A quiet revolution is taking place in the Arab states of the Gulf, but this one needs no demonstrators, slogans or weapons. It is being undertaken by the pen, the book and the abaya. In what are...Continue to the full

The second day of the Arab Media Forum held here in Dubai saw serious criticism of the Arab League Broadcasting Charter issued by Arab ministers of information, to regulate satellite broadcasting in...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Dubai-based Limitless plans to issue tenders for the main construction work on its $11bn Arabian Canal project in May.The client is in the process of drawing up a shortlist for the tender. About 30...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

The number of commercial banks operating in the UAE has increased to 51 and the figure is set to rise as the country pushes ahead with plans to tear down barriers to foreign investment in banking and...Continue to the full

One of the latest additions to such urban legends as the Loch Ness monster, UFO's and environmentally friendly land reclamation is what is now known as Islamic Finance.A new scam that started in...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Not a single day can pass without yet another extravagant announcement of a new real estate project that defies gravity, the law of nature and the laws of finance.There is something to be said...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Chairman of. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia in the foreign affairs committee in the U.S. Congress Gary Ackerman noted on Friday that "during the Bush Administration, Damascus has literally been getting away with murder".

Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces -- a worrisome shift that may reflect Iranian influence on the young cleric and could open the way for a shadow state protected

By Mark HeinrichVienna - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog pledged on Friday to investigate what he called serious U.S. accusations that Syria secretly built a nuclear reactor with North Korean help.

A cartoon published in the Saudi Paper Al-Watan reveals the mysterious bottomless ballot box which has kept the Lebanese parliament from electing a new president for the 18th straight time this week.

By Borzou DaragahiBeirut - Presidential contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's vow to "obliterate" Iran, presumably with nuclear weapons, if it attacked Israel on her watch, has lead to a wave of global criticism.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt said on Friday that the Lebanese state should have the exclusive right to decide whether the country goes to war, criticizing Hizbullah for "forming its own state within Lebanon." "It is unacceptable and impossible

Grand mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani said on Friday that the country's political divisions represent "a real threat to Lebanon's unity." He added that these political divisions allowed the "country's enemies to break its citizens' unity and its stability." Qabbani

Israel dismissed as "not serious" on Friday a Hamas proposal for a six-month truce in the Gaza Strip, where United Nations agencies have suspended aid distribution due to the Israeli siege and warned that shortages hurt the peace process. "Unfortunately,

Iranians voted on Friday in the second round of elections expected to confirm conservative domination of the new Parliament, which could nonetheless prove critical of controversial President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The run-off votes across the country will determine who takes the

Two members of Turkey's armed forces were killed in fighting Friday with members of the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) seeking independence for Kurds, local security officials said. A major and a private were the victims in the clashes in

The UN atomic watchdog Friday chided the United States for holding back intelligence that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea's help, but vowed to investigate the claim. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also criticized Israel

Apr 25, Hali-Ela: A gang of six armed men robbed 45 million rupees worth of cash and jewellery from the State owned Bank of Ceylon Branch at Hali-Eala yesterday afternoon in broad daylight.