DUBAI: GCC banks are losing hundreds of millions of dollar in potential revenue due to poor customer services, according to a study. Although GCC-based banks have been growing at double-digit rates... Full Story
JEDDAH: Following 18 months of wading through bureaucracy to obtain a permit that allows her to marry a foreigner, 31-year-old Hind Ibrahim is now caught up in the process of acquiring a residency... Full Story
DHAHRAN: With the energy of a pep rally and the emotion of a family farewell, students from Saudi Aramco’s Summer Gifted Program celebrated their achievements and demonstrated their newfound... Full Story
MADINAH: A judge yesterday threw out a lawsuit brought on by about 600 people in the Hamra Al-Assad neighborhood of Madinah who accuse local industry of emitting dangerous pollutants. “I... Full Story
NEW YORK/KARACHI: An MIT-educated Pakistani woman once identified as a possible Al-Qaeda associate has been brought to New York to face charges she tried to kill US agents and military officers during... Full Story
RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY: A senior Hamas official in Gaza City warned yesterday that his Islamic group could overrun the West Bank, just as it took over Gaza, if provoked by its rivals in Fatah. The official,... Full Story
MALAY peacemakers were due yesterday in Kuala Lumpur to witness the end of 10 long hard years of stop-start negotiations. A peace treaty was to be signed between the Philippines government and the... Full Story
IN a world that suffers from an endemic shortage of justice, the sight of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appearing before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague last week to face charges... Full Story
