Inflation rates across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states ranged between 1.21 percent and 3.10 percent in the first half of 2014, according to the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat). The latest figures revealed that Bahrain topped the list among GCC countries, recording an inflation rate of 3.10 percent over the six-month period. Kuwait posted the second highest inflation in H1 of 2.87 percent, followed by 2.80 percent in Qatar, Read more [...]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With our deepest and most sincere sympathy, we offer our condolences to the family, friends and the United States' people over the murder of the American Journalist James Foley by ISIL in Syria. The heinous massacres and mass executions conducted by ISIL is contrary to the sacred teachings of Islam, a religion of peace, tolerance and love, but rather reflects a vicious will to sabotage regional and international security. This reminds us all Read more [...]

On March 26, a Bahraini court sentenced Humaidan to 10 years in jail on charges of participating in an attack on a police station. He has been imprisoned since December 2012. His family said authorities sought his arrest for months and raided his home five times in an attempt to arrest him, according to news reports. Humaidan, who published images on local opposition websites exposing police attacks on protesters, had been at the police station simply to document Read more [...]