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Gaza children forced to work due to wars and poverty
Jun 11, 2016
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Instead of going to school, Walid and Ibrahim spend hours each day rummaging through houses destroyed in Gaza’s wars in search of scrap to raise a few shekels for their families.They were once good students but Walid Maaruf, 11, and Ibrahim Ghaben, 12, had to quit school and earn a living when their fathers lost ...
Ramadan pulls despair of millions of Syrians into focus
Jun 09, 2016
UNHCR - AMMAN — For Abu Ahmad, Ramadan got off to a shaky start this year. ...
World Bank cuts 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4 per cent
Jun 08, 2016
AMMAN — The World Bank (WB) is downgrading its 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4 per ...
Saudi Arabia unveils first targets in sweeping reform plan
Jun 07, 2016
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has unveiled the first concrete targets in its ambitious effort to move its crude-dependent economy away ...
Local market well-stocked for Ramadan — minister
Jun 06, 2016
AMMAN — The local market is well-stocked with all commodities to meet consumer demand in the holy month of Ramadan, the government confirmed ...
Gulf investors hold back from UK property deals on Brexit fears
Jun 05, 2016
DUBAI/LONDON — Gulf Arab investors, some of the biggest buyers of British real estate, are holding back from new deals because they fear a p ...
India's prime minister inaugurates $290m dam in Afghanistan
Jun 04, 2016
Herat, Afghanistan — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Afghanistan on Saturday to inaugurate a $290 million hydroelectric dam with ...
OPEC fails to agree policy but Saudis pledge no shocks
Jun 02, 2016
VIENNA – Saudi Arabia promised on Thursday not to flood the oil market with extra barrels even as OPEC failed to agree on output policy, wit ...
Gulf OPEC members seek to revive global oil output deal
Jun 01, 2016
VIENNA – Gulf OPEC members including Saudi Arabia are looking to revive the idea of coordinated oil-output action by major producers when th ...
Japan PM delays sales tax hike, puts fiscal reform on back burner
Jun 01, 2016
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Wednesday his widely expected decision to delay a scheduled sales tax increase by tw ...
Gulf economic slowdown sees foreign workers trapped by debts
May 31, 2016
DOHA, Qatar — The economic slowdown gripping countries across the Arab Gulf can be seen in layoffs, slowed construction projects and governm ...
Banks urged to stop hoarding cash, start lending
May 31, 2016
AMMAN — Finance experts on Tuesday urged the Jordanian banking sector to further support small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), which la ...
South Korea power companies seek potential partners in Jordan
May 30, 2016
AMMAN — Representatives of 10 Korean electricity specialised companies held business to business (B2B) meetings in Amman on Monday to promot ...

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