Emirati business leader Khalaf Al Habtoor, who this week scrapped investment plans in Lebanon on safety grounds, said he had abandoned a media venture in Beirut after a death threat last year. Mr Al ...
Man arrested after unsuccessful armed robbery at Lebanon store: police
Roy Worrall, 39, was arrested in connection to the robbery that happened Jan. 19 in the 700 block of Lehman Street, according to a news release from the Lebanon City Police Department. According to ...
The way forward in Lebanon
The election of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is a political breakthrough in Lebanon and a harbinger of what could happen in a country long dismissed as unsalvageable. Beirut’s ...
Azerbaijani-Kyrgyz Fund approves small hydropower plant construction financing in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, February 1. The Board of the Azerbaijan-Kyrgyzstan Development Fund (AKDF) has approved financing for the construction of a nine MW small hydropower plant in Kyrgyzstan, Trend ...
Russia accuses Kyrgyzstan of unlawful actions against its companies
During a meeting with the head of the Kyrgyz government, Adylbek Kasymaliev, Mishustin revealed that companies are receiving "unfounded claims" from high-ranking Kyrgyz officials. According to him, ...
Russia urges Kyrgyzstan to halt pressure on Russian companies
Russian Foreign Ministry documented cases of 'unlawful, sometimes extortionate actions' against Russian firms in diplomatic note to Kyrgyz authorities, says Premier Mikhail Mishustin - Anadolu Ajansı ...
From Kyrgyzstan to the U.S — 6 Ways I Turned My Vision into a Thriving Business Overseas
For a time, I enjoyed the benefits of low operational and living costs in Kyrgyzstan while earning revenues from the U.S. market. However, as the business grew, so did the demands of our customers.
Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan’s mines
A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich mineral ...
Iraq Approves Master Plan for New Military Housing City
By John Lee. Minister of Construction, Housing, and Municipalities, Benkin Rikani, in the presence of Defence Minister Thabit Al-Abbasi, has approved the master plan for a new residential city in ...
Seeking light in dark times four years after Myanmar coup
Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup. Resident ...