Arab News Portal

BAGHDAD A suicide bomber killed 16 Iraqis yesterday outside a police station in an area of northern Iraq contested by Kurds and Arabs.

ABU DHABI: Syrian President Bashar Assad travels to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait this weekend for talks on regional developments.

Legend has it that when Nigerian drummer Tony Allen quit the band of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, it took four percussionists to replace him.

Sweden announced plans Friday to re-open its Baghdad embassy later this year. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt made the announcement in Stockholm after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Friday.

LONDON: Kentz Corporation, an Irish engineering company, has won a $208mn contract to supply electrical systems for a teaching hospital in Qatar.

Soaring costs have delayed a refinery project in Sudan, which Malaysian state oil firm Petronas [PETR.UL] has been poised to win, an official from Sudanese state oil firm Sudapet said.

Republican John McCain’s estimate of U.S. troop levels in Iraq touched off squabbling with Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, the latest turn in the presidential rivals’ escalating disagreement over the war.The …

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday he has some problems with the housing rescue plan under consideration in the U.S. Senate, but will work to craft a bill that President George W. Bush can sign.

Emaar International Jordan, the country subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC, has signed an agreement with Arab Bank to facilitate easy home finance for customers of the Samarah Dead Sea Resort, the JD354m …

Emaar International Jordan, the country subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC, has signed an agreement with Arab Bank to facilitate easy home finance for customers of the Samarah Dead Sea Resort, the JD354m …