Etisalat shares surged yesterday after the Gulf's biggest telecoms operator said it would submit a binding bid to buy Vivendi's 53 per cent holding in Maroc Telecom. Read Article Etisalat gains on bid for Maroc stake
Asiacell plans to raise at least $1.35 billion by floating 25 per cent of its share capital on the Baghdad stock market, in what would be the country's largest initial public offer of equity. Read Article Asiacell seeks to raise $1.35bn in Baghdad IPO
Star Trek's technological feats are ahead of the times - dreamt up almost half a century ago, much of its technology is today a reality. Can’t you beam me up, Scotty?
By the end of this century, more than half of the world's 7,000 languages could have vanished, according to National Geographic's Disappearing Languages project. Could Arabic be one of them? Alarm bells over future of Arabic
Following the 1948 war, Israeli librarians rushed to collect 30,000 mostly Arabic books from the houses of Jerusalem's prominent Palestinian families. Now, the families want their books back. Vita Bekker reports from Tel Aviv Palestinian activists sue Israel for the return of 6,000 books
Istanbul's famous mosque tries to strike balance between religion and tourism money by providing tourists with coverings. Thomas Seibert reports Turkey tightens Blue Mosque dress code
