with the U.S. and other world powers on its nuclear programme, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on January 26. Talks broke off over a year ago....
2012-01-30Saudi Arabia
Saudi police arrested nine people in the eastern governorate of Qatif on January 24, according to government officials. The region is a centre of the country's Shi'a Muslim minority....
2012-01-30United Arab Emirates
The website of the Central Bank of the UAE was temporarily shut down in January following reports that Israeli hackers attacked the site. Israeli hackers also claimed to have dismantled...
2012-01-27Bahrain
Violence has intensified in Bahrain between protestors and police following a call on January 20 by Shi'a cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim to 'crush' the police. The protestors carried out...
2012-01-27Kuwait
Like most of its GCC neighbours, the Kuwaiti economy has held up relatively well in 2011, and in spite of a gloomy outlook for much of the world economy, we remain optimistic about...
2011-12-09Kuwait
The Kuwaiti cabinet passed a draft law on September 25 aimed at tackling corruption in government agencies and financial institutions. According to KUNA, the state news agency, the...
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