Awadallah also previously served as finance and planning minister and has private business interests throughout the Gulf ... Queen Noor, widow of the late King Hussein of Jordan, denounced on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
Dukhan Bank offers 50% off on home finance profit rate
Dukhan Bank, Qatar’s leading banking player, has announced the launch of its latest campaign on home financing. ( read original story ...)
Madison Media exits Sri Lanka
Ltd. The company will now be a fully owned subsidiary of Media Factory Pvt Ltd. Sam and Lara Balsara have wholly exited the Sri Lanka business. He has resigned as a director of Madison Media Sri Lanka ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia’s Election Law, and Why Turnout Isn’t Easy to Turn Off
The evidence suggests it does not. The fight over the new Georgia election law is only the latest example. That law, passed last week, has been condemned by Democrats as voter suppression ... ( read original story ...)
The Political Economy of the Small Welfare State in South Korea
Korea's small welfare state. A must-read for anyone wishing to apprehend the Korea of today and yesterday, and to contemplate its future. Thomas R. Klassen, Journal of East Asian Studies ... ( read original story ...)
Expats struggle to get vaccines in Kuwait, citizens come 1st
In the tiny, oil-rich sheikhdom of Kuwait, the foreigners who power the country's economy, serve its society and make up 70% of its population are struggling to get coronavirus vaccines. Unlike other ... ( read original story ...)
‘The Beautiful Dreams That Are Burnt’: Portraits From Iran Under Sanctions
Here is a look inside the lives of Iranians from different walks of life — including a fitness trainer, butcher and carpet seller — and how they're coping with an economy battered by U.S. sanctions. ( read original story ...)
Oman is more than halfway towards meeting its financing needs for 2021
Oman is more than halfway toward meeting its total financing needs of OMR4.2bn ($10.9bn) for the year, according to the Finance Ministry. The government has OMR1.83bn left to raise after so far ... ( read original story ...)
Iran won’t engage in talks with US in Vienna
Iran will not engage in negotiations with the US at the meeting in Vienna next week where the 2015 nuclear deal will be discussed, a top official said here on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Oman stands by Jordan, official statement shared
Oman affirms that it stands by the Kingdom under ... a long-time confidant of King Abdullah II who later became minister of finance, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a member of the royal family ... ( read original story ...)