February 2019

New joint venture will focus on healthcare, education and utilities and may also invest in the wider Middle East and Levant Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Investcorp, Standard Life plan…

Russia said on Tuesday it was ready to facilitate the start of dialogue between Venezuela’s government and opposition but warned the United States against intervening in Caracas’ internal Source: Al…

Liv. from Emirates NBD launches first mobile phone policy in the UAE Source: ITP.net Full Article: Dubai digital bank launches smartphone insurance

A popular Iraqi writer was killed by unknown gunmen, stoking already rampant fears of violence among educated Iraqis. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Murder of Iraqi novelist stirs fear, outrage

The US treasury issued a statement on Wednesday commenting on the EU dirty-money list saying that the treasury has significant concerns about the substance of the list and the flawed…

Saudi Arabia will lift its warning against its citizens travelling to Lebanon, the kingdom's ambassador to Beirut was cited as saying by Lebanese al-Jadeed television on Wednesday. “Given that Source:…

Hirsch said that the PA allocated 1.2 billion shekels to its annual budget for rewarding terrorists and people wounded or killed in terror and non-terror related incidents. Source: Jerusalem Post…

A suicide bombing targeting a bus carrying personnel of Iran’s elite paramilitary Revolutionary Guard force killed at least 20 people and wounded 20 in the country’s southeast, state media Source:…

The Moon’s magnetic field will be measured – both before, during and after the spacecraft lands – by close analysis of rocks. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Israel’s first lunar…

The attack comes as the US and other countries are attending meetings in Warsaw that are widely seen as part of an attempt to confront Iran in the region. Source:…