( The New Arab )- The UAE said a ban on the import of some vegetables from Jordan, Egypt, Oman, Lebanon and Yemen will stay despite regional media reports that it might ease restrictions.  Abu Dhabi's ministry of climate change and environment ordered the ban after UAE labs found high...

 A bomb exploded next to a convoy of the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate Friday in the violence-plagued province of Baluchistan, killing at least 25 people, officials said. At least 35 people were wounded in the blast near the town of Mastung, 50 km (30 miles) from the provincial...

( The Guardian )- The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has taken a combative tone in campaigning as conservative rivals pull out all the stops to prevent him from being re-elected.  The favourite among reformists of the six candidates running for president on 19 May, Rouhani has...

 Top finance officials from seven advanced economies have gathered to hear more about U.S. President Donald Trump's economic policies on taxation and trade as well as to look for ways to promote growth, combat terrorist financing and stop tax avoidance by major corporations. The meeting...