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Global oil demand will grow less than previously projected this year, according to forecasts on Tuesday from the U.S. and OPEC, as a worsening economic outlook will curb consumption in developed countries.

A lawmaker called on Tuesday for BlackBerry's instant messaging service to be suspended after rioters used it to mobilize in London and other British cities.

OPEC, source of more than a third of the world's oil, cut its forecast for global oil demand growth this year as a worsening economic outlook curbs consumption in developed economies.

A majority in each country polled (except Lebanon) thinks Iranian involvement in the Middle East is largely negative.

A majority in each country polled (except Lebanon) thinks Iranian involvement in the Middle East is largely negative.

Qatar, buoyed by a successful bid to host the 2022 soccer World Cup, is interested in staging the start of the 2016 Tour de France.

Global consumer confidence fell in the second quarter to its lowest level in a year and a half as an uncertain economic outlook, a deepening euro zone debt crisis and rising inflation made people more cautious, a survey showed on Sunday.

Perceptions of the U.S. and President Barack Obama have nosedived in the Arab World to levels lower than during the Bush administration, a remarkable reversal for Obama, who made a speech vowing a new era of relations with the Arab world shortly after being elected.

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Could Thaksin Shinawatra reclaim power in the country from which he was exiled?

An unnamed Palestinian prostitute accused of prostitution and identity theft was finally sentenced to one year in prison today in Dubai, according an article from The National.

Kuwait will put on trial two citizens for criticizing Gulf Arab ruling families on social media site Twitter, a security official said on Monday.

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Eleven corporations based in the United Kingdom, Iran, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates have been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on charges they evaded U.S. economic sanctions against Iran by tricking Manhattan banks, Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan District Attorney said this morning.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has short-listed two candidates, Christine Lagarde and Agustin Carstens, for its next Managing Director.

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In the high seas of iPhone 5 arrival uncertainty, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) appears to be a raft o hope and certitude! While the rest of the world knoweth not when the next generation iPhone will arrive, and Apple is as tight-lipped a s ever about its product launch, UAE wireless carrier Etisalat has claimed the network will launch the LTE iPhone 5 this year.

Dubai, facing a budget deficit, is planning a benchmark sovereign dollar bond issue in the coming days after holding meetings with potential investors in London on Monday and Tuesday.

Kuwait has arrested a Kuwaiti Shi'ite Muslim man for publishing criticism of the ruling families in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on social media site Twitter, a security source said on Saturday.

An increase in crude output by Saudi Arabia will not change market conditions as demand is for lighter oil than it provides, Iran's OPEC governor was on Saturday quoted as saying, reiterating Tehran's stance that there is no need to boost production.

Leon Panetta has warned Senate members that he is concerned that Libyan rebel forces may include some extremist groups.