Saudi Crown Prince Nayef, a pivotal figure who supervises the daily affairs of the kingdom, is undergoing routine tests at the renowned Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Saudi television and hospital sources said on Friday.
Laura Matthews
Mar 10, 2012
The country that is perhaps most intimately connected with offering a haven for brutal (and unemployed) dictators is the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Palash Ghosh
Mar 08, 2012
Star Magazine and Media Takeout are claiming that Kim's dating a Saudi billionaire, but is it true?
Stephen Smith
Mar 06, 2012
Everyone's favorite Nabisco cookie, the Oreo, turned 100 on Tuesday. The iconic cookie sandwich has survived two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War and Middle East turmoil.
Michael Billera
Mar 06, 2012
The West and the Middle East have long had a strained political relationship. But when it comes to architecture, a more fruitful partnership has emerged.
Roland Li
Mar 04, 2012
Pakistani government has set the ball rolling for the arrest and extradition of former President Pervez Musharraf.
Jijo Jacob
Mar 04, 2012
Roger Federer swatted aside Andy Murray 7-5 6-4 to win the Dubai Championships on Saturday, the Swiss maestro's 72nd tour title, as he abandoned the baseline to dominate from the net.
Raymond Ronamai
Mar 03, 2012
A Red Cross aid convoy prepared to enter the shattered Baba Amro district of the city of Homs, Syria, on Friday after a government official declared the area cleansed and the opposition spoke of a massacre by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Rebels withdrew Thursday in a key moment in the year-old uprising.
Joseph Boris
Mar 02, 2012
Defeated Syrian rebels abandoned their shattered stronghold in Homs, giving way to a 26-day army assault on a city that had become a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Jijo Jacob
Mar 02, 2012
Defeated Syrian rebels abandoned their shattered stronghold in Homs Thursday, giving way to a 26-day army assault on a city that had become a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Eric Linton
Mar 01, 2012
Defeated Syrian rebels left their shattered stronghold in the city of Homs Thursday after a bloody 26-day army siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Eric Linton
Mar 01, 2012
Iran, faced with global trade embargoes and a possible attack by Israel on its nuclear installations, has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz.
Pierre Bertrand
Mar 01, 2012
Novak Djokovic will take on Andy Murray in the semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Friday after both men came through their quarter-final match-ups today.
Jason Le Miere
Mar 01, 2012
The U.S. government has forced Dubai-based Noor Islamic Bank to stop channeling billions of dollars from Iranian oil sales through its accounts, part of Western measures to curb Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 29, 2012
Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was arrested in Cairo on Wednesday. But which Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was it? The al-Qaeda apostate or the militant leader behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings?
Daniel Tovrov
Feb 29, 2012
Crude oil is predominantly priced and traded in U.S. dollars, although Iran has already accepted payments in some other currencies.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 29, 2012
Saif al-Adel, identified as a senior al-Qaeda leader, has been arrested at Cairo airport in Egypt on Wednesday, security officials said.
Ankita Mehta
Feb 29, 2012
Seventy-five years ago, Mopar began as a name for an antifreeze product. That antifreeze brand has grown into the global automobile parts and service arm of Chrysler Group LLC, and its latest announcement further expands its global footprint.
Brett LoGiurato
Feb 27, 2012
HSBC Holdings is expected to report the West's biggest banking profit for last year, fuelled by the East, while its rivals are struggling with faltering European and U.S. growth.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 26, 2012
The U.S. government is eyeing Israel, Canada and the United Arab Emirates as possible initial foreign buyers of the V-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft built by Boeing Co and Bell Helicopter, a top U.S. Marine Corps official told Reuters.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 26, 2012
The International Telecommunication Union could pass new anti-Internet regulations by the end of the year, threatening new controls to stifle free speech. Starting at the end of February, Russia, China and many other countries will gather representatives in Geneva, Switzerland, to re-work a 1988 decision that has given rise to the open Internet many around the world have greatly benefited from.
Anthony Myers
Feb 21, 2012
Avram Grant, manager of Partizan Belgrade, has claimed that Iranian side Sepahan Isfahan cancelled a friendly game with his team because he is Israeli.
Jason Le Miere
Feb 21, 2012
