The mammoth French AccorHotels group is acquiring Movenpick's 84 hotels around the world in a deal worth 560 million Swiss francs ($565 million)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is praising relations between his country and the United Arab Emirates
Afghan spokesman confirms 5 journalists for local media killed along with AFP photographer in Kabul attack
Thousands of Iraqis arrested on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State group are being rushed through counterterrorism courts in trials that raise questions over whether justice is being done
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in United Arab Emirates at start of trip across the Mideast
The Dubai-based port operator DP World is now firmly in the hyperloop business after spending millions on devlopment
Austria's OMV has signed a deal worth $1.5 billion for a 20 percent stake in two offshore concessions in the United Arab Emirates' capital
Pakistan's finance minister announced a 10 percent increase in defense spending as part of a new federal budget as opposition politicians criticized his appointment to the post just hours earlier
United Arab Emirates energy company, Chinese firms emerge as only winners in Iraq's rushed oil bidding round
A train has crashed into a school van at an ungated railroad crossing in northern India, killing 12 children
