Turkish Airlines’ new expansion strategy is taking off thanks to Istanbul being an attractive hub amid the spokes.

Yemen is under threat from a wave of crises, forcing affluent Gulf states to consider how best to help a neighbor in need.

Instead of opening Lebanon’s struggling agriculture sector to lucrative export markets, free trade agreements have sent the country’s farmers into a tailspin. Imports have flooded the market, meaning farmers are now unable to sell to their domestic market.
The consequences of the EULebanon Association Agreement, signed in March 2003, have [...]

The Lebanese economy is in trouble.In two years a succession of disruptions – strikes, various forms of political protest including sit-ins and, most seriously, war with neighboring Israel – have slowed the economy to a crawl. The economy is additionally burdened by a $40.5 billion public debt that is almost 180 [...]

Dubai stuns world with historic deal,” ran the headlines on the morning of September 20 as the news broke of an end to the 40-day takeover battle between Borse Dubai and NASDAQ for Nordic exchange operator OMX, which operates seven stock markets clustered around the Baltic Sea.
What had been a [...]